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EDC a different SAK every day for 30 days #6 - 93mm Alox

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ie Offline McStitchy

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Re: EDC a different SAK every day for 30 days #6 - 93mm Alox
Reply #120 on: June 29, 2018, 11:56:46 PM
Wow, original red Alox at least 44 years old.
Probably more.
It must have been hidden out forgotten all those years  :o

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Re: EDC a different SAK every day for 30 days #6 - 93mm Alox
Reply #121 on: June 30, 2018, 11:04:20 AM
G'Day

I have been following this thread very closely. The Alox models are really starting to grow on me.

You have a fantastic collection Syem!!!  :cheers:

Thanks for sharing it with us

Pete


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Re: EDC a different SAK every day for 30 days #6 - 93mm Alox
Reply #122 on: June 30, 2018, 01:25:42 PM
Day 177

Victorinox Solo Alox in red OC scales with advertising from a now-defunct Swiss store chain (which I remember from my youth). The cross is red as opposed to the usual white/silver.



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Re: EDC a different SAK every day for 30 days #6 - 93mm Alox
Reply #123 on: June 30, 2018, 01:29:20 PM


G'Day

I have been following this thread very closely. The Alox models are really starting to grow on me.

You have a fantastic collection Syem!!!  :cheers:

Thanks for sharing it with us

Pete

Thanks Pieter!

I'm really loving carrying these Alox! I'm starting to think I should do another month with them... Sadly it would me mostly soldiers as I'm soon running out of non-soldier 93mm Alox... I'll probably switch it up to another category instead and miss these Alox beauties.


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Re: EDC a different SAK every day for 30 days #6 - 93mm Alox
Reply #124 on: June 30, 2018, 06:38:21 PM
Day 177

Victorinox Solo Alox in red OC scales with advertising from a now-defunct Swiss store chain (which I remember from my youth). The cross is red as opposed to the usual white/silver.



Wow, very nice Solo and picture Syêm  :like:

I hope you don't mind me adding it to the June 2019 Calendar thread  :salute:

https://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,77573.msg1707859.html#msg1707859


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Re: EDC a different SAK every day for 30 days #6 - 93mm Alox
Reply #125 on: July 01, 2018, 11:46:07 PM


Wow, very nice Solo and picture Syêm  :like:

I hope you don't mind me adding it to the June 2019 Calendar thread  :salute:

https://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,77573.msg1707859.html#msg1707859

No problem at all! I'll take it as a compliment :D


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Re: EDC a different SAK every day for 30 days #6 - 93mm Alox
Reply #126 on: July 01, 2018, 11:47:51 PM
Day 178

Victorinox Pioneer Limited Edition Nespresso #1 Arpeggio



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Re: EDC a different SAK every day for 30 days #6 - 93mm Alox
Reply #127 on: July 02, 2018, 12:01:00 AM
Day 178

Victorinox Pioneer Limited Edition Nespresso #1 Arpeggio

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That's quite a dark blue.
I guess you have the complete Nespresso series?  :like:


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Re: EDC a different SAK every day for 30 days #6 - 93mm Alox
Reply #128 on: July 02, 2018, 04:33:45 AM
Day 173

Victorinox Alox Solo in red OC with bail and symmetrical blade.

Recently restored by the spa... New scales and bail and rejuvenated original blade...

It's sitting on a box that some might recognize. It teamed up with little Sigsetter here to open up some knife mail which deserves sunlight for its pictures.



Nice knife.  Does Victorinox have OC scales sitting around?!  Or do they make them special for restoring old knives? 


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Re: EDC a different SAK every day for 30 days #6 - 93mm Alox
Reply #129 on: July 02, 2018, 11:07:10 AM
Nice knife.  Does Victorinox have OC scales sitting around?!  Or do they make them special for restoring old knives?

I believe they do have OC scales sitting around.
If they were making them special I would have to pay a hefty price for them. As it stands, most repairs including scales and tools replacements/restore cost me between 10 and 15 CHF.

