The Evaluation of Space Part: 10e

‘Pen knives’

Or:

“ …is a mans best friend

and slightly more functional,

also it might cut glass”

Borist Press Life is boring, why make it interesting?

The Evaluation of Space Part: 10e

‘Pen knives’

Or:

“ …is a mans best friend

and slightly more functional,

also it might cut glass”

The penknife

is a truly iconic

symbol of self-

independence

and extreme

minimalist born

out of pure func-

tion. The red little

plastic clad Swiss

tools have a long

history stretching

as far back as the

Roman era. Although what we know of them

today is very unlike the simplistic version

used by legionnaires.

The inventor of the

this modernist instru-

ment we know today,

Karl Elseness, and

his ‘Original Swiss

army knife’ (the

manufacture of the

penknives illustrated)

was due to a contract

with the armed forces

that beers it’s name

in 1891, but a cruel

turn of fait dissolved

this arrangement. It was only till the G.I.’s

turned up in Europe and started to purchase

them, mainly because of the corkscrew function,

when the world really took notice.

Now an institu-

tion with many

innovators

and imitators

following this

philosophy of

design of this

humble ‘every-

person’ tool,

that is always

needed on ev-

ery picnic and

every photo

shoot.

Models illustrated:

Spartan (Black)

Note: with added mini-screw driver and Pin.

Soldier

Note: E.D.C.

Soldier

Time keeper (Red)

Note: Watch broken/ No longer manufactured.

First/only edition 2011

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The Evaluation of Space Part: 10e

‘Pen knives’

Or:

“ …is a mans best friend

and slightly more functional,

also it might cut glass”

Borist Press Life is boring, why make it interesting?