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No. 248

history

The hihistory of model no. 248 goes back to around 1900. The model appeared in the Victorinox catalog in 1901 and was therefore created shortly after or at the same time as the famous model no or bought without underwire.

The model no. 248 was one of the few 1-ply models that ever existed in the size 91 mm. Victorinox produced the model until around the mid-1970s and it underwent only minor changes during that time. The fiber scales were replaced with celluloid/ cellidor, optionally from around 1930 also with scales made of horn, tortoisescale or mother-of-pearl, and optionally the model with tools made of carbon steel or stainless steel, with only the latter option for scales made of mother-of-pearl and tortoisescale question came. From around the mid-1950s, according to the catalogues, only the versions with stainless steel and Cellidor scales were available. For a short time, model no. 248 also belonged to the Elinox line, listed under no. 1248 and later no. 3248.

This knife was also often used for advertising purposes and received the appropriate deposits of nickel silver or engravings on the cutting blade.

functional parts

The model no. 248 has a small and a large cutting blade as well as a corkscrew on the back. The model was available with or without a bracket, but never officially with a toothpick/tweezers.

material thickness

Large cutting blade: 2.6 mm; Corkscrew: 3.4 mm (later 3.0 mm); small cutting blade: 2.0 mm (later 1.75 mm)

construction

The model no. 248 is a 1-layer pocket knife. This layer of small and large cutting blades and the corkscrew on the back was used in many pocket knives and is always the same. The large cutting blade moves around the head rivet and the small cutting blade moves around the base rivet. The corkscrew is attached with a center rivet. The 4th rivet is concealed below the scales and prevents the back spring from shifting.

scale material

Originally only fiber red was used as the scale material, later celluloid/ cellidor and horn. Around 1930, the stainless steel model was still available with tortoisescale or mother-of-pearl, although these models are very rare and the tortoisescale scales can no longer be found in the catalog by 1944.

Liners/spacers/rivets

Since the model no. 248 has a very long hihistory, a wide variety of materials were used for the liners, rivets and spacers. The liners were originally made of brass, later made of nickel silver and aluminum. The first intermediate layers and the rivets were made of steel, later made of brass and even later made of nickel silver and aluminum (not the rivets).

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