Karl Elsener was a Swiss cutler, inventor and entrepreneur. He completed an apprenticeship as a knife maker in Zug. The company Victorinox was founded in 1914.
Victorinox Foundation has 90% ownership in company. Carl and Elise Elsener-Gut Foundation has 10% ownership. There make a variety of swiss knives.
It has 33 functions:
- Large blade
- Small blade
- Corkscrew
- Can opener
- Small screwdriver
- Bottle Opener
- Screwdriver
- Wire-stripper
- Reamer, punch: This little tool is used to enlarge holes in wood or leather.
- Key ring
- Tweezers: To pinch or pick some very small things.
- Toothpick
- Scissors
- Multi-purpose hook: To carry shopping bags with heavy items. It can hold up to 200 lbs.
- Wood saw
- Fish scaler: To scale fishes and carving pumpkins.
- Hook disgorger: You can remove a hook from the mouth of a fish.
- Ruler
- Nail file
- Metal file
- Nail cleaner
- Metal saw
- Fine screwdriver
- Wood chisel: This is to carve or cut out wood.
- Pliers: They ar similar to scissors and have a spring that opens the tool.
- Wire cutter
- Wire crimping tool
- Phillips screwdriver.
- Magnifying glass: It has 8x magnification.
- Ball point pen
- Straight pin
- Mini screwdriver
- Sewing eye