ALOX Cadets, Bantams and Classics I've never seen before.

396988 · **Reply #30 on:** February 24, 2013, 08:07:53 PM

I am at Copenhagen Airport for a 5 hour stop soon. The shop is only 30-40 mins away, I reckon I can make it and this was fate helping with my new obsession. It would beat sitting there for hours and I handily have some krone leftover from a few years ago.

Problem is I have the girlfriend with me. So while she has been at work today I have cleaned most of the house and brought some flowers.

PTRSAK · **Reply #31 on:** February 25, 2013, 10:52:29 AM

Okay... I got a reply to my email about postage to Australia, and I would think from their reply that this applies to postage anywhere else too...

"we ship anywhere..
Just order in the danish shop ... choose creditcard payment and Post Danmrk as means of transport
The deducted sales tax will compensate for the postage..
regards"

On the strength of this I ordered a Black with Red shield Cadet.
It ran out at DKK240 or just over $41 Austrailan.

As a comparison, the cheapest I can get a Cadet into my letterbox is $31 for a silver one from Germany. For a black one, $38 from USA but it has a black shield. So, I'm very happy with that price.

You may need to have Google Translate open in another browser tab to get through the Danish ordering pages, but it's not hard to do.

crackout · **Reply #32 on:** February 25, 2013, 11:27:17 AM

Alright, I ordered three. A black Bantam, black Cadet and black Classic.

The customs will destroy me.

Btw: And you guys think German is a weird language? Danish kills it!

AHB · **Reply #33 on:** February 25, 2013, 11:35:50 AM

Quote from: crackout on February 25, 2013, 11:27:17 AM

Alright, I ordered three. A black Bantam, black Cadet and black Classic.

The customs will destroy me.

Btw: And you guys think German is a weird language? Danish kills it!

Hey....!!!

Der er sgu ikke noget galt med dansk..

Let me know if any of you needs help with translation..

user24 · **Reply #34 on:** February 25, 2013, 12:11:49 PM

They're going to wonder what's going on! I've just ordered a cadet

£28 including delivery sounds pretty sweet to me!

ICanFixThat · **Reply #35 on:** February 25, 2013, 01:24:32 PM

Quote from: PTRSAK on February 25, 2013, 10:52:29 AM

Okay... I got a reply to my email about postage to Australia, and I would think from their reply that this applies to postage anywhere else too...

"we ship anywhere..
Just order in the danish shop ... choose creditcard payment and Post Danmrk as means of transport
The deducted sales tax will compensate for the postage..
regards"
....

Thanks! I had not heard back from them yet. I wanted to stay in bed longer this morning, but this made me get up.

I also ordered a Ranger I had given up on finding.

Now I need to get dressed and shovel snow.

It's starting off to be a good day... but the day the package arrives will be even better.

Reinier · **Reply #36 on:** February 25, 2013, 01:30:45 PM

Quote from: user24 on February 25, 2013, 12:11:49 PM

They're going to wonder what's going on!

They are being MTo'd (like this)

ICanFixThat · **Reply #37 on:** February 25, 2013, 02:26:30 PM

I want to congratulate enki_ck for his great spotting, and thank him for sharing the information with us.

These are

I did warn them yesterday that their site had attacted some worldwide attention.

twiliter · **Reply #38 on:** February 25, 2013, 03:12:37 PM

Thanks enki_ck, hope all the green ones aren't gone!

twiliter · **Reply #39 on:** February 25, 2013, 03:28:37 PM

Thanks PTRSAK for additional info too, just ordered a couple myself.

Ashley · **Reply #40 on:** February 25, 2013, 04:44:03 PM

Green cadet with red shield ordered. Gosh I hope I did that right.

Northern Geek · **Reply #41 on:** February 25, 2013, 04:56:28 PM

Ordered a black one!

Had been wanting a Cadet for a while now and this looked too good to not jump on!

enki_ck · **Reply #42 on:** February 25, 2013, 07:23:05 PM

Quote from: ICanFixThat on February 25, 2013, 02:26:30 PM

I want to congratulate enki_ck for his great spotting, and thank him for sharing the information with us.

