93mm Alox Dilemma

[lowtech]

Ok, so i have a "luxury problem".

I acquired 3 Alox Soldiers in the last months.

1. 97 standard silver Vic Soldier, very good condition, a rooster etched on the Main blade
2. 90 Dutch Army Knife, used, but good condition,non-polished tools, marked KL-90
3. 76 red Alox Vic Soldier, WK stamp, hollow rivet, blade ground to hell, tip of Awl is broken off

My problem is as follows:

I really like the well worn scales of the `76 soldier, but I´d like a fully functional knife.

I am thinking about getting some pivots and screws from Syph, dismantle the ´76 and one of te other ones and combine good tools with well worn scales.

Which knife should i dismantle, am i destroying any collectors value? Should i stopp whining and use one of the good knifes?

Any ideas?

Pics to follow.

[PTRSAK]

Or you could look around for a bargain price on a new or VGC Pioneer and use that as a donor.

Or see if Syph has a "spare" blade for sale when you get the picots.

I'm sure there are other ways of tackling the "problem",  other brains might pick up a few more.

[lowtech]

We have kinda "special" problems here on MTO, don´t we?
Thanks for your thoughts.
I think I´ll find a solution.

[papercut]

Send in the 76 for repairs I say. The pivots Syph uses require a great deal of precision drilling which may or may not be easy to pull off.

You would lose the dated blade though, but it sounds like it is already spent.

[lowtech]

I am still not sure what to do.

While sending in the `76 will surely bring back a fully useable knife, i am tempted to try my hands at dismantling and putting together an alox myself.

Those are the candidates.

[volbu]

No way the first alox I would dissmantle would be one of the 3 you got !!
Buy a cheap stock pioneer and become a master!!!

[lowtech]

I am indeed awaiting a Pioneer in teh mail out of a trade. We´ll see...