About 6 weeks ago or so I sent an old Modeler SAK to Victorinox in Connecticut to be refurbished. A few weeks later I bought a 108mm GAK on eBay and it turned out to be in a lot worse condition then described by the seller. I decided to send it to Vic in CT to see if they could refurb everything but the scales and the saw. When I sent the Modeler in they told me turnaround was 7 weeks so I was in no hurry. Today I got a call from a representative from Vic in CT and she told me they were sending my Modeler back finished but there was nothing they could do with the old 108mm GAK
I told them I just wanted to see if they could replace the blade and the awl but the representative said once they removed the scales they wouldn't be able to put them back on or replace them. The rep said they were sending it back with the Modeler. But because they couldn't fix the GAK the rep gave me her extension and said that if I wanted to buy something from their site,
www.swissarmy.com and called her they would give me 50% off. I thought that was pretty decent. The knives on their site are MSRP so I don't know how much I would really save, I guess it depends on the knive I choose. Maybe it might be a good time to buy a Heritage
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