These are

I did warn them yesterday that their site had attacted some worldwide attention.

No problem.

I always enjoy spending other peoples money.

We are all enablers here.

Syph007 · **Reply #43 on:** February 25, 2013, 07:30:11 PM

Hmmm I cant see any of the new alox on the site anymore. Are they all sold, or did they take them down, or am I looking in the wrong spot?

I want the black/red 58 alox scales.

Northern Geek · **Reply #44 on:** February 25, 2013, 07:32:25 PM

They're there.. Just a bit hard to find..

Was going to PM you but apparently I emailed you instead.

I need sleep.

AHB · **Reply #45 on:** February 25, 2013, 07:35:56 PM

Here they are: http://thegoodstuffshop.dk/group.asp?group=3910

Thanks to you all for supporting Danish economy...

nuphoria · **Reply #46 on:** February 25, 2013, 07:52:40 PM

Who knew you would have something other than bacon that men would go wild for

396988 · **Reply #47 on:** February 25, 2013, 08:19:51 PM

Ordered. This was a great find enki_ck.

PTRSAK it maybe worth you replying back and saying we are SAK enthusiasts or something. They will probably be very suspicious of such a rush on Cadets and Bantams.

Edit: Just read Icanfixedthat post about warning them so nether mind me.

ameeks · **Reply #48 on:** February 25, 2013, 08:42:21 PM

Picked up a black Cadet. Thanks guys!

AHB · **Reply #49 on:** February 25, 2013, 08:54:21 PM

Supply and Demand..

Personally I wouldn't provide any info.

Syph007 · **Reply #50 on:** February 25, 2013, 08:54:57 PM

Ah I see them now!

Im not sure if I want one of each, or, need any!

If there was a pioneer with black/red Id have bought that without hesitation.

ameeks · **Reply #51 on:** February 25, 2013, 08:58:59 PM

Robert if I were as talented as you I would never buy stock.

Northern Geek · **Reply #52 on:** February 25, 2013, 09:00:42 PM

Quote from: ameeks on February 25, 2013, 08:58:59 PM

Robert if I were as talented as you I would never buy stock.

Except to tear apart?

Syph007 · **Reply #53 on:** February 25, 2013, 09:01:00 PM

I know, it seems nuts to pay for something that is a diff color, when I can color them myself, BUT, I dont have any way to do shield masking ... yet.

Ok I need to ask my electroplater what I could mask the shield off with. It gets a bath in sulfuric acid though, I dont know what molarity, but I will ask. Maybe some type of epoxy would survive.

stax · **Reply #54 on:** February 25, 2013, 09:08:13 PM

Ordered! Thanks for the detective work!

PTRSAK · **Reply #55 on:** February 25, 2013, 09:48:41 PM

Quote from: Syph007 on February 25, 2013, 09:01:00 PM

I know, it seems nuts to pay for something that is a diff color, when I can color them myself, BUT, I dont have any way to do shield masking ... yet.

Ok I need to ask my electroplater what I could mask the shield off with. It gets a bath in sulfuric acid though, I dont know what molarity, but I will ask. Maybe some type of epoxy would survive.

don't know any specifics but I read in a DIY anodizing website that the acid is "about 1/2 the strength of battery acid".

I was thinking that one thing that might work as a mask is Hot Melt glue.
We had a commercial quality gun at work with adjustable temp setting and on full hot the glue was very runny.
Perhaps there is a way of melting a glue stick in a small pot and getting it hot enough to be able to paint it on with a small brush or something. Or even straight out of the gun?

I believe anodizing is a cold process. So I think it would resist the acid and for that matter the NaOH strip as well.
Removing the mask should be as easy as immersion in boiling water to melt the glue off.

Maybe worth throwing a test piece in with the next batch?

If we could get that to work... red shields galore.

ameeks · **Reply #56 on:** February 25, 2013, 09:52:33 PM

If you can find a way that would really make them pop.

