Knife Used to Assist at a Birth
During an extensive cycling tour around Lake Constance, a German optician bought a very special Victorinox knife: the so-called survival knife. This model is equipped with numerous tools and functions and can be carried on the belt in a leather bag. At first his friends and relatives laughed at him. By the end of the tour, however, following an experience which left a deep impression on everyone, he literally held all the aces. His brother-in-law wrote to Ibach with the following story:
«This special story of the Swiss knife began on a long cycle tour with my family. Right at the beginning of the tour my brother-in-law bought himself a particularly well-equipped Victorinox model – the survival knife, equipped with numerous tools and functions, which can be carried in a leather bag on your belt or in your trouser pocket. But after gently teasing my brother-in law about the knife, we soon forgot about it. When we stopped on the island of Mainau, however, that all changed.» A piece of nylon cord and a knife «On one of our longer walks we came to a summer meadow, where to our amazement a foal was being born – a far from everyday occurrence for us city folk. After the birth we noticed that the mother was ignoring her new-born, and that the foal didn’t get up on its feet. The umbilical cord was still connected..
None of the considerable number of people watching had any idea what to do. The animal warden who had hurried to the scene did not know what to do either, as he didn’t have the right equipment with him. That was my brother-in-law’s big moment. He took centre stage, carrying his survival knife. He quickly took out a piece of nylon rope and the knife, assisted the warden in tying the nylon rope around the umbilical cord, and with a deft cut finally released it.
The onlookers were overjoyed. The foal sprang up and trotted over to its mother, although less than stable on its feet. We should add that as my brother-in-law cleaned and put away his knife, nobody in our cycling party teased him for acting like a boy scout.»
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