Learn something new everyday. :thumbup:Yep!
"7. With Keyring; while almost all soldier's knives do not include the keyring attachment spacer and keyring, there was an unissued version that included the keyring. The keyring version is reported by Victorinox to have been manufactured from 1992/93 to 2002 for general sale, but they were never delivered to the Swiss Army. Actual examples have been have been reported with year stamps 94,95,97,98,99,00. These knives are labeled as Soldier's rather than Pioneers with dated blades (common), because they have the Swiss shield on the scales and the dated blade was intentional and consistent."
http://www.sakwiki.com/tiki-index.php?page=Soldier+1961
Had a few in the mailbox today.
"A few" - lol, Robert! A nice haul there.
I had to look up the Parachutist and Astronaut as I wasn't familiar with them. The seat belt cutter on the former looks a bit different than the one on the Swisstool RS. The Astronaut, in particular, looks like a really useful took combo.
Nice ones Robert, quite a haul of SAKs. I see a few there I have been chasing myself.