Syph007 · **Reply #57 on:** February 25, 2013, 09:54:27 PM

Quote from: PTRSAK on February 25, 2013, 09:48:41 PM

Quote from: Syph007 on February 25, 2013, 09:01:00 PM
I know, it seems nuts to pay for something that is a diff color, when I can color them myself, BUT, I dont have any way to do shield masking ... yet.

Ok I need to ask my electroplater what I could mask the shield off with. It gets a bath in sulfuric acid though, I dont know what molarity, but I will ask. Maybe some type of epoxy would survive.

don't know any specifics but I read in a DIY anodizing website that the acid is "about 1/2 the strength of battery acid".

I was thinking that one thing that might work as a mask is Hot Melt glue.
We had a commercial quality gun at work with adjustable temp setting and on full hot the glue was very runny.
Perhaps there is a way of melting a glue stick in a small pot and getting it hot enough to be able to paint it on with a small brush or something. Or even straight out of the gun?

I believe anodizing is a cold process. So I think it would resist the acid and for that matter the NaOH strip as well.
Removing the mask should be as easy as immersion in boiling water to melt the glue off.

Maybe worth throwing a test piece in with the next batch?

If we could get that to work... red shields galore.

I was figuring there would be some kind of epoxy that would be very runny to settle into the red hollow, but I hadn't put much thought into it. Im popping into his shop this week anyhow though so I will just ask what he recommends. I cant be the only customer that has ever wanted to mask off a small area.

And yes.. red shields on hard anodized black would be glorious.

Red shields dont suit every color, like orange I find looks odd. But a red shield on black scales or blue scales would be just right I think.

kniv-per · **Reply #58 on:** February 25, 2013, 10:08:49 PM

Hi Folks,

Thanks for the interest in the alu. color knives .. Think they where ordered by Victorinox - Denmark... Comes boxed ..

Because of demand I have mowed the knives to the english site..

http://www.thegoodstuffshop.dk/group.asp?group=4330

.. checkout and confirmation in english ...

NB .. danish tax will be deducted outside EU ..

have fun ... enjoy
. . . kniv-per . . .
forward in life

PTRSAK · **Reply #59 on:** February 25, 2013, 10:14:08 PM

Quote from: Syph007 on February 25, 2013, 09:54:27 PM

Quote from: PTRSAK on February 25, 2013, 09:48:41 PM
Quote from: Syph007 on February 25, 2013, 09:01:00 PM
I know, it seems nuts to pay for something that is a diff color, when I can color them myself, BUT, I dont have any way to do shield masking ... yet.

Ok I need to ask my electroplater what I could mask the shield off with. It gets a bath in sulfuric acid though, I dont know what molarity, but I will ask. Maybe some type of epoxy would survive.

don't know any specifics but I read in a DIY anodizing website that the acid is "about 1/2 the strength of battery acid".

I was thinking that one thing that might work as a mask is Hot Melt glue.
We had a commercial quality gun at work with adjustable temp setting and on full hot the glue was very runny.
Perhaps there is a way of melting a glue stick in a small pot and getting it hot enough to be able to paint it on with a small brush or something. Or even straight out of the gun?

I believe anodizing is a cold process. So I think it would resist the acid and for that matter the NaOH strip as well.
Removing the mask should be as easy as immersion in boiling water to melt the glue off.

Maybe worth throwing a test piece in with the next batch?

If we could get that to work... red shields galore.

I was figuring there would be some kind of epoxy that would be very runny to settle into the red hollow, but I hadn't put much thought into it. Im popping into his shop this week anyhow though so I will just ask what he recommends. I cant be the only customer that has ever wanted to mask off a small area.

And yes.. red shields on hard anodized black would be glorious.

Red shields dont suit every color, like orange I find looks odd. But a red shield on black scales or blue scales would be just right I think.

I for one would break down a Soldier or a SI to get federal shield scales anodized to build a faux Black Beauty.

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