This was a limited edition series of six knives, featuring the art work of the famous Swiss artist - Anne-Marie Vallotton-Saugy.

Six scenes from her work The Life are depicted on different coloured metal handles and blades in the series. Each scene depicts a different stage of life, in Vallotton-Saugy silhouette style. The scenes on the scales are mirrored images left to right; include the artist's signature; and are duplicated on the front and back scale. The scenes on the blades are selected segments from the scenes on the scales - also mirrored, but not always contiguous images/direct clips, and only feature on one side of the blade.

The series was issued, one per year, in individual presentation boxes, from 1984 to 1989. Each design in the series was limited to 5999 pieces, and each knife was individually numbered, with a deep stamp on the reverse of the tang, and was also accompanied by a numbered Certificate of Authenticity. In February of the final year, the entire six-knife set was offered in a large wooden presentation case (1.90.91).

Each issue had the same tool configuration, based on the Commander model, but without the tweezers, toothpick, or key ring.

SAKWiki has obtained information from the manager of a former Wenger dealer in Switzerland, that there was a test/pre-production model with a completely different Vallotton-Saugy image based on a Swiss landscape. Only 500 pieces were produced (499 for sale and one for the Wenger archive). Each knife was individually numbered, with a 3-digit deep stamp on the reverse of the tang, and was also accompanied by a numbered Certificate of Authenticity.

Scenes in the Series:

Images

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Birth

Childhood

Adolescence

The Wedding

Family Life

Old Age