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Explorer
A 16-function 91 mm knife at 101 g that takes the Huntsman layout and swaps the wood saw for a magnifying glass and a Phillips screwdriver. At 22 mm it is one millimetre thicker and 4 g heavier than the Huntsman.
Specs verified 2026-09-30 · 4 sources · 7 fields we could not verify, shown as —
Full specification
- Weight
- 101 g
- Weight (imperial)
- 3.6 oz
- Closed length
- 91 mm
- Closed length (imperial)
- 3.58 in
- Open length
- —
- Width
- 26 mm
- Thickness
- 22 mm
- Manufacturer
- Victorinox
- Product family
- Officer's knife
- Manufacturer item number
- 1.6703
- Release year
- —
- Status
- In production
- Country of manufacture
- Switzerland
- Tool count (manufacturer)
- 16
- Cost per tool
- —
- Warranty
- Lifetime warranty
- Blade steel
- —
- Blade length
- —
- Edge type
- plain
- Blade profile
- —
- Locking
- No
- One-hand opening
- No
- Outside accessible
- No
- Pocket clip
- No
- Lanyard attachment
- Yes
- Sheath included
- No
Tool inventory · 15 mapped · 16 counted by Victorinox
Blade, large · Blade, small · Corkscrew · Reamer, punch and sewing awl · Scissors · Phillips screwdriver 1/2 · Multipurpose hook · Magnifying glass · Key ring · Tweezers · Toothpick · Bottle opener · Can opener · Screwdriver 3 mm · Screwdriver 6 mm · Wire stripper
What reviewers report
No theme about the Victorinox Explorer met the recurring threshold of three independent contributors or support across both platforms. Repeated and individual observations are listed below.
Based on 2 sources from 2 independent contributors (2 reddit). Fewer than 5 independent contributors were found, so treat repeated reports as preliminary. A report is recurring when three people mention it or when it appears across both platforms.
Comprehensive feature set Magnifier and pin aid cleaning Opening mechanism damages nails Physical appearance exceeds photos Scale has distinct tactile feel
- My EDC progression (so far!)
- Explorer Swiss Spirit Special Edition 2020. Much prettier than pictures show. Scale feels different than the usual cellidor too! I got this by chance, half I didn't pass it.
Where this data comes from
25 source records back this page. 7 fields could not be verified against any of them and are shown as — above.
Show the 25-row source table
| Weight | victorinox.com | Manufacturer page | 2026-08-26 |
| Weight | victorinox.com Page states: "Weight: 101 g" | Manufacturer page | 2026-08-26 |
| Weight | victorinox.com Page states: "Weight: 101 g" | Manufacturer page | 2026-09-30 |
| Closed length | victorinox.com | Manufacturer page | 2026-08-26 |
| Closed length | victorinox.com Page states: "Length: 91 mm" | Manufacturer page | 2026-08-26 |
| Closed length | victorinox.com Page states: "Length: 91 mm" | Manufacturer page | 2026-09-30 |
| Manufacturer tool count | victorinox.com Victorinox 'No. of features: 16'. Their count exceeds tools.length because each screwdriver size and each ruler scale is counted separately. | Manufacturer page | 2026-08-26 |
| Manufacturer tool count | victorinox.com Page states: "No. of features: 16" | Manufacturer page | 2026-08-26 |
| Manufacturer tool count | victorinox.com Page states: "Swiss made pocket knife with 16 functions" | Manufacturer page | 2026-09-30 |
| Tool list | victorinox.com Mapped from the page's Tools list, kept verbatim in manufacturer wording. | Manufacturer page | 2026-08-26 |
| Country of manufacture | victorinox.com Details block: 'Country of origin: Switzerland'. | Manufacturer page | 2026-08-26 |
| Country of manufacture | victorinox.com Page states: "Country of origin: Switzerland" | Manufacturer page | 2026-08-26 |
| Country of manufacture | victorinox.com Page states: "Country of origin: Switzerland" | Manufacturer page | 2026-09-30 |
| Production status | victorinox.com Listed and orderable on victorinox.com on 2026-08-26. | Manufacturer page | 2026-08-26 |
| Blade steel | victorinox.com Victorinox publishes no blade steel grade per product; the materials page states only 'martensitic stainless steel'. Recorded as null rather than guessing the commonly cited 1.4110. | Manufacturer page | 2026-08-26 |
| Width | victorinox.com Page states: "Width: 26 mm" | Manufacturer page | 2026-08-26 |
| Width | victorinox.com Page states: "Width: 26 mm" | Manufacturer page | 2026-09-30 |
| Thickness | victorinox.com Page states: "Height: 22 mm" | Manufacturer page | 2026-08-26 |
| Thickness | victorinox.com Page states: "Height: 22 mm" | Manufacturer page | 2026-09-30 |
| Blade locking | victorinox.com Page states: "Blade lockable: No" | Manufacturer page | 2026-08-26 |
| Blade locking | victorinox.com Page states: "Blade lockable: No" | Manufacturer page | 2026-09-30 |
| One-hand opening | victorinox.com Page states: "One hand blade: No" | Manufacturer page | 2026-08-26 |
| One-hand opening | victorinox.com Page states: "One hand blade: No" | Manufacturer page | 2026-09-30 |
| Manufacturer item number | victorinox.com Official Victorinox item number. | Manufacturer page | 2026-09-01 |
| Warranty | victorinox.com Page states: "This product is covered by Victorinox [Lifetime warranty](https://www.victorinox.com/en/Lifetime-warranty/cms/victorinox-lifetime-warranty/)" | Manufacturer page | 2026-09-30 |
Not verified: Open length, Blade steel, Blade length, Blade profile, Release year, MSRP (USD), MSRP (EUR). Each renders as — above. We would rather show a gap than a number nobody stands behind.
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