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Victorinox (/ v ɪ k ˈ t ɒ r i ˌ n ɒ k s / [7]) is a knife manufacturer and watchmaker based in the town of Ibach, in the Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland. It is known for its Swiss Army knives . Since its acquisition of rival Wenger in 2005, it has become the sole supplier of multi-purpose knives to the Swiss army .
The Swiss Army Knife was not the first multi-use pocket knife. In 1851, in Moby-Dick (chapter 107), Herman Melville mentions the "Sheffield contrivances, assuming the exterior – though a little swelled – of a common pocket knife; but containing, not only blades of various sizes, but also screwdrivers, cork-screws, tweezers, bradawls, pens, rulers, nail files and countersinkers."
Victorinox (7 P) Pages in category "Kitchen knife brands" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Each set comes with an 8-inch chef knife, an 8-inch slicing knife, a 7-inch santoku knife, a 5.5-inch utility knife, a 3.5-inch paring knife, a 2.75-inch bird's beak paring knife, and six 4.5-inch ...
In 1986 Scott & Fetzer was purchased by Berkshire Hathaway of Omaha, NE, an insurance holding company and the Quikut and Ginsu brand knife production moved to a new plant in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas in 1972. [20] In 2013, Consumer Reports reviewed the Ginsu Chikara knife set in their comparison of fifty knife sets and rated it as their "Best Buy."