Victorinox isn’t shy about leaning into craft when the moment calls for it, and the new Evoke Wood Damast Limited Edition 2026, the latest in 17 years of annual Damast releases, is one of those moments. It’s a Swiss Army Knife that trades the usual stuffed toolset for something quieter and a lot more deliberate, with a Damasteel blade, plane tree wood handles, and a serial number that reminds you only 7,000 people will ever carry one.
Price: $465
Where to Buy: Victorinox
If your idea of a Swiss Army Knife is the bright red one with a dozen tools and a tiny pair of scissors, this isn’t that. It’s the version Victorinox makes when it wants to slow down and show off.
Start with the blade
The headline feature is the blade. Victorinox built it from 115-layer Damasteel® Gysinge steel, the kind of patterned steel that looks different on every single EDC knife because the layers fold and merge in ways no two pieces share. Each blade carries its own visual fingerprint, which is the whole point of buying a Damascus-style steel in the first place.
This isn’t decorative steel either. Damasteel Gysinge is known for strength and edge retention, and Victorinox is positioning the 115-layer construction as both a performance and a craftsmanship statement. The brand frames the pattern as a marker of trust and quality you can count on, which is the kind of marketing line you’d expect from a 142-year-old Swiss knifemaker, but the steel itself does back it up.
The blade is a drop point profile measuring 3.875 inches long at 0.112 inches thick, hardened to 60 HRC. That’s everyday-carry territory in terms of usability, not collector-only display.
The wood handles earn their spot
The other half of this knife’s personality lives in the scales. Victorinox went with plane tree wood, sustainably sourced, with a grain that varies from piece to piece. That natural variation pairs nicely with the patterned steel. Even inside a 7,000-piece run, no two of these are the same.
The brown wood finish keeps things understated. There’s no glossy showpiece treatment here, no metallic flair pulling attention away from the blade. The whole knife reads as a piece you’d actually want to handle rather than display behind glass.
Two functions, both on purpose
This is where the Evoke breaks from the classic Swiss Army Knife playbook. There are exactly two functions on the knife: a large blade and a removable thumb stud. No corkscrew, no toothpick, no tweezers, no scissors.
The blade is lockable and designed for one-hand opening, which makes the Evoke feel closer to a modern folding knife than a traditional Swiss multi-tool. The removable thumb stud is the small but smart detail. You can pull it off if you’d rather have a cleaner profile, or leave it on for fast deployment. That kind of small modularity is the sort of thing Victorinox tends to nail when it actually decides to focus.
How it compares to past Damast editions
The Damast series has been an annual release, and the 2026 Evoke Wood Damast is the 17th edition. 2025’s Special Companion Damast kept the classic Swiss Army Knife format: a familiar multi-tool layout dressed up with patterned steel and upgraded scales. The 2026 Evoke Wood Damast does something different. Same Damasteel craft and finish, but built around a single locking blade and a removable thumb stud instead of a tool stack. For long-time collectors of the series, that’s the headline. The Damast line has finally broken its own format.
How it carries and how it’s numbered
Closed, the Evoke Wood Damast Limited Edition 2026 measures 5.1 inches long, 1.6 inches wide, and 0.6 inches thick, with a weight of 4.9 ounces (140 g). Open, it stretches to roughly 9.19 inches overall. It’s pocketable but has presence. You’ll feel it riding in your pocket the way a heavier folding knife does, which fits the heirloom vibe Victorinox is going for.
It’s made in Switzerland under item number 0.9410.J26, and like every Victorinox product, it’s covered by the brand’s Lifetime warranty. Each of the 7,000 pieces is individually numbered, so collectors get the kind of provenance that matters when these eventually start trading hands on the secondary market.
What it costs, while you can still get one
The Evoke Wood Damast Limited Edition 2026 is available now directly from Victorinox in the United States for $465. UK and EU buyers see it land at £399 / €399, which works out to roughly the same. It launched on April 10, 2026, and given the 7,000-piece cap, expect availability to thin out quickly.
You can buy it directly from Victorinox. After the 7,000th piece ships, that’s it.
Who this is for
This one’s an easy yes for Damast collectors. The series sells through quickly, and a single-blade Evoke variant is rare enough that secondary-market interest will be strong almost immediately.
Price: $465
Where to Buy: Victorinox
For first-time Damast buyers, the call is harder. At $465 you’re paying a premium for the steel and the edition number, not for daily utility. If you carry a Swiss Army Knife for actual tool use, the standard Evoke gives you the same lockback blade in a non-collectible format for less. The Wood Damast is the one to buy if you want a Victorinox you’ll keep in a drawer or hand down, not one you’ll abuse on a job site.
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