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Title: 111mm White scales
Post by: Mactire404 on December 31, 2018, 09:25:23 AM
Did anyone notice this?

https://www.victorinox.com/global/en/Swiss-Army-Knives/cms/swissarmyknives-main (https://www.victorinox.com/global/en/Swiss-Army-Knives/cms/swissarmyknives-main)

Under the top banner "Explore our Swiss Army Knives" is a photo where a white scaled 111mm SAK is partially visible.
Yet in their catalog I can't find any white scales options.
Was this ever a thing? Or is it something we can expect in the future?
Title: Re: 111mm White scales
Post by: Huntsman on December 31, 2018, 09:47:25 AM
Yep  - That is definitely a white scaled 111mm SAK - Great spot
I have never heard of one either - But if one has ever been available someone here will know about it !!
And also if there is one to come !!
Title: Re: 111mm White scales
Post by: Reinier on December 31, 2018, 12:03:39 PM
I've seen them but those were all advertizing SAKs with a company logo.
Strange that they would use one on their promotional images.
Title: Re: 111mm White scales
Post by: jaya_man on December 31, 2018, 12:23:15 PM
Well that definitely looks like a white 111mm... Did anyone else notice the old (oval) thumb hole?
Title: Re: 111mm White scales
Post by: Mactire404 on December 31, 2018, 12:54:59 PM
Well that definitely looks like a white 111mm... Did anyone else notice the old (oval) thumb hole?

At first I thought you were looking at a different image, but my picture got larger when I full-screened the page  :facepalm:

This is the image I referred too:
(https://i.imgur.com/YX0lrBC.png)

I don't see a thumbhole. Isn't that the linerlock you see?
Title: Re: 111mm White scales
Post by: Reinier on December 31, 2018, 01:27:39 PM
Here's a couple of white ones: https://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,70658.msg1425865.html#msg1425865
Title: Re: 111mm White scales
Post by: Mactire404 on December 31, 2018, 01:33:18 PM
Oh, those are wonderful!

White really suites the 111mm.
Those white/black dual density scales are something else!
Title: Re: 111mm White scales
Post by: jaya_man on December 31, 2018, 01:42:01 PM
Well that definitely looks like a white 111mm... Did anyone else notice the old (oval) thumb hole?

At first I thought you were looking at a different image, but my picture got larger when I full-screened the page  :facepalm:

This is the image I referred too:
(https://i.imgur.com/YX0lrBC.png)

I don't see a thumbhole. Isn't that the linerlock you see?
You’re right... :facepalm:
Title: Re: 111mm White scales
Post by: Reinier on December 31, 2018, 01:42:11 PM
Oh, those are wonderful!

White really suites the 111mm.
Those white/black dual density scales are something else!

The Siemens ones that Karl posted? Those are cool. Must have been made specifically for Siemens.
Title: Re: 111mm White scales
Post by: Mactire404 on December 31, 2018, 01:54:27 PM
Yes, the Siemens ones. Really cool!
Title: Re: 111mm White scales
Post by: Huntsman on December 31, 2018, 03:17:57 PM
Well that definitely looks like a white 111mm... Did anyone else notice the old (oval) thumb hole?
At first I thought you were looking at a different image, but my picture got larger when I full-screened the page
This is the image I referred too:
I don't see a thumbhole. Isn't that the linerlock you see?
You’re right...

Fooled me too
 - Had to get out one of my 111mm to understand the pic
- It's a nick-opening blade and the 'hole' is the shadow of the top scale on the liner-lock !!!   :think:
Title: Re: 111mm White scales
Post by: Reinier on December 31, 2018, 04:13:01 PM
Or a very desaturated Rescuetool? Minus the window breaker :)
Probably not.
Title: Re: 111mm White scales
Post by: LeaF on January 03, 2019, 01:11:17 PM
In 2018, at least 3 111-mm models (Forester, Outrider, Picknicker) were released for Russian market with 'unusual' color of scales, - green, blue and white.
Example of knife with white scales: https://www.citilink.ru/catalog/furniture/business_gifts/nozhi_perochinnye/1050337/
Title: Re: 111mm White scales
Post by: Mactire404 on January 03, 2019, 02:11:16 PM
In 2018, at least 3 111-mm models (Forester, Outrider, Picknicker) were released for Russian market with 'unusual' color of scales, - green, blue and white.
Example of knife with white scales: https://www.citilink.ru/catalog/furniture/business_gifts/nozhi_perochinnye/1050337/

Oh wow, that's amazing.
I'm going to see what it'll cost to import one. White scales really are nice!
Title: Re: 111mm White scales
Post by: EMZ on January 04, 2019, 05:53:37 PM
In 2018, at least 3 111-mm models (Forester, Outrider, Picknicker) were released for Russian market with 'unusual' color of scales, - green, blue and white.
Example of knife with white scales: https://www.citilink.ru/catalog/furniture/business_gifts/nozhi_perochinnye/1050337/

