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JEP728 said:Does anyone know what year they started including the "hook" on the Deluxe Tinker?
gatch said:Can you tell me what year the Swiss Champ knife was introduced? I think it was some time during the mid-80's.
Proir to the release of the Swiss Champ I believe the largest SAK knife was called the Champion which was the Swiss Champ without pliers? I can't seem to find this SAK anywhere. Has it been discontinued and if so do you know when it was last produced.
The multi-purpose hook and the pin were both introduced in 1991gatch said:I picked up a Swiss Champ in 1987 when I was on holiday to replace my much abused Explorer. It does not have the hook or the pin.
UnknownVT said:The Champion Plus was available for a short while at Wal-Mart - and this was a SwissChamp without the Pliers - the "plus" designation meant it (in this case) had the ballPen, Pin in the handles as well as the mini-screwdriver in the corkscrew -"plus" the extra tools on the back of the backprings as on the SwissChamp - over the original Champion.
One might still be able to get the Champion Plus as a closeout from Wal-Mart - I heard some got it for as low as $18 - now that's a bargain.......
UnknownVT said:The multi-purpose hook and the pin were both introduced in 1991
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Makes sense to me. Sure, the Victorinox factory stopped making the model without the hook one day, and the next started making them with the hook, but most folks don't buy them from the factory.The Last Confederate said:I assume the WOH means without hook, which implies it was made after the hook was added, otherwise why need to say that it is without it?