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swiss pocket knives

No. 30

history

All pocket knives with the numbers 26 to 34 are missing from the 1922 catalogue. It is unclear whether these were no longer in production or whether they were simlayer not shown in the catalog due to low demand. The number 30 thus appears in the catalog for the first time in 1932. It was a 5-part pocket knife, which was produced in the sizes 106 mm, 100 mm and 95 mm. The price difference between the sizes was small (CHF 0.30 – CHF 0.40 per size), but the difference in design was large. A model no. 1/30 in the Fiber version made of carbon steel cost CHF 9.90 compared to the Horn I class version with stainless steel tools at CHF 13.40.

Victorinox in all possible variants until the entire series of farmer's knives was discontinued. It was a 5-part pocket knife, with the same tools as model no. 16, but with an additional corkscrew.

functional parts

The model No. 30 had a saw, awl and a corkscrew on the back in addition to a large cutting blade and a hook blade. The additional bail was available as an option for the model.

material thickness

Big cutting blade: 2.5 mm – 2.8 mm; Awl: 2.0 mm; hooked blade: 2.0 mm; saw: 2.0 mm; Corkscrew: 2.0mm

construction

Model No.30 was a 3-layer model. The big cutting blade, hook blade and saw turned around the head rivet, the blind awl around the foot rivet and the corkscrew around the middle rivet. The upper layer consisted of a hooked blade and a pocket awl, the middle rivet consisted of the large cutting blade, and the lower layer consisted of a saw and a corkscrew.

scale material

Victorinox used red fiber scales and class I and II horn as the material for this pocket knife.

liners/rivets

The rivets and liners were made of steel or brass, the jaws of nickel silver, depending on the version. The high-quality, called "fine version", used rivets and liners made of brass as well as jaws made of nickel silver and rust-resistant steel for the tools, if this was already available.

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