LeaF,
Maybe this is a stupid question, but is the Russian Vic market the same as the Ukrainian Vic market? There are some tensions between the two countries (understatement of the year), so I can imagine that these are separate markets.
Title: Re: 111mm White scales
Post by: LeaF on January 04, 2019, 07:13:12 PM
In 2018, at least 3 111-mm models (Forester, Outrider, Picknicker) were released for Russian market with 'unusual' color of scales, - green, blue and white.
Example of knife with white scales: https://www.citilink.ru/catalog/furniture/business_gifts/nozhi_perochinnye/1050337/

LeaF,
Maybe this is a stupid question, but is the Russian Vic market the same as the Ukrainian Vic market? There are some tensions between the two countries (understatement of the year), so I can imagine that these are separate markets.
Unfortunately, they are not the same. In the past we were a part of one big country, but now - we're living in different ones with different markets.
Title: Re: 111mm White scales
Post by: Ptisuisse on January 04, 2019, 07:27:00 PM
In 2018, at least 3 111-mm models (Forester, Outrider, Picknicker) were released for Russian market with 'unusual' color of scales, - green, blue and white.
Example of knife with white scales: https://www.citilink.ru/catalog/furniture/business_gifts/nozhi_perochinnye/1050337/

Oh wow, that's amazing.
I'm going to see what it'll cost to import one. White scales really are nice!
Hi there - I do have a pair of side-lock white 111 scales, carefully pulled off an advertising Rucksack, with a discrete SILTEC logo, il anyone is interested. no pic at this time
Title: Re: 111mm White scales
Post by: Mactire404 on January 06, 2019, 03:05:13 PM
In 2018, at least 3 111-mm models (Forester, Outrider, Picknicker) were released for Russian market with 'unusual' color of scales, - green, blue and white.
Example of knife with white scales: https://www.citilink.ru/catalog/furniture/business_gifts/nozhi_perochinnye/1050337/

Oh wow, that's amazing.
I'm going to see what it'll cost to import one. White scales really are nice!
Hi there - I do have a pair of side-lock white 111 scales, carefully pulled off an advertising Rucksack, with a discrete SILTEC logo, il anyone is interested. no pic at this time

(https://www.picclickimg.com/d/l400/pict/173685053444_/Victorinox-Forester-Swiss-Army-Knife.jpg)

Like this?
Title: Re: 111mm White scales
Post by: Reinier on January 06, 2019, 03:40:39 PM
In 2018, at least 3 111-mm models (Forester, Outrider, Picknicker) were released for Russian market with 'unusual' color of scales, - green, blue and white.
Example of knife with white scales: https://www.citilink.ru/catalog/furniture/business_gifts/nozhi_perochinnye/1050337/

Oh wow, that's amazing.
I'm going to see what it'll cost to import one. White scales really are nice!
Hi there - I do have a pair of side-lock white 111 scales, carefully pulled off an advertising Rucksack, with a discrete SILTEC logo, il anyone is interested. no pic at this time

(https://www.picclickimg.com/d/l400/pict/173685053444_/Victorinox-Forester-Swiss-Army-Knife.jpg)

Like this?

I can't see the pic...
Title: Re: 111mm White scales
Post by: cody6268 on January 06, 2019, 04:27:04 PM
Only two I've seen was on a (slide-lock) Hercules for Leica and a (linerlock) Dual-Grip Nomad for Siemens. Guessing both were more or less exclusive.
Title: Re: 111mm White scales
Post by: Syem on January 07, 2019, 03:05:50 AM
White is part of the choice of color for 111mm advertising knives, not for the bi-material scales though so that Siemens example is probably a rare thing. https://victorinox.myassets.ch/fb/en/wa/index.html#56

I have a blue Nomad (or a Sentinel? I can't recall) which was an advertising knife which I sent to Vic for repair (the blade was a shadow of its former self). They replaced the front scale with ad by another blue one without the ad (both original scales were mildly damaged btw). So this may be a trick to use if one wants a fully white and non-advertising 111mm knife. Probably wouldn't work with the bi-material scales though.

Also with contacts at official Vic retailers, one might be able to just order the scales. I have heard that the headquarters have tightened the rules and will only sell you "special-colored" scales (as in, not in the store lineup/only on ad knives) to replace scales of a same color on a knife you own. How the stores apply this rule may vary... and you could walk in with a scale-less knife and say both white scales were broken and you want new white scales...
Title: Re: 111mm White scales
Post by: Ptisuisse on January 10, 2019, 02:19:09 PM
In 2018, at least 3 111-mm models (Forester, Outrider, Picknicker) were released for Russian market with 'unusual' color of scales, - green, blue and white.
Example of knife with white scales: https://www.citilink.ru/catalog/furniture/business_gifts/nozhi_perochinnye/1050337/

Oh wow, that's amazing.
I'm going to see what it'll cost to import one. White scales really are nice!
Hi there - I do have a pair of side-lock white 111 scales, carefully pulled off an advertising Rucksack, with a discrete SILTEC logo, il anyone is interested. no pic at this time
Hello !   
Back to Base, just made two pics. Siltec logo not as small as I remembered it.