Humpday Triviola

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Don Orr

Left handed metric adjustable wrench ?

No, but.....

Thomas Skaggs, Foothills of Mount Level

....I gotta get me one of those! ;-)

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Lee Schierer McKean, PA

I'll try to cut into this as I eat my Swiss cheese with lunch.

Lee

;-)

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Thomas Skaggs, Foothills of Mount Level

Lee gets a golden Swiss Army knife.......

The VICTORINOX "Swiss Army Knife" is over100 Years Old. This useful pocket MultiTool was legally registered on June 12, 1897. Over 34,000 of these pocket tools with the distinctive Swiss cross leave the factory in central Switzerland each day.

Ninety per cent are for export to over 100 different countries and serve as ambassadors for Switzerland.

Carl Elsener, the company founder, wanted to create work in sparsely industrialized central Switzerland and counter the emigration spawned by unemployment. To go from hand-crafting to industrial production was at the time adventurous and required enormous determination. Today, this family business in Schwyz provides 950 jobs.

After the soldier's knife, which every recruit receives upon entering the army, Carl Elsener developed a new, elegant and light weight pocket knife, with six practical tools. He called this new model the "Officers and Sports Knife".

After an unparalleled success story around the world, the VICTORINOX "Swiss Army Knife" is even orbiting the earth as part of the standard equipment of the Space Shuttle Crew. The knife has also been successfully proven on expeditions: in the arctic ice of the North Pole; on the highest peak on earth, Mount Everest; in the tropical rain forests of the Amazon, and elsewhere. Time and again, it has been a life saver in situations of extreme danger and great need. The New York Museum of Modern Art and the State Museum for Applied Art in Munich have selected it for their collection of excellence in design, and, since Lyndon B. Johnson, US presidents present guests with VICTORINOX pocket knives.

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Bill Earl

"since Lyndon B. Johnson, US presidents present guests with VICTORINOX pocket knives."

Just don't try getting into the White House with one in your pocket!

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Thomas Skaggs, Foothills of Mount Level

I was interested that a US President made gifts of an Iconic Swiss product. What about Buck Brothers?