Forschner knives Swiss-made or German?

[diamdave]

I've seen them advertised as a Swiss product, but knifecenter also had some advertised as Solingen-made. Anybody?

 

[polish avenger]

All Forschner-Victorinox that I've owned have been marked as Swiss. Which site is advertising them as German?
-Mark

 

[Keith Montgomery]

One website I went to stated that the forged Forschner knives are made in Solingen.

 

[diamdave]

I think you're both right, hence my confusion

http://www.knifecenter.com/knifecenter/kitchen/victkit.html says they are Swiss-made.

But, http://www.knifecenter.com/kc_new/store_detail.html?s=VN40010

says Solingen, Germany. Is it just some models, or all, or...? Kind of curious....

 

[polish avenger]

It's odd, in the second write-up (further down) it says that the blades are 'finished' in Switzerland. Curiouser and curiouser.....
-Mark

 

[UnknownVT]

Here's a bit of input -

RH Forschner used to be the US importers of Victorinox SAKs and knives made in Switzerland.

They used to sell the Victorinox kitchen knives under the brand Forschner - so much so, that a lot in the food industry just knew them as Forschner knives, as they were marked with BOTH RH Forschner and Victorinox

But the Forschner kitchen cutlery range also had many other items not made by Victorinox - including Sabatiers (from France) and butchers' steels from Sheffield, England.

The most famous NON-Victorinox Forschner product was in fact the
famous first Swiss Army watch -

This was a watch made for RH Forschner, and NOT from or made by Victorinox at all - the reason why Forschner were able to use the Victorinox Swiss cross shield logo was for marketing purposes in the USA -
when sold anywhere else other than the USA this exact same watch had a different logo (the logo was then a white cross in a red oval with laural leaf surround).

RH Forschner later formed Swiss Army Brands (SAB) taking advantage of the fact that many knew about Swiss Army Knives but did not know the difference between Victorinox and/or Wenger - this was so successful - that SAB became synonymous with SAKs. They also owned and sold Bear MGC knives and multi-tools.

So in lots of ways Victorinox owes its popularity in the USA (and bascially the world) to the pioneering work by RH Forschner (and later Swiss Army Brands).

in 2001 Victorinox acquired Swiss Army Brands (and Forschner) -
and seems to have carried on the Forschner range of kitchen cutlery - possibly taking advantage of the well established brand recognition of Forschner in the US food industry -
so some are made by Victorinox in Switzerland, some made for Victorinox, and some, I think, aren't even branded Victorinox.

--
Vincent
http://clik.to/UnknownVT2006
http://clik.to/UnknownVT2005
http://clik.to/UnknownVT2004
http://clik.to/UnknownVincent

 

[Emanuel]

Here's a bit of input -

RH Forschner used to be the US importers of Victorinox SAKs and knives made in Switzerland.

They used to sell the Victorinox kitchen knives under the brand Forschner - so much so, that a lot in the food industry just knew them as Forschner knives, as they were marked with BOTH RH Forschner and Victorinox

But the Forschner kitchen cutlery range also had many other items not made by Victorinox - including Sabatiers (from France) and butchers' steels from Sheffield, England.

The most famous NON-Victorinox Forschner product was in fact the
famous first Swiss Army watch -

This was a watch made for RH Forschner, and NOT from or made by Victorinox at all - the reason why Forschner were able to use the Victorinox Swiss cross shield logo was for marketing purposes in the USA -
when sold anywhere else other than the USA this exact same watch had a different logo (the logo was then a white cross in a red oval with laural leaf surround).

RH Forschner later formed Swiss Army Brands (SAB) taking advantage of the fact that many knew about Swiss Army Knives but did not know the difference between Victorinox and/or Wenger - this was so successful - that SAB became synonymous with SAKs. They also owned and sold Bear MGC knives and multi-tools.

So in lots of ways Victorinox owes its popularity in the USA (and bascially the world) to the pioneering work by RH Forschner (and later Swiss Army Brands).

in 2001 Victorinox acquired Swiss Army Brands (and Forschner) -
and seems to have carried on the Forschner range of kitchen cutlery - possibly taking advantage of the well established brand recognition of Forschner in the US food industry -
so some are made by Victorinox in Switzerland, some made for Victorinox, and some, I think, aren't even branded Victorinox.

--
Vincent
http://clik.to/UnknownVT2006
http://clik.to/UnknownVT2005
http://clik.to/UnknownVT2004
http://clik.to/UnknownVincent

It gets even more interesting.

The past President and CEO (and maybe owner?) of Forschner was a man named Micheal Weatherly Sr.

Who happens to be the father of Micheal Weatherly Jr, ....that actor on NCIS who plays Anthony DiNozzo. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Weatherly

Not kidding.

Who says I never give you folks any interesting info?

 

[Emanuel]

Dave,

Perhaps the steel is from Solingen, and the knife itself is made in Switzerland?