Greetings and welcome to our opener on Victorinox Swiss Army penknives. Starting from this article, we will be regularly featuring Swiss Army’s wide range of pocketknives. Please feel free to read more or proceed to the links below if you are currently looking for one.
Why Victorinox?
Wenger S.A. and Victorinox A.G. holds the trademark for “Swiss Army knife.” What this means is that anything henceforth referred to as a Swiss Army knife should have been made by Victorinox and no one else. After all, they are the longtime official suppliers for the Swiss Armed Forces. If you currently own one, those are the exact same models by those in the Swiss Army.
About Penknives
A penknife is just a known common term for pocket knives. By definition, a penknife, or pen knife, is a folding knife. Its origins are from its original use in cutting or sharpening quills to make dip pens. A quill is a feather; a dip pen is that primitive feather pen usually seen in movies where the user literally dips its edge in ink. So, there you go, a short history lesson—a penknife is not a knife with a pen. It is normally mistaken as such because manufacturers such as Victorinox have small pens that fold or are removed from their pocket knives.
The original penknife however, did not necessarily have folding blades. The first conceptions resembled a scalpel or a wood knife—it had a short, fixed blade at the end of a long handle. As previously mentioned, they were used for thinning the end of quills and/or for re-pointing them—much like sharpening a pencil.
Today’s penknives are ingenious little devices that include tools like awls, scissors, reamers, nail files, screwdrivers, etc.
The modern pocket knife should not be mistaken with the larger folding knife in which the blade locks into place. This is commonly known as a claspknife.
Technically, a Swiss Army knife is a penknife.
Some interesting facts
Wenger S.A. holds the record (recognized by the Guinness Book of Records) for the world’s most multifunctional knife. “The Giant,” produced in 2006 holds 87 tools and has 141 different and unique functions. They also produced an 80-function knife called the SwissChamp XAVT in the same year. It has 80 functions and sells for around $425.
See how big it is below.
Now for some popular Swiss Army Penknives
Swiss Army Champion Plus
The Champion Plus is good deal and steal. At $78 retail, you can get it for as low as $34.99 from some suppliers. It has Victorinox’s complete set of tools for camping, hiking, and fishing. It has 30 tools with 60 individual parts. It comes with a standard nylon handle and stainless steel aluminum frame.
Click here to read more about the Swiss Army Champion Plus.
Victorinox Swiss Army Classic
This is probably the world’s most-recognizable pocket knife. The Classic is just that, a classic. The world famous knife sells for only $18.00 retail. We’ve seen it being sold for as low as $10.89. It is available in colors such as yellow, gray, hunter green, and clear sapphire among others. The classic is the perfect size and has seven functions including tweezers and a toothpick.
Click here to purchase the Classic or to read reviews.
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