New Swiss Army Knife Won’t Have a Key Feature: a Blade

The longtime maker of the Swiss Army Knife will soon produce a variant that is missing a major feature: the actual blade. Victorinox CEO Carl Elsener Jr. told a Swiss news outlet that his company is working on a knifeless product due to an increase in restrictions on knives. He said he is concerned about regulations in several countries. In the United Kingdom, legislation has been proposed to further criminalize possession of a knife or other bladed instruments. “We’re concerned about the increasing regulation of knives due to the violence in the world,” he told the Swiss publication Blick in an exclusive interview, according to a translation. “We’re actually working on pocket tools without blades,” he added....