Don't Leave Home Without It

The “gold standard” of pocket knives.  Hundreds of millions produced, 400 different models and a global customer base.  Let’s hear it for the Swiss Army Knife!  And, yes, the military version is standard issue for the Swiss Army.

Lyndon B. Johnson carried one. MacGyver never leaves home without his. A Swiss Army knife can scale a fish, remove a splinter, help start a fire, or sew a ripped seam shut. Now available in impressively specific varieties such as the Equestrian and the Presentation Master, including some models that feature USB flash drives, the 500 millionth tool rolled off the line in 2017.   --- Quartz