Is this a genuine Wenger swiss army knife?

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Hello.
I recently bought a second hand Wenger pocket knife and think it might be counterfeit due to a few strange details. Although it has the tweezers, it does not have a toothpick, nor does it appear to have a place for it to be inserted and stored. In addition to this, it has a rose-like flower on the same scale as the logo that I haven't seen before.

https://imgur.com/a/0SZPiFK

However, the Wenger logo looks normal and the tang stamp corresponds to a Wenger tang stamp apparently used from 1966 to 2008.

https://imgur.com/a/LhTKsiS

https://imgur.com/a/bathAU1

There are also bumps on the end of each scale which I assume was left from the manufacturing process.

https://imgur.com/a/t79oSro

The blade cuts paper when some force is applied and the tools open and close with a small click.

I would appreciate any advice as to whether this is a genuine Wenger. ^^
 
I can’t explain why it doesn’t have a toothpick but the knife looks legit. It has the correct blade tang markings.
 
For whatever it's worth, the configuration matches my Wenger Esquire except for the lack of a toothpick and the addition of the rose and the bumps.
 
I found an image of a Wenger SAK with the same flower on the scales, from what is apparently some kind of catalogue.

https://imgur.com/a/Cd39to1

It doesn't really make sense to produce a counterfeit of a knife with an obscure and uncommon decoration right?
 
nobody ever seems to counterfeit the little ones anyways.
you can either buy or receive as a promo a $1 classic lookalike or you could spend $10 on a real classic or 58mm wenger, nobody buying the $1 copy cares or knows the difference.
 
I notice it's referred to as a Lady Swiss in the catalog photo.

Obviously, picking your teeth isn't very ladylike. Or, wasn't thirty years ago. 😁
 
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