No. 32

history

The Model No. 32 was produced by Victorinox between approximately 1930 and 1970. The Model No. 32 featured a square socket and screwdriver alongside a saw, corkscrew and large cutting blade.

Accableing to the Victorinox catalog from 1932, only the sizes 106 mm and 100 mm were produced at that time. In the 1942 catalog the size 95 mm was added. Victorinox produced model no. 32 in these 3 sizes in all available versions up until the 1950s. From the 1960s, the model was only produced in sizes 106 mm and 100 mm and only in the variant with tools made of stainless steel and horn scales.

functional parts

Model No. 31 had a large cutting blade and a corkscrew, a screwdriver, a saw and a square awl. 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; Screwdriver: 2.0mm; saw: 2.0 mm; Corkscrew: 2.0mm

construction

Model No.32 was a 3-layer model. Large cutting blade, screwdriver and saw turned around the head rivet, the square awl around the foot rivet and the corkscrew around the middle rivet. The upper layer consisted of a screwdriver and a square awl, the middle layer of the large cutting blade and the lower layer of the saw and the 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. In the case of the high-quality, so-called "fine version", rivets and liners made of brass and jaws made of nickel silver were used, and rust-resistant steel was used for the tools, if this was already available.