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Posted: 17 July 2010 - 04:21 AM                                    
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Is this a real SAK? The logo is a little bit different but it looks like a SAK happy.gif

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Posted: 17 July 2010 - 10:33 AM                                    
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It's a Swiss Army style knife but not a genuine Swiss Army Knife.

There are number of different brands of knives which are styled after the SAK and look similar, but they usually falter in quality. For example, the blades on the knife in your picture obviously are not true stainless steel. You can see where the silver coating has warn down to reveal the steel underneath, and the screwdriver end has warn back to what looks like brass.

Also the symbol is on the wrong side.





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Posted: 17 July 2010 - 02:26 PM                                    
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I bought it like thirteen years ago (!!!!!) in Poland, it was on the shelf like that, without any box, anything. It belonged to my Dad......



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Posted: 17 July 2010 - 03:07 PM                                    
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You know, looking at that knife, it actually looks like the Barlow brand used as the 100th episode knife.




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Posted: 18 July 2010 - 04:33 AM                                    
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I like it anyway smile.gif



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Posted: 22 July 2010 - 04:59 PM                                    
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There are number of different brands of knives which are styled after the SAK and look similar, but they usually falter in quality.

You nailed it there. When I finally got an SAK again, after a lot of years, the thing that absolutely blew me away was how beautifully made it was. Victorinox is uncompromising on quality and craftsmanship -- an attitude which has become extremely rare!



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