Customer Reviews

Victorinox Swiss Army Special Etched Soldier Knife with Collector's Book

5 star:		(8)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

This knife is not etched as described in the descriptions!
WTF not cool. What a waste of time. Amazon shame on you for not quality checking your products!

UPDATE!!!!!!

So I called Amazon and told them that my knife was not etched. They sent me a new knife and this one has the etch. The stock number on the box that is correct reads"53939 Soldier 61 BOX" The bad one reads "53929 Soldier Silver Alox" Off by desc and 1 digit on the stock number. I think maybe the people who pulled the items from stcok were drunk at the time. Any now if you do not have the etched knife , call and get it replaced with the correct one!

BUYER BEWARE!! This knife is NOT stamped or etched but is just a regular blade! They must have ran out of the 5,000 but decided to keep selling the knives that are NOT part of the final production run. I am very disappointed. I ordered one and a family member ordered one and NEITHER of them are stamped or etched!!! Very misleading!!!

I received mine in the mail,but when I opened it I discovered that the blade is NOT stamped with the production run or anything for that matter. It's a normal blade. Very disappointed.

I ordered this item twice, several months apart. My review after the first order is below. With my recent 2nd order I only received the book. No knife was included in the packaging. The book was returned to Warehouse Deals for a refund. After receiving the first order I originally wrote: The premium price for this package is for the special edition Soldier knife, with its special engravings on the blade. That knife appears to be sold out, which is probably why Amazon placed a bunch of these packages on their Warehouse Deals site at a reduced price. Like several buyers I received the off-the-shelf Soldier knife without the special engravings. The Jackson book is a fun read but not that useful for a collector of older SAKs. The book can be purchased separately from the knife.

The knife I received, like the reviewer before me, did not have the "1 in 5000" commemorative stamp. Its collector value is greatly reduced without it. I got it for a heavily discounted price, so I will not return it, but I'm pretty disappointed. The knife itself is great...but I already have others like it...and made this purchase for the commemorative value. Amazon let me down...not Victorinox.

*** Amazon made this right, in the end, after I called customer service. They shipped me the right knife. Thanks Amazon.

Received the knife and book, NO etching on the blade. This was supposed to be a special gift, but there's definitely nothing special about it. It's just a plain, rather simple knife. I E-mailed Amazon and was told that there's a problem with the description of the item. Well, NOW there is, however , at the time I ordered it was clearly marked as an etched, limited edition blade.
The CSR also told me that they weren't going to send me a replacement (would have been my preference) since there would be a good chance it would be the wrong item again. Amazon really has that little control over their inventory?
I was able to return the knife and book for a full refund (postage paid by Amazon), but now I have to wait for this refund which can take up to a month. Since I used Amazon GC's for this order, those are unavailable to me until then. Not exactly convenient this close to Christmas.

Well, I just received mine today. And YES, it has the laser engraving "Final Production Run 1 of 5,000 USA" just like the picture shows. I had originally thought it was the wrong knife, however, I was incorrect. It seems that the logo on the Soldier is the same on the Wenger 16250 version as on the Victorinox. Didn't know that. Nice Knife though ... Glad I ordered it. I may have got the last one :)

The Victorinox Swiss Army Soldier Special knife was a Christmas present for my son which I had been looking for over a long period of time before Christmas. I felt fortunate to find it on Amazon. When it was received I found that I had not only gotten what I wanted at a good price but that it contained an excellent history of Victorinox knives. This was an excellent package for the money. My son really likes it. Again Amazon kept their word on delivery.

My grandpa used this model knife and now I have as well for 20 years now. So when I heard they discontinuing this model I had to get another. This is hands down the best quality folding utility knife one can carry. Durable strong steel sharpens well and will last a life time. Never buy a chiness or Pakistan knife again. Use only Swiss knives. Mine came etched with no problems and the book is way cool.

DO NOT BUY!! As stated by the other reviewers, when I received the knife and book set, the knife did not have the etched blade. So going through Amazons return procedure was easy enough, thinking a mistake was made, then again receiving the exact same NON etched knife blade. Calling customer service was ordeal in itself as it was impossible to explain to someone with little English skills what "not etched" meant. So she decided it was defective and since this was my second problem with this knife I had to get a refund and no more exchanges. I was going to keep the knife because of the great price but since the blade was not etched it was not going to be a desired collectible so back it went.