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Raymond1000

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I thought you guys might enjoy this article about Swiss Army Knives. Among other nuggets:


Great-grandfather Karl launched his knife-making company in 1884 and supplied the Swiss army with its first Swiss-made knife six years later. His firm was named after his mother Victoria and later extended to include a term for stainless steel -- Inox.
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Who knew?

http://www.reuters.com/article/inDepthNews/idUSL09957620080110?feedType=RSS&feedName=inDepthNews&pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0
 
Good story on a great firm. As long as the diversification doesn't affect the quality and utility of their knives I wish them the best with that. I really like how tenacious they seem to be about maintaining the national integrity and quality of their products.
 
I can only imagine that any products associated with their name will be top quality... From what I have read, it sounds like Buck will be expanding out into different areas too...
 
A few years ago Karen was given some Victoinox luggage as part of some contest win. It's been on a number of flying trips, and has stood up to all the airline baggage handlers could dish out. Pretty good stuff!

The couple of sak's I've carried for long term and used hard have been very good stuff.
 
Very interesting article. Along similar lines, I highly recommend the book.... Swiss Army Knives: A Collectors Companion by Derek Jackson. It has a detailed history of the firm, making of the knives, lots of photos of knives over the years, and many stories of the SAK in use etc.
 
I've wondered if their non-traditional knife products (those knives with the USB drive, watch/clock, pen, etc) would hold up over time, or if they were just gimmicks to see how much weird stuff can be jammed into a pocket knife.

In general I dislike seeing too much diversification by companies. This has been pushed and pushed as "the" solution by the wave of MBAs generated in the eighties, and there are different and better ways to run a company.

-- Sam
 
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