Although first produced in the late 1880s, the Swiss army knife wasn't so called until after WWII, because America soldiers had trouble pronouncing the German word 'Offiziersmesser' ('officer's knife').
Related: It really shouldn't be called a 'Swiss army knife' in any case, as this
dates from about 200CE (it's Roman) and has a knife, fork, spoon, spatula, spike and toothpick.
Damned Swiss patent-infringing bastards.
Boru
Related: It really shouldn't be called a 'Swiss army knife' in any case, as this
dates from about 200CE (it's Roman) and has a knife, fork, spoon, spatula, spike and toothpick.
Damned Swiss patent-infringing bastards.
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson