This is a red 91mm Victorinox Passenger, another discontinued model with the magnifying glass.
Groovy!
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Category: Small knife blade
0080 – Victorinox Outdoorsman (Marlboro)
This is a red 91mm Victorinox Outdoorsman with Marlboro logo. These were made for the Marlboro cigarette company and were available through their Marlboro Unlimited catalog.
Because the Marlboro logo is on the front, the Victorinox shield moved to the backside.
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0074 – Victorinox Carver
0063 – Victorinox Hiker (21st TSC Retention SGM)
This is a red 91mm Victorinox Hiker with metal emblem “Compliments of 21st TSC Retention SGM”.
The emblem refers to the 21st Theater Sustainment Command, which is part of US Army Europe.
external links: SAK Wiki 21st TSC (Wikipedia) 21st TSC (website) USAEUR (Wikipedia)
0052 – Victorinox Spartan (US Navy)
This is a blue 91mm Spartan with a metal inlay seal of the United States Department of the Navy on the front.
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0051 – Victorinox Spartan (US Navy)
This is a blue 91mm Spartan with the official seal of the United States Department of the Navy printed on the front.
The seal of the United States Department of the Navy
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0048 – Victorinox Excelsior
This small elegant knife is the red 84 mm Excelsior. It only has two knife blades. It’s going to be my dedicated letter opener!
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0046 – Victorinox Modeler
The 91mm Modeler is a discontinued knife with an uncommon combination of tools. Its key features are the magnifier, inline Phillips screwdriver, scissors and metal saw/file. Combined with two knife blades, can opener, cap lifter, awl and corkscrew this might just be one of the most useful of all Swiss Army Knifes!
The scissors have the adjustable screw pivot, which Victorinox stopped using in 1991. Therefore, this knife is at least 25 years old! I’m very happy to have found one completely new in box!
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0025 – Victorinox Huntsman (US Forest Service)
This is a 91mm Victorinox Huntsman with a logo of the US Forest Service. This one has red scales, but a green one is also available.
Because the US Forest Service logo is on the front, the Victorinox shield is moved to the back side.
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0024 – Victorinox Tinker (Gadsden flag)
This is a 91mm Victorinox Tinker with yellow scales and the Gadsden Flag on it.
The Gadsden Flag is designed by general Christopher Gadsden in 1775 during the American Revolution. It was a motto flag for the Continental Marines. In that period the rattlesnake became an important symbol of the American colonies:
“I recollected that her eye excelled in brightness, that of any other animal, and that she has no eye-lids—She may therefore be esteemed an emblem of vigilance.—She never begins an attack, nor, when once engaged, ever surrenders: She is therefore an emblem of magnanimity and true courage.—As if anxious to prevent all pretensions of quarreling with her, the weapons with which nature has furnished her, she conceals in the roof of her mouth, so that, to those who are unacquainted with her, she appears to be a most defenseless animal; and even when those weapons are shown and extended for her defense, they appear weak and contemptible; but their wounds however small, are decisive and fatal:—Conscious of this, she never wounds till she has generously given notice, even to her enemy, and cautioned him against the danger of stepping on her.—Was I wrong, Sir, in thinking this a strong picture of the temper and conduct of America?”
– Benjamin Franklin, “The American Guesser”, Pennsylvania Journal, 27 dec. 1775.
The rattlesnake was one of the symbols used in the seal of the War Office (during the American Revolution) and its superseding offices: the US Department of War (until 1947) and the US Department of the Army (since 1947).
Because the Gadsden flag is on the front side, the Victorinox shield is moved to the backside.
external links: SAK Wiki Gadsden Flag (Wikipedia) US DoA seal (Wikipedia)