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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.
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."
The GAK 4 pocket knife from Victorinox replaced the old GAK 1 from the Bundeswehr in 2009. [2] Handguns Heckler & Koch USP. Heckler & Koch P8A1 Germany: Semi-automatic pistol: 9×19mm Parabellum [3] Current standard service pistol of the Bundeswehr. In the meantime, the pistol has been upgraded to the P8A1 version with a reinforced breech.
French Engineering Works logo. The French Engineering Works, or FEW, is a manufacturer, exporter and importer of High Speed Steel cutting tools. The firm was founded in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1918 by Herman Moser to manufacture rock drill spares for the mining industry in Johannesburg.
The knife continues to be represented in the insignia of the UK Commando Force [18] and, more recently, the Army Special Operations Brigade. [19] United States: Some used during the Vietnam War by some United States Army Special Forces soldiers. [12] Formerly used by United States Army Rangers, [13] Marine Raiders, [13] and the First Special ...
Finnish outdoor utility knife, puukko Retractable blade knife with replaceable utility blade A utility knife is any type of knife used for general manual work purposes. [1] Such knives were originally fixed-blade knives with durable cutting edges suitable for rough work such as cutting cordage, cutting/scraping hides, butchering animals, cleaning fish scales, reshaping timber, and other tasks.
Meanwhile, at "The Mall Mart", a former gas station in a small Wisconsin town, the guys find a mancave and pick up some grey alien rubber figure props from the TV show Roswell, a Goodyear sign, Victorinox Swiss Army knife electric moving display, a Williams "Spitfire" pinball machine (which Mike arm wrestles the owner over, but loses), Western ...
WMF was originally called Metallwarenfabrik Straub & Schweizer and was opened as a metal repairing workshop. Through mergers and acquisitions, by 1900 they were the world's largest producer and exporter of household metalware, mainly in the Jugendstil, or Art Nouveau style, designed in the WMF Art Studio under Albert Mayer, sculptor and designer, who was director from 1884 to 1914.