SI owners...

[Waterlander]

So sad..

The tip broke off the canopener..and I really didn't use that much force.. 

Is it me, or is the old brushed steel more brittle? 

[Dunc]

What would make this thread even better is some SI pics 

Nice. Where did you get the SI from Dunc?

It was a gift from Benner a few years back 

[Syph007]

Robust

But mostly for me a base for my mods.  After all for me a 'standard issue' needs scissors. 

[Syph007]

So sad..

The tip broke off the canopener..and I really didn't use that much force.. 

Is it me, or is the old brushed steel more brittle? 

The older steel is much more brittle.  I've noticed it most in the backsprings, they are way more fragile than modern springs.

[chip]

This thread prompted me to read Up a bit about the soldier on sakwiki where it says,

This is the only Victorinox Swiss Army Knife that has the year of production stamped on the tang of the main blade.

But the settler I received this morning from zag has one also i think.

[nsa-x-file]

This thread prompted me to read Up a bit about the solider on sakwiki where it says,

This is the only Victorinox Swiss Army Knife that has the year of production stamped on the tang of the main blade.

But the settler I received this morning from zag has one also i think.

(Image removed from quote.)

I have lots of other alox knives with date stamped blades.
Pioneer, Settler, Solo, Farmers etc. I've seen many others as well.
Not really that rare and I see them forsale quite often.
My guess would be when the main blade broke it was sent off for repair and spare blades were used up.
Or even spares were used when they were made in the factory?
I've never been able to get a good source of info on them.

[Dunc]

I've always understood it that they were using up extra blades that were made for the Soldier model.

[chip]

I thought this would be the case,
So sakwiki is not gospel, shame victorinox does not have a similar official  site.

Still a very handy source of info though.

Sorry to have slightly derailed the thread. As you were.

[Dunc]

Sakwiki is kind of right , the other models aren't supposed to have date codes.

[Gareth]

Sakwiki is kind of right , the other models aren't supposed to have date codes.

That's my understanding as well.  The Alox Soldier was the only one that always came with a date code.  Any other alox wouldn't normally come stamped and those that did were the exception to the rule.

Oh, here's my Wenger SI (no date stamp  ).

[Vladimir]

My soldiers:



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