New models for 2017

[Tired_Yeti]

...the backtool Philips is useless, the can opener does a better job...

LOL! It's not useless. I've used it on several occasions. No, the can opener doesn't do a better job. The can opener cannot reach recessed screws while the #2 Phillips can. Mini screwdriver? Yeah, that's a worthwhile tool for most people. Seems the redeeming quality of the corkscrew is to serve as a holder for a better tool. Well, OK. The corkscrew was on the market long before the mini screwdriver. I think the mini driver was brought to market with the aim to redeem the almost obsolete screwdriver.
Still, I think VIC has gone way overkill with the CS. Nearly every model they offer has a version with a corkscrew. Put it on this new bartender version and maybe a couple of other select models, but every model in the catalog doesn't need a CS version. It's a bit much. Even with Europe swimming in wine, I still don't think there's a need for that many corkscrews floating around. You can't do any real work with a corkscrew other than get yourself tipsy. So one could argue that it actually leads to less productivity. LOL!
It was a cute novelty for awhile and now it's become an icon, but Vic is leaning on that crutch a little too heavy in my opinion. They seem content to slack off on the R & D of the back tools. I'd like to see a new tool developed that excels when used from the back perpendicular side.



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[EMZ]

I totally agree!

[Etherealicer]

The can opener cannot reach recessed screws while the #2 Phillips can.

That goes both ways, the back-layer Phillips requires a lot of room to operate, more room than I usually have in a computer case.
The back-layer Phillips allows for a lot of torque but is probably the weakest tool they produce. Its the only tool I mangled during light use (if you apply enough force you can brake any tool).

To be fair, the only 91mm that I carry with a degree of regularity is the CT (no need for a back-layer Phillips there), else its Soldier '61 or Pioneer X for me. Because of that I favor the CS. I use it as punch, scraper, to carry stuff (can't remember when I last used it to open a bottle, must have been years).

[jcfiguet]

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[jcfiguet]

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[MacGyver]

Well... I've said it and i'll say it again, for me the Phillips vs corkscrew thing is completely irrelevant to me, functionality wise both of them can't take much torque. I have other ways to use SD's on saks without the need to have a actual Phillips there, all i need is the full opening layer. As for the CS, i rarely drink wine and even less have the need to actually use it to open a bottle. I have the mini SD there but i've also have an equivalent i carry along with other bits, so there is some redundancy.

Aesthetically i like both of them, so i can get by perfectly with either of them, or even none of them. The only back tool i use more regularly is the awl, and still one has to be care full tot to put too much torque into it... 

[smiller43147]

2017 is ending soon.  Any news on the Alox Hunter Pro?

[LeaF]

2017 is ending soon.  Any news on the Alox Hunter Pro?

Seems, it will not be released. Company has faced with some difficulties in technology process - prototype was developed only as 3D render and nothing more
P.S. It's an unofficial information. Unfortunatelly I cannot say more (for now).

[Ron Who]

I was wondering how they would do it. The Hunter Pro´s scales are 3D contoured unlike other alox models.

[LeaF]

I was wondering how they would do it. The Hunter Pro´s scales are 3D contoured unlike other alox models.

Imagine Hunter Pro with the regular (I mean flat) alox scales..

[Ron Who]

That way an important part of the ergonomics would be lost.

[LeaF]

That way an important part of the ergonomics would be lost.

Sad, but true...

[Ron Who]

[MTG]

Really nice and subdued shade of green on that alox. Sadly the X isn't included in the holy trinity.

Which models make up the Holy Trinity?

[zoidberg]

Really nice and subdued shade of green on that alox. Sadly the X isn't included in the holy trinity.

Which models make up the Holy Trinity?

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Pioneer, Cadet and a Classic.

[MTG]

  thanks 

[garza_andrew]

So it is now 2018. Has anyone heard what the 2018 Limited Edition Alox color will be? I am probably not the only one chomping at the bit for them to be released or at lease pics to be released/leaked.

[Etherealicer]

So it is now 2018. Has anyone heard what the 2018 Limited Edition Alox color will be? I am probably not the only one chomping at the bit for them to be released or at lease pics to be released/leaked.

Nah, I'm still waiting on the carbon CT that was supposed to be released February 2017