These days I see many headlines that make me think I should have been born in Alaska 100 years ago. The headline not too long ago was in the Wall Street Journal and it read “What Do You Call a Knife Without a Blade?” This puzzling message reported that Victorinox, the chief knife maker of Swiss Army Knives, is now making a version of a Swiss Army Knife without blades. Yes, you read it right! That’s like buying a fishing lure without hooks.
The Swiss Army Knife was patented by Karl Elsener in 1897. Elsener, who founded what would become Victorinox, supplied…
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