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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 (/ 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.
He started production of the Swiss army knife in Switzerland in 1891 and developed his knife manufacturing company into what has become Victorinox. [ 4 ] From 1912 to 1918 Elsener was a member of the cantonal parliament of the Canton of Schwyz .
Wenger changed its slogan to "A Swiss Company Since 1893" from "Maker of the genuine Swiss Army Knife", which was used for decades. [14] In 2017, Victorinox released a Swiss Army Knife model named “Wenger Red”. This knife has the Wenger logo and the Wenger brand name in the scale of the knife.
Carl Elsener Jr. is the great-grandson of Karl Elsener (1860–1918) and the son of Carl Elsener Sr. (1922–2013). Karl Elsener had opened a factory in Ibach in 1884 [2] for the production of knives and surgical instruments, [3] from which the Messerfabrik Victorinox developed.
WÜSTHOF (also known as Wüsthof Dreizackwerk (German) and Wüsthof Trident (English); sometimes spelled Wusthof or Wuesthof) is a knife-maker based in Solingen, Germany.. Family owned for seven generations, [2] the company's main products are mid-priced to high-end kitchen knives for domestic and professiona