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The Victorinox Swiss Army Knife Vintage Fisherman 1968-73 Model 135AF is a rare and collectible folding knife made in Switzerland. It features a stainless steel blade with various tools such as a toothpick, screwdriver, tweezers, and a fish scaler with a magnetic tip. The handle is made of cellidor material, and the knife includes different blades including a medium blade, small clip-point blade, and a square phillips screwdriver. This versatile knife is perfect for outdoor activities, fishing, and everyday carry. It is in Good Condition for its age with a few dings on the scales and some scratch on the blades, but overall it looks really nice and has great snap in all the tools and blades.
Tool Breakdown of the Vintage Fisherman
- 2 Blades: A large master blade and a small clip-point blade.
- Backside Square Phillips: The classic half-square, half-round shank driver (often featuring a nail file on one edge.
- It has a Bight or Bail Loop on the end of the knife which was use on the older models instead of a key ring.
- Awl (Punch): The older style reamer without a sewing eye
- Openers: Standard flathead screwdriver/bottle opener and can opener/small flathead.
- Fish Scaler: Includes the U-shaped hook disgorger and early magnetized tip or ruler variations.
- Scissors: Vintage screw-joint configuration with a single leaf spring (on pre-1975 versions)
Having the "Victoria" tang stamp means the knife is a highly collectible vintage piece from the "Victoria" era (circa 1957–1974)
The "Victoria" Stamp: Victorinox used this stamp on the reverse side of the main blade (often paired with a crossbow icon) to honor Victoria Elsener, the mother of the company's founder, before phasing it out around 1974–1975.