I'm having them replace as many as possible while they still have stocks of them... I know they already don't have any red OC back scales with the cut-out for a Marlinspike (and possibly full awl, I'm not sure if the cutout is the same or not but I think either way they're out of those). (The back scale is of course not "OC" but I mean in the same specific red) 
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Re: EDC a different SAK every day for 30 days #6 - 93mm Alox
Reply #130 on: July 03, 2018, 12:57:56 AM
Thanks for the info.
I've always liked the red OC scale the best.  It's good to see they can still be had from Victorinox in new condition. 


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Re: EDC a different SAK every day for 30 days #6 - 93mm Alox
Reply #131 on: July 03, 2018, 01:23:46 AM
Thanks for the info.
I've always liked the red OC scale the best.  It's good to see they can still be had from Victorinox in new condition.
I was very glad to find that out and I'm taking full advantage of that :D


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Re: EDC a different SAK every day for 30 days #6 - 93mm Alox
Reply #132 on: July 03, 2018, 01:24:57 AM
Day 179

Victorinox Pioneer Rancher in red OC scales



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Re: EDC a different SAK every day for 30 days #6 - 93mm Alox
Reply #133 on: July 03, 2018, 08:10:40 AM
Day 179

Victorinox Pioneer Rancher in red OC scales

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That's a great combo right there   :like:


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Re: EDC a different SAK every day for 30 days #6 - 93mm Alox
Reply #134 on: July 03, 2018, 07:36:29 PM
I'm still kicking myself for not buying the Arpeggio back when they were cheap, and the longer i leave it the more expensive they get  :cry:
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Re: EDC a different SAK every day for 30 days #6 - 93mm Alox
Reply #135 on: July 03, 2018, 11:18:04 PM
I'm still kicking myself for not buying the Arpeggio back when they were cheap, and the longer i leave it the more expensive they get  :cry:
Don't kick yourself too hard... There are so many missed occasions in the world of SAK collecting...


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Re: EDC a different SAK every day for 30 days #6 - 93mm Alox
Reply #136 on: July 03, 2018, 11:20:50 PM
Day 180

Victorinox Soldier 77

Figured I would finish the 6th month with a lucky number :D


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I'll post a group shot soon...


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Re: EDC a different SAK every day for 30 days #6 - 93mm Alox
Reply #137 on: July 04, 2018, 12:37:49 AM
Day 180

Victorinox Soldier 77

Figured I would finish the 6th month with a lucky number :D


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I'll post a group shot soon...

Nice finish Syêm... you know I like 70s SAKs   :D

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Re: EDC a different SAK every day for 30 days #6 - 93mm Alox
Reply #138 on: July 08, 2018, 12:37:46 PM
Nice finish Syêm... you know I like 70s SAKs   :D

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Thanks Matt!

I just can't resist 7s so this one is precious to me

Here's the chronological group shot as promised:


(recovering from OCD... I've forced myself not to go and fix the alignment... Sorry for those of you whose eyes this will hurt)

And here's A bit of a reds comparison. It's a bit hard to tell but if you stare long enough you can see it. What surprised me the most is the difference between the OC and the soldier's.
From left to right : MTo PX (modern Alox red), red 1963 Soldier, brand new red OC scales, 2018 LE Berry red (which I didn't carry during the month).

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Re: EDC a different SAK every day for 30 days #6 - 93mm Alox
Reply #139 on: July 08, 2018, 01:56:51 PM

Here's the chronological group shot as promised:


(recovering from OCD... I've forced myself not to go and fix the alignment... Sorry for those of you whose eyes this will hurt)


so much  :drool: in that pic
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Re: EDC a different SAK every day for 30 days #6 - 93mm Alox
Reply #140 on: July 08, 2018, 03:52:03 PM
Great thread :like:


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Re: EDC a different SAK every day for 30 days #6 - 93mm Alox
Reply #141 on: July 09, 2018, 08:36:29 AM
Awesome group shot Syêm  :like:
As for the red-tone comparison the 1963 Soldier looks like a very deep red.
While the 2018 LE seems to go a bit into the pink'ish red.

But I like them all  :gimme:


 

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