Victorinox SwissCard LiteWhen it comes to adventure, one name stands out from the rest the Swiss Army Knife. Victorinox's Swiss Army Knife first came about in 1891, when Karl Elsener invented the "Soldier's Knife", which was followed a few years later by the Offiziermesser the "Officer's Knife". They were the Swiss Army's best kept secretuntil much later, during World War II, when American GIs working with the Swiss saw the Swiss' pocket knives in actionand wanted one for