Hmmm...I wouldn't make such a claim without documented evidence that Carl Elsener, the inventor of the SAK, was influenced by this sgian dubh. As Joe stated earlier, this was most likely a "private purchase" item, and not issued by the Army to all soldiers. Elsener designed the SAK because Swiss soldiers needed a screwdriver to maintain and clean their rifle, and he wanted the Swiss Army to be issued a Swiss knife. Before the Swiss were issuing German knives.Originally Posted by GlassMan
I don't think you can say that the Swiss have "wrongfully" claimed the credit for it -- how many of the sgian dubhs are manufactured? Were they ever issued (and not purchased privately) by Scottish soldiers? There are just too many unanswered questions to say that the Swiss "stole" this idea from the Scots.
Regards,
Todd
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