No pictures from France for Leo and others

Hi guys,

I recently went to France on a business trip. Unfortunately I had no time to visit Thiers, Laguiole or even just a nice coutellerie. So I am afraid I have to disappoint everybody who had hoped for some nice pictures.

The good news is that my trip continued. To Switzerland. And the Swiss have their own national knife. And they are proud of it. You cannot miss it when you are there.

It was not long before I encountered the first knife shop.

Lots and lots of Victorinox knives. All very practical. Keycard knives, rescue knives, keychain knives, …

They cut paper, rope, wood, car belts, open wine bottles, beer bottles, tin cans, they can unscrew and screw things. And do many more things. These knives are practical!

Hey, ceramic kitchen knives! Interesting…

And, while there is nothing wrong with being practical, one can go too far…

A knife with a USB connection and a laser pointer? And then I haven’t shown you the Victorinox yet with a thermometer, barometer and altitude meter…

Unfortunately, this abundance of practical knives did not give me a reason to buy a nice new knife for myself. I already own a Victorinox. Here it is.

It is my EDC. Because it is so practical.

And while we can make jokes about the practicality of the Victorinox knife, the Swiss are the only people not to have fought in a war in over a thousand years. The jury is still out whether that is thanks to the fact that it is their army knife or in spite of this fact :D.

But hey, wait. Wat is that?