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Submitted by mklopez

It has been 111 years since the first introduction of this amazing little tool.

Rather than write something boring, I’m just going to share some of my favourite Swiss Army Knife moments.

Macguyver - We all know that ‘Mac’ is the man, but without this little tool, he would have been left high and dry.

Robin Williams - Whenever I hear the words “Swiss Army Knife”, his standup from 2002 comes to mind, I’ll leave you with the quote from that performance below.

“How butch is an army that has a wine opener on its knife?….Many of you men have never opened a Chardonnay under fire. First of all you take out the wine bottle, pull out the cork, smell it, say ‘meat or fish’ and throw!”

Original Description:

The first spring-loaded Swiss Army knife included a single knife blade, two screwdrivers, a can opener and an awl punch. When it was registered as a trademark by Swiss-blade-craftsman Carl Elsener 111 years ago, no one would have believed that his simple multifunctional tool would dominate the survival/useful gadget market for more than a century

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