How Swiss Army Knives Are Made | Made Here | Popular Mechanics

Показать описание

Originally, these multipurpose tools were called Schweizer Offiziers-und Sportsmesser, but that name was too clunky and was eventually shortened to ‘Swiss Army knife’ by American soldiers.

The first step in the the production process is to stamp the raw material to create the different parts of the knife. This is followed by a polishing process in which the metal blades are tossed into a container full of ceramic stones and then pulled out by a magnet. In order to harden it, the metal sits on a conveyor belt and goes through an oven.

“Inside we have a temperature of 1,050 degrees,” says senior product marketing manager at Victorinox, Urs Wyss. “This heat changes the structure of the steel.” The metal then gets ground to ensure sharpness and assembly continues.

Victorinox was started by Elsener’s great grandfather, Karl, in 1884 and continues to be run as a family business out of Schwyz, Switzerland today.
--------------------------------------

#madehere #swissarmyknife #popmech

Рекомендации по теме

Комментарии

Grandpa Grandma Uncle Aunty working here. Producing high quality products. Support people at their old age by purchasing one. Regards,

subramaniamchandrasekar

Awesome knives, excellent quality. Swiss folks really got it going on with quality and one heck of pocket tool. From the U.S. to Switzerland, great job.

rickyporter

Watching this fidgeting with my swiss champ I carry every day. Victorinox and buck knives are by far my favorite brands

DavidDoingLife

I've got a swiss card and it's fantastic quality, the little tools on it are just so well made it's absolutely something worth paying the money for. Maybe someday I'll get a swiss army knife

jimmysgameclips

A very old-school factory, a lot of manual assembly, which is nice. I understand they offer many different models, but a custom order service would be nice. For example, I would like a Rambler with alox scales.

I

Had one since a boy and one has always been in reach since then. For the quality and utility they are also fantastic value for money too. Amazing they make 20 million a year and still can hand finish and check them all to a uniform high standard. I have never had a bad one.

mattbod

The legend lives on and nothing will ever beat the Swiss army knife and I'm very prod to have one in my pocket

name

Son las mejores navajas del mundo te salvan la vida y calidad precio es lo mejor que existe sin duda alguna, una maravilla en la historia de la humanidad

Victor_Eastwood