Swiss army knife brand introduction

189 1 year, Karl Elsener, a Swiss, was the first person to make a Swiss army knife. The Swiss army at that time

Knives have wooden handles (mostly plastic and metal nowadays), and there are only two kinds of tools, namely screwdriver and can opener. 1897, Karl elsena invented a new spring, and the Swiss army knife began to be suitable for more tools. 1890 is the time when the Swiss army began to use Swiss-made knives. They used to use knives made in Germany.

1909, Karl elson started to carve a white cross shield on the red handle of the Swiss army knife as a trademark, and named the product after his mother Victoria, and established Victoriano Company. /kloc-during the period of 0/940s, the troops stationed in Europe and America liked this multifunctional knife very much, but because they could not read German Offiziermesser (German originally meant "officer's knife"), they were called Swiss army knives. By 20 13, Victorinox was still supplying this knife to the Swiss army. Another company that supplies Swiss army knives is Wenger. In addition to these two companies, there are many manufacturers that produce similar multi-purpose tool knives. But generally only the products of Victorinox and Wenger are considered as authentic Swiss army knives. In 2005, Vickers merged with Vigo. In February 2008, the Swiss Armament Bureau evaluated the new sabers provided by seven domestic and foreign manufacturers, including Vexcor. In July, after analyzing the quality and technical performance of the saber, the relevant departments thought that the saber produced by Vexcor had the best cost performance. Charles elson, the fourth son of Hatter Balthasha elson Ott, is determined to be a tool worker. After working as a worker in tuttlingen (place name) in southern Germany for several years, he returned to his hometown at the age of 24, and opened his own tool factory in Ibach (place name, Yixi town) in Schweitz in 1884.

At that time, there was hardly any industry in Schwiertz, so many young farmers were forced to emigrate to North America, Australia or New Zealand. In order to create new employment opportunities, Karl elson initiated and established the Swiss Knife Masters Association on 189 1. Its main purpose was to unite all Swiss knife makers to manufacture soldiers' knives that the Swiss army had to buy from solingen (place name). 189 1 10 in June, the association made the first saber for the Swiss army. After that, Karl elson began to make other beautifully designed knives. He used names such as student knife, officer knife and farmer knife to distinguish them, instead of numbers. Soldiers' knives are big and heavy, so Karl elson specially made a lighter and more beautiful knife for officers. This knife not only has all the blades, awls, can openers and screwdrivers on soldiers' knives, but also has a small blade and a bottle opener. This new model with six blades on two springs is called "officer's knife" by Carl. This design was officially registered on June 1897. 1, metal inlay, which is the favorite manufacturing method of most saber lovers. It uses optical technology to embed metal chromium into plastic handle and then fasten it by pressure. This sign is particularly beautiful, shining in the sun. Most sabers with serial numbers of 0.6 series, 0.3 series, 1.3 series, 1.4 series and 1.6 series are this symbol. Some exceptions are 0.6 series and 1.4 series with lights.

2. Hot pressing, which uses copper molding to prevent metal foil, temperature and pressure engraving. The carving is deep and difficult to erase. Some batches of 1.4 series sabers, such as 1.4733.72, 1.3653.72, and some batches of 0.69 10 all do this.

3. lettering is basically what we often call the economic edition. That is to say, a shield-shaped pit is first made on the front of the handle with mechanical equipment, and then special silver paint is sprayed inside, which will wear off after a long time, leaving a shield-shaped pit at last. Most nicked sabers are frosted, such as 3.3703, 2.3803 and so on. 2.6223 is an exception, the handle is smooth and the logo is etched. Careful buyers will find that the economic version of the logo and the standard version are not exactly the same. The standard version of the cross is connected with the shield frame, while the economic version of the cross is not connected with the shield frame. The reason is that the metal version of the logo is embedded in the handle. If the cross is separated from the shield frame, it is not easy to align when embedding. Therefore, the cross in the standard version is connected to the shield frame.

4, rolling, that is, we often say printing. 1 1 1mm sabers are mostly like this. This saber logo is wear-resistant, but it will fall off if it is scratched with a sharp weapon for too long. The knife marks of the knife cards are also rolled. The "German Saber" model is an exception. Its symbol is that an eagle is integrated with the handle. Victorinox was first founded in 1884, when it was just a gadget workshop. Today, Victorinox has become a large tool manufacturer with more than 1000 employees, producing about 30,000 Swiss army knives every day, which is still in short supply. It is said that the only problem of Vichy Swiss army knife is how to improve production efficiency and produce more army knives every day.

