Helvetia is to Switzerland what Marianne is to France and Lady Liberty is to the United States: the female personification of the country’s soul and spirit. She is depicted as a tall and stately woman clad in flowing robes, a shield in her left hand, a spear in her right, and her hair plaited into a crown encircling her head together with a laurel wreath. Today, Helvetia’s noble and graceful figure is etched into Swiss coins and postage stamps. (from here)

• additional tool (chisel) on the back-side
• strange buildup on the cap-lifter, looks like a piece of solder.

Besides these points, there are two other things, not so obvious:

• blades are unsharpened
• some tools can be fixed in intermediate positions (for instance, in addition to usual 90°, cap-lifter easily can be fixed in 45° position as well).

Probably at this point you already understand what’s wrong with this Huntsman, – this is a special version produced for European stores as a display variation.

I got mine from my friend Reinier, famous collector of Victorinox knives and very pleasant person, who also has own blog about SAKs. Highly recommend to add this site to your bookmarks!

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