I wouldn't mind having whatever alox model in whatever colour. Having said that, I have no idea. I know that coloured alox starts to wear off with use. Don't know if you can speed up the process without ruining the scales...
Removing the color from colored alox would simply removing the "ox" and leaving the "al". I.e., you'd get a bare Aluminum surface. So, it would be "silver" color and softer than a silver alox (and any other alox).
So you just slammed the pins through??No drilling them first?
This. Doesn't the head of the pins damage the scale, as you pin them Awlso, how many (minimum) layers can/must you remove and still manage to pin the SAK back? When you push the pins through the scale, they loose their flat head. You need at least 1mm, maybe more, of round pin to be hammered back into a wider "head" to hold the scale in place, right?
I wonder if I can get one in color and remove the color with a sand paper or sander (it would leave the aluminum without protection for rust??)
To answer your other question... you cannot reassemble a knife, even when removing a layer, with the original pins. You need them to be long so you have leverage to move things around. All the backsprings are constantly putting tension on the pins, pushing them out to the side. When the pins are short, there is no way you can force them into plane to line them up with the holes for the next layer. When they're long, that's easy to do. Charles.
Quote from: ChopperCharles on September 22, 2018, 08:59:52 PMTo answer your other question... you cannot reassemble a knife, even when removing a layer, with the original pins. You need them to be long so you have leverage to move things around. All the backsprings are constantly putting tension on the pins, pushing them out to the side. When the pins are short, there is no way you can force them into plane to line them up with the holes for the next layer. When they're long, that's easy to do. Charles.Of course you can... have done it twice already.
Hrm, I've not been able to reassemble any Wenger knife with the original pins. Maybe Alox are different?Charles.
Quote from: ChopperCharles on September 24, 2018, 05:13:15 PMHrm, I've not been able to reassemble any Wenger knife with the original pins. Maybe Alox are different?Charles.What’s the problem? Bent pins or something?