701. Soldier 1961 (2008). Final Production Run
In 2008 Victorinox company introduced a new 111-mm knife (Soldier 2008) which was officially launched for Swiss Army to replace previous model – Soldier 1961, which was the official issue to the Swiss Army for more than 40 years.
In order to honor this substitution, a special run of withdrawn Soldier 1961 was introduced in 2008. It has additional etching and stamp ’08’ on the back side of blade.
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I have this knife . Brand new never used. What is the value of this knif?
I recently bought mine on eBay for 105$ + shipment to Sweden + VAT in total of 165$… Alot more than a normal pioneer or older birthday soldier. The qualitative worth of it is probably same as for the “normal” soldier, since it basically has same steel, arrangement, tools and production company. I’m a history guy, so for me it was more about it’s affection worth, rather than it being more unusual than normal ones. So, I have another one, a year 2000 for handy works.
What was the price of yours, i I may ask?
Mine costs me ~$40-50 (+shipping)