Swiss Army knife
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type of pocket knife containing multiple tools
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It sits within the topics Accuracy disputes from December 2025, Camping equipment and Mechanical hand tools.
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Encyclopedic overview
Victorinox "Huntsman" Swiss Army knife, with knife chain and belt clip Wenger "EvoGrip S17" Swiss Army knife. Since 2013, the knives of Wenger are integrated in Victorinox.
The Swiss Army knife (German: Schweizer Taschenmesser, Sackmesser, Hegel, etc.) is a multi-tooled pocketknife made for the Swiss Army since 1890, with consumer versions made, particularly since 1945. The term "Swiss Army knife" was used by American soldiers after World War II rather than the German word "Offiziersmesser", meaning "Officer's knife".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Swiss Army knife” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.