are there made in China Victorinox?
or are all Victorinox Swiss made?
The original ones are swiss made, but I bet there’s a ton of illegal china made copies out there!
Genuine Victorinox is all made in switzerland. Most all replicas are pretty trashy, but there is a beijing olympic swisscard clone with “opera mask” that’s pretty decent.
Please enjoy your time here, kokkionglow!
if you saw how well thought out and how tight the tolerances are on a real one youd probably just bite the bullet n drop the cash on the real one. i saw the victorinox megafactory episode and they compared some various grade imitators. no comparison.
In addition Victorinox gives a great warranty to all their products, if something would ever break. But that won’t happen! 
My Swiss Knife has never let me down in the past 10+ years . . .
Half a year ago, I sent them my sister's Swiss army knife for a complete overhaul. It was probably 25 years old and a total mess.
They didn't even bother and sent me a new one instead, no charge. Awesome.
And this is why Victorinox knives aren't expensive at all: No matter what you do to them, you will have them for your lifetime.
Impressive testimonial.
Yes, I admit I'm a fan 
Ever since my dad bought me first SAK when I was 12.
With which shipping option did you ship it and where to?
I guess you had to ship it to Shweiz, Dtsch. Post Großbrief International (3.45€)?
For this money you could almost get a brand-new copy since the Vinox market is highly competitve, especially in Deutchland.
Nope, they have a distribution center in germany near the swiss border.
Anyway, in the links you provided I don't see a SAK for anywhere near 3.45, so I somehow miss your point...
Can I get a link to that?
If you want a swiss army knife, there are two companies, which you can choose. Victorinox or Wenger.
Victorinox bought Wenger a few years ago, but both have different knives series.
Oh it's maybe 1.45 only. Okok you win :D
Victorinox is slight better build quality, especially the plastic covers, but wenger has some design elements which are slightly better like toothpick/tweezer pull from the inside and screwdriver/file instead of backup blade…
I have quite a few samples of each.
I agree, the backup blade isn't the most useful on the Victorinox knives. But there are some models that have a nailfile instead, like the Sportsman or the Cadet.
I’m not sure how it exactly works, but i know for sure that to qualify for “Swiss made” it’s a matter of a certain percentage. A certain number/ratio of the components must be made/assembled in Switzerland. So, depending on how it’s done, you could actually get “real” Victorinox components in a fake chinese knife, because i don’t think they’re not outsourcing some parts, as i don’t think the chinese oem factory wouldn’t have some extra batches of those parts laying somewhere around. Of course, it wouldn’t make the fake knife necessarily a good one.
Bought mine in 1980s in Tenerife along with my TAG Chrono.Has the tooth pick and tweezers on the side/end.The TAG watch broke down on a service about 10years ago,they say it seezed through lack of use.Its a NO NO to carry any knife in the UK,but when we go anywher other than shopping,its in my pocket.Often wondered how many miles its traveled in nearly 25-30 years.I have another one thats older than the Hills,more basic model.Chose it out my Grandads stuff when he passed,its battered and scratched,but works a treat.
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Victorinox doesn’t outsource AFAIK.
By the way, here's a video about the manufacturing process of Victorinox knives. It is basically a commercial, but nonetheless quite interesting to watch.
