A limited-edition UTON knife commemorating the 100th anniversary of the founding of Czechoslovakia, bearing the serial number 001, was auctioned off on Wednesday, November 21, 2018, for 50,100 Kč. Mikov will donate the proceeds from the auction to the Police and Firefighters Foundation.
The company launched the limited edition of UTON knives on the exact day of Czechoslovakia’s founding, and the knives sold out within 45 minutes of the sale being announced. Knife number 001 was intended from the outset for auction to benefit the foundation.
The auction was ceremonially concluded at the Museum of the Police of the Czech Republic at 11 a.m., in the presence of Vladimír Šutera, director of the Police and Firefighters Foundation.
Mikov is a traditional Czech manufacturer of knives and office equipment with a history dating back to 1794. The company is headquartered in Mikulášovice, located in the very heart of Bohemian Switzerland.
The Police and Firefighters Foundation is a nonprofit organization that provides assistance to the surviving family members of police officers and firefighters who died in the line of duty, as well as to those police officers and firefighters who sustained injuries resulting in permanent disability while on duty.