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Dark gray alox pioneer for $19.95 @ knifecenter.com

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Dark gray alox pioneer for $19.95 @ knifecenter.com
on: February 05, 2017, 06:31:15 PM
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Re: Dark gray alox pioneer for $19.95 @ knifecenter.com
Reply #1 on: February 05, 2017, 08:37:07 PM
Good find.  With shipping (to me), its $22.94.  They are $26.00 shipped on eBay from trusted seller central_valley_wholesale_goods.


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Re: Dark gray alox pioneer for $19.95 @ knifecenter.com
Reply #2 on: February 05, 2017, 09:55:25 PM
Thanks for this!
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Re: Dark gray alox pioneer for $19.95 @ knifecenter.com
Reply #3 on: February 05, 2017, 10:14:30 PM
Doh! Told myself I was done spending this weekend after this deal, https://www.midwayusa.com/product/491746/alps-mountaineering-solitude-plus-backpack-polyester-ripstop-blue .

Just had to buy 2 of these Pioneers (to go with the two ALPS I just bought).

Upside, if my wife kicks me out, I'm already prepared for my move to the the wild (backpack & Pioneer), lol.
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Re: Dark gray alox pioneer for $19.95 @ knifecenter.com
Reply #4 on: February 06, 2017, 12:25:01 AM
Just to make you guys happy, I ordered a couple of them.


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Re: Dark gray alox pioneer for $19.95 @ knifecenter.com
Reply #5 on: February 06, 2017, 02:05:36 AM
Thanks for the heads up.  Love that color.
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Re: Dark gray alox pioneer for $19.95 @ knifecenter.com
Reply #6 on: February 06, 2017, 02:19:00 AM
Thanks for the heads up!  :salute:


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Re: Dark gray alox pioneer for $19.95 @ knifecenter.com
Reply #7 on: February 06, 2017, 02:21:14 AM
Not sure what happened. I clicked on the link and somehow it landed in my cart and was ordered. You guys are not helping my budget...

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Re: Dark gray alox pioneer for $19.95 @ knifecenter.com
Reply #8 on: February 06, 2017, 02:54:29 AM
I like that color grey. just like the x and electrician more..  :whistle:
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Re: Dark gray alox pioneer for $19.95 @ knifecenter.com
Reply #9 on: February 06, 2017, 03:31:47 PM
Does anyone know if this grey Pioneer is made for general distribution in the USA or if it is a special run for Knifecenter com?
Not that it makes the slightest difference; a bargain is a bargain!


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Re: Dark gray alox pioneer for $19.95 @ knifecenter.com
Reply #11 on: February 06, 2017, 03:56:44 PM
Interesting. Central Valley used to ship to Europe - I picked up a bunch of Olive green cadets a few years back - ca. 17 dollars a piece! -  but they must have had a bad experience or two cos their policy has since changed.
It always mystified me that items made in Europe often end up selling cheaper in the USA! Coloured alox below 20 euros simply doesn't exist in this part of the world. So I was pretty stoked to see knifecentre ships to Europe (at a reasonably price, too!)


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Re: Dark gray alox pioneer for $19.95 @ knifecenter.com
Reply #12 on: February 06, 2017, 07:12:49 PM
Does anyone know if this grey Pioneer is made for general distribution in the USA or if it is a special run for Knifecenter com?
Not that it makes the slightest difference; a bargain is a bargain!

Maybe part of the same batch that hit the market at cheap prices a year ago?
http://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,64740
Those ones were very dark, apparently in the flesh they were close to black but not quite.  Possibly, given the price, some kind of manufacturing error - either supposed to be black but didn't quite make it, or were supposed to be grey but came out too close to black.


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Re: Dark gray alox pioneer for $19.95 @ knifecenter.com
Reply #13 on: February 08, 2017, 11:31:18 PM
Those ones were very dark, apparently in the flesh they were close to black but not quite.

I received 2x today.  They are virtually black.  Not gray.  Its not the end of the world to have 2x black Pioneers, but that's not what was advertised.

Edit:  at least to my eyeballs. 
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Re: Dark gray alox pioneer for $19.95 @ knifecenter.com
Reply #14 on: February 09, 2017, 02:47:15 AM
Does anyone know if this grey Pioneer is made for general distribution in the USA or if it is a special run for Knifecenter com?
Not that it makes the slightest difference; a bargain is a bargain!
Form what I recall, the Dark Grey Pioneers were to have been a special color to be combined with a SAK Watch that apparently was not released.  The knifes began appearing over two years ago and I think Cutlery Shoppe was one that first started offering. 

The one I received from them, was almost black but not thesame as my my black alox. 


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Re: Dark gray alox pioneer for $19.95 @ knifecenter.com
Reply #15 on: February 09, 2017, 12:37:33 PM
Wow, that was fast! Ok so I asked for Fedex shipping (after losing 3 Orange Farmers in the post a while back) but I didn't think these would arrive so soon. (USA -> Europe)

I am not at all disappointed by this colour. If anything it looks a bit less glossy and a bit more stealthy than the 100% black on my Italian farmer. This is my first regular Pioneer - I have a Rancher and a couple of X's but for some reason the basic Pioneer has always eluded me.

Anyway - WOW! This is a gorgeous little knife and probably will be my SAK of choice for a long time.
Thanks T14 for pointing this out to us! Great knife, great bargain! I think it looks absolutely stunning.

Black Farmer on the left, Dark Gray Pioneer on the right




20 dollars. Mwahahahahahah!
And I got six of the suckers!


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Re: Dark gray alox pioneer for $19.95 @ knifecenter.com
Reply #16 on: February 09, 2017, 12:45:05 PM
And if I'm not mistaken there is a lick of white paint on the outline of the shield; unlike the Farmer it is not just bald aluminium. Cool!

Difficult to see... (Dark Grey Pioneer is top)


 

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