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SWISSGEAR backpack. SWISSGEAR ® [1] is a Swiss clothing, luggage, and accessory company that is branded as part of the maker of Swiss Army knives. [2] The company is owned by Wenger and its products are licensed in North America by Group III International Ltd. [3] SWISSGEAR also sells watches, that are manufactured by Wenger and branded under the SWISSGEAR name, known as "SWISSGEAR Legacy ...
The industrial cutlery house of Paul Boechat & Cie (the future Wenger) was founded 1893 at Courtételle in the Delémont valley in the Canton of Jura.It received a contract from the Swiss Army to produce knives as the second industrial cutlery manufacturer of Switzerland. [4]
A 30 L top and bottom-loading Deuter Trans Alpine hiking backpack A 12 L front-loading Canon 200EG photography backpack. A backpack—also called knapsack, schoolbag, rucksack, pack, booksack, bookbag, haversack, packsack, or backsack—is, in its simplest frameless form, a fabric sack carried on one's back and secured with two straps that go over the shoulders; but it can have an external or ...
The fondue backpack is a real thing, and it's available for rent in the Jungfrau region of the Swiss Alps. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 ...
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."
Thule is the largest and most well-known of the brands that make up the group. [3] The Thule product line includes everything from car roof boxes, bike racks, roof racks and strollers to laptop and camera bags, tablet and mobile phone cases, backpacks, luggage and rooftop tents.
The word haversack is an adaptation of the German Hafersack [1] and also the Dutch haverzak [2] meaning "oat sack", (which more properly describes a small cloth bag on a strap worn over one shoulder and originally referred to the bag of oats carried as horse fodder).
A Herschel backpack (2013) Herschel Supply Co. (or simply Herschel) is a Canadian company selling hipster retro backpacks and accessories. [1] The company was founded in 2009 by Lyndon and Jamie Cormack and is based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Herschel manufactures its products in China and Southeast Asia. [2]