Today, let's walk into Vichy factory and see how Swiss army knives are produced. Headquartered in Ibach, the company can see a white building in the distance. The most striking place is a huge red Swiss army knife, which is printed on the roof. In the distance is the majestic foothills of the Alps, which are covered with snow all year round: a Swiss army knife contains dozens of parts, each of which has its own production line, and below it is the blade production line. Workers wearing special gloves check the newly forged blades one by one, and then put them on the assembly line: the blades without problems after inspection need to go through a series of processing treatments to improve toughness and hardness, and at the same time need to be rusted; The finally processed blades are already cold and shiny, but they still need to pass the final inspection, and any defective products will be eliminated. It is precisely because of the numerous inspection points that the quality of each Swiss army knife can be guaranteed: after each individual blade passes the final inspection, it will be gathered together and sent to the assembly workshop. This is the finished product of another blade. On it, we can see the familiar bottle opener. It is so many scattered parts that are finally combined into a powerful Swiss army knife: this is the inspection workshop of the Swiss army knife shell, and every shell made needs to be strictly inspected by professional inspectors to ensure that there are no cracks and scratches: this close-up photo can see the serious expression of the inspectors. They check thousands of identical shells day after day and year after year. It is their efforts that enable us to use every Swiss army knife with confidence, and pay heartfelt tribute to these unknown people: the red shell after inspection can be seen with the familiar shield logo printed on it: most of the Swiss army knives we see in the market are red plastic shells, and there is another rare white aluminum shell: all parts will be sent to the assembly workshop after inspection. The picture below shows an assembler's workbench. There are all kinds of parts around, and the assembler has only the space as big as the palm of his hand to work. It is here that through their dexterous hands, handfuls of Swiss army knives were magically born. Here is a porter, who is moving dozens of newly assembled Swiss army knives out of the assembly workshop. Seeing so many Red Army knives, his mouth watered: every assembled saber needs to be tested to ensure that no part is missing and every part has been installed correctly and firmly. Finally, clean the saber: here is a Swiss saber customized for the German army. We can see that, unlike the ordinary Swiss army knife, its shell is made of specially treated gray aluminum, which ensures that the position of soldiers will not be exposed due to reflection. At the same time, its Logo is an eagle spreading its wings: Vichy has a special product exhibition hall, where we can see from 189 1 to 65438+. Careful observation shows that although it has been 100 years, the Swiss army knife is not much different from the original one. Although the material of the shell has changed from wood to plastic or alloy, the structure of the whole tool has hardly changed: the only problem encountered by the employees of Vichy Swiss Army Knife Factory is how to speed up production. The whole process begins with the delivery of steel plates every Monday morning. When it arrived, it was a large steel coil weighing one ton, which was to be transformed into 654.38 million blades by the mechanic Jorge Heather. Jorge said: "I have worked in this company for 654.38+00 years, and I really like this job. I have handled millions of parts, and the actual number is not clear. " All about 250 kinds of accessories, including the main knife, are almost all stamped. Each machine can produce about 20,000 parts per hour, which are stamped and formed on steel plates at a pressure of 1.60 tons. However, the stamping process will leave burrs on the edge of the blade. You may think it's good to file the burr flat, but in fact they will use a strange machine called centrifugal drum grinder. In this machine, the parts are mixed with thousands of ceramic balls, and the metal burrs are gradually smoothed by strong vibration. A moving magnetic conveyor belt can easily suck the polished parts away from the machine, but the blades are still too soft to cut soft cream, so like the recruits in the Swiss army, they need to be strengthened: they have to go through a heat treatment process called tempering. Every hour, 2000 blades are baptized by flames in the furnace. This process needs to be carefully weighed. The harder steel is, the more brittle it is. Therefore, it is necessary to heat at an accurate temperature to make the best blade. Then the blade must be polished to a precise thickness, otherwise the Swiss army knife can't be opened and closed, so it should be polished to a thickness of 2.3 cm on this slowly rotating machine. The remaining step is to add the most important blade, but unfortunately, this part of the process is a closely protected trade secret. By two o'clock in the afternoon, Jorge's morning punching blade had been ground and assembled by assembler Eliz Ayton. Illiz's job is very complicated. She must assemble more than 64 parts, including blades, various tools and many washers and pins. Each small part must be assembled in sequence. Illitz said: "It takes concentration and patience to assemble the Swiss army knife correctly." But there is a saying: Practice makes perfect. Ilitz can finish a new Swiss army knife every two minutes. The rest is the final finishing work, including the unique red shell, the logo of the Swiss army knife, a pair of small pliers, and the most important toothpick. Finally, every Swiss army knife has to be manually cleaned and inspected to ensure that even the most meticulous Swiss officers will be satisfied.