History of the Swiss Army Knife

My goals for today are to find out information about the swiss army knife and when it was first brought into production.

Invented by Karl Eisner in 1891 for the Swiss Army. He wanted to invent a knife which had not being produced the Germans, since they'd being producing them for the Swiss Army for a long time. The first knife he invented was the Soldiers Knife, featuring a blade, can opener and a screwdriver. The handle was made out of wood. It also had the purpose of servicing the Schmidt-Rubin Rifle 1889, the main service rifle of the Swiss Army in 1889.  As he revised many of the models, he added a second blade, but this meant adding a second spring for a locking mechanism, this second spring also allowed for more attachments such as a corkscrew to be added.

The Original Soldiers Knife

Soldiers Knife 08

For the past 122 years the Swiss Army Knife has being used by millions of people across the globe for many purposes e.g. camping and outdoors activities. Still today it is being used the Swiss Army, the latest model being the Soldiers Knife 08.

This is just a brief history of when the Swiss Army Knife was produced.