Debian Swiss knives

At DebConf11, during the Lightning talks, the Debian Swiss Knives project was presented.

The idea is to make a group order at Victorinox with Debian branding. Each possible model has a "minimum amount" of pieces that need to be reserved for the order to happen. Amount of each chosen color does not matter.

The prices indicated are the maximum price and do not include shipping.

[2011-09-20] Orders trough the wiki are now closed and definitive orders have been sent out to people.

[2011-12-08] The knives arrived, but please still be patient, unfortunately the Swiss Post does not deliver before Christmas anymore.

[2012-11-12] There are no more knives, we are considering making a new order, but there is no ETA yet.

[2012-11-20] A new order for CyberTool 29 only (black and blue) has been placed, ETA is January 2013.

Fitting Debian branded Swiss Knife Plastic Caps on existing Swiss Knives

While it seems easy to fit brand new caps/shells onto Victorinox knives, you usually can't remove them from other knives of the same size without damaging them. So trying to fit the Debian-branded caps to another Victorinox knife is not recommended.

Does removing them damage the knife or the caps?


Nomad black swiss knife

Nomad (dead link)

blue Nomad with Debian branding

Prospective branding


CyberTool 29 red swiss knife

Cybertool 29 (dead link)

Black CyberTool 29 with Debian branding

Prospective branding