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The simplest knife in the world

Elsinox · 2025-06-01T04:07:44+00:00

The simplest knife in the world! The founder of today's Victorinox company, Karl Elsener, registered a patent in the commercial register in 1902 with the number 23849. [upl-image-preview uuid=dd6add9f-e6aa-4ac5-9e24-28d12c1fd7b9 url=https://community.victorinox.com/assets/files/2025-06-01/1748750787-371743-patentbild.jpg alt={TEXT?}] This was an invention relating to a pocket knife, which was described as "The simplest pocket knife in the world" For decades, Victorinox assumed that this patent would never be realised in practice. [upl-image-preview uuid=633d0bda-8089-483f-9705-c1654cfb52d5 url=https://community.victorinox.com/assets/files/2025-06-01/1748750821-675161-katalogeinfachstetaschenmesserderwelt.jpg alt={TEXT?}] But now, for the first time, an original copy from that time has emerged, confirming that this simple but ingenious patent was actually realised by Karl Elsener at the time. [upl-image-preview uuid=9cddddc3-89df-4812-a6ad-7cd465c17eba url=https://community.victorinox.com/assets/files/2025-06-01/1748750850-471088-bildvictoriaeinfachstetaschemmesserderwelt.jpg alt={TEXT?}] You can find more information in the current Elsi-Post. But what do you think, should Victorinox produce a replica of this pocket knife, and if so, would you buy it?

MichaelRothenpieler

Elsinox da hast Du recht. Und 70 Rappen ist ja Spott günstig!

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