An electrical switch comprising: a first fixed contact , a second fixed contact , a rotatable knife contact having a rotational axis (Z1-Z1) and comprising at least one longitudinal pair of blades flexibly connected to each other, whereby the blades form, in a switching event, contact with contact portions of the first and/or the second fixed contact , the first fixed contact and the second fixed contact as well as the blades in the rotatable knife contact being of a first electrically conductive material composition, characterized in that the rotational axis (Z1-Z1) of the rotatable knife contact is positioned in a middle portion of the rotatable knife contact , the contact portion of the first and the second fixed contact comprises a first contact pin positioned in a recess in the contact portion , opposite outer ends of the blades in the rotatable knife contact comprises a second contact pin positioned in a recess in the blade , the first contact pin and the second contact pin being of a second electrically conductive material composition, the second electrically conductive material composition being different from the first electrically conductive material composition and comprising at least one material that has a higher resistivity to the wearing effect of an arc acting between the rotatable knife contact and the first or second fixed contact in a switching event compared to any material in the first electrically conductive material composition, the second contact pin passing over the first contact pin in a switching event so that when the rotatable knife contact reaches an end position on the first or the second fixed contact there is no contact between the first contact pin and the second contact pin . a first fixed contact , a second fixed contact , a rotatable knife contact having a rotational axis (Z1-Z1) and comprising at least one longitudinal pair of blades flexibly connected to each other, whereby the blades form, in a switching event, contact with contact portions of the first and/or the second fixed contact , the first fixed contact and the second fixed contact as well as the blades in the rotatable knife contact being of a first electrically conductive material composition, characterized in that the rotational axis (Z1-Z1) of the rotatable knife contact is positioned in a middle portion of the rotatable knife contact , the contact portion of the first and the second fixed contact comprises a first contact pin positioned in a recess in the contact portion , opposite outer ends of the blades in the rotatable knife contact comprises a second contact pin positioned in a recess in the blade , the first contact pin and the second contact pin being of a second electrically conductive material composition, the second electrically conductive material composition being different from the first electrically conductive material composition and comprising at least one material that has a higher resistivity to the wearing effect of an arc acting between the rotatable knife contact and the first or second fixed contact in a switching event compared to any material in the first electrically conductive material composition, the second contact pin passing over the first contact pin in a switching event so that when the rotatable knife contact reaches an end position on the first or the second fixed contact there is no contact between the first contact pin and the second contact pin . <EOS>