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World's Record Swiss Army Knives

The Roman army pen knife
The world's oldest Swiss Army type knife has been found - made 1,800 years before its modern counterpart. An intricately designed Roman implement, which dates back to 200AD, it is made from silver but has an iron blade. It features a spoon, fork as well as a retractable spike, spatula and small tooth-pick. Experts believe the spike may have been used by the Romans to extract meat from snails.
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The Wenger knife above is now listed as the Guinness world's record knife, with 87 tools with over 112 functions. It is available for a mere $999.95 from the Swiss Knife Shop.



In 1992, this was the Guinness record holder with 314 blades.

I guess the difference is that the top knife is a (limited) production item, while the bigger Victorinox knife with the mother of pearl scales was a one-of-a-kind knife hand built by Master Cutler Hans Meister in 1991. He and his employees worked 750 hours to complete this knife with 314 blades and other instruments - for example, a potato peeler. The knife, shown recently in St. Gallen, Switzerland, weighs almost 11 pounds

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