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Tool Talk => Swiss Army Knights Forum => Topic started by: ?eter on February 16, 2015, 10:42:07 PM
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http://www.sharpedge.co.za/search/?q=farmer
Red and green
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Nice,wish they did different colours in the uk :tu:
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I really want one of those Green Farmers. :drool:
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Yup, I saw those a few weeks ago. You SA guys have the best colors. :dd:
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About £28 :facepalm:
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If anyone is ordering some to the US let me know.
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If anyone is ordering some to the US let me know.
Me too...I would like a Green one if possible.
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They have been available for quite some time, I may have just stirred them into adding to the online store.
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Not many green left in fact....visited them last week and got some insight into stock.
Red lots.
(http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a200/shark_za/SAK/GreenFarmer_zps505b0e8e.jpg) (http://s11.photobucket.com/user/shark_za/media/SAK/GreenFarmer_zps505b0e8e.jpg.html)
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Looks great however I like the apocalypse green a bit more. Is this a limited color?
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Oh man, count me in for some red a green :drool please...
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I'd buy a green and red :gimme:
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They generally haven't limited colours in the past,the five colours for the pioneers and solo have been available for a few years
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If anyone is ordering some to the US let me know.
Me too...I would like a Green one if possible.
Me three!
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So why dont victorinox sell these colours in other countrys :think: do they think we just like silver,i mean you just need to come on here to see our love of coloured alox :tu:
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So why dont victorinox sell these colours in other countrys :think: do they think we just like silver,i mean you just need to come on here to see our love of coloured alox :tu:
Maybe the Alox knives do not sell to well here in the USA?
Seems like if it sold as well as we liked it around here selling it here would be a no brainer.
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So why dont victorinox sell these colours in other countrys :think: do they think we just like silver,i mean you just need to come on here to see our love of coloured alox :tu:
Maybe the Alox knives do not sell to well here in the USA?
Seems like if it sold as well as we liked it around here selling it here would be a no brainer.
this was my thoughts,shame though,wonder if colour cost more to do :think:
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This is not the first time a standard color of a tool or knife looks great but does not do it for me.
I think the US silver Alox with red shield would be something I had to have if it was not the regular old model.
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This is not the first time a standard color of a tool or knife looks great but does not do it for me.
I think the US silver Alox with red shield would be something I had to have if it was not the regular old model.
its all they sell in the uk,ive only ever had silver alox so fancy some colour :-\
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this was my thoughts,shame though,wonder if colour cost more to do :think:
colours do cost more than natural anodising, the price difference for these is about $1-2.
As Shark_za said somewhere else, Sharp Edge look after us fans and collectors pretty well, like the Danish importers do. They've run a fantastic shop and agency for decades. I suppose if the North American importer is more focused on mass retail sales, they won't go through the hassle of special orders for a relatively small portion of their market
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I imagine local laws dont help,plus special runs means higher price tag :-\
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But funny thing is, if you want a Cadet you have one option. Silver.
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But funny thing is, if you want a Cadet you have one option. Silver.
:facepalm:
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Sign me up for a red and a green one if someone is importing them to the UK. :gimme:
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I want a green but how do you get them. It's like $42 usd
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We really need a SA MTO person, with a little entrepreneurial ambition.
I'd pay $10 service fee to anyone who wanted to box up and mail me a couple Farmers. :whistle:
(Plus the cost of the Farmers and postage ;))
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green please :drool:
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We really need a SA MTO person, with a little entrepreneurial ambition.
I'd pay $10 service fee to anyone who wanted to box up and mail me a couple Farmers. :whistle:
(Plus the cost of the Farmers and postage ;))
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We want them all around the world!
Who is going to start this business?
:gimme:
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Shipping from South Africa via UPS for a 5 pound package with a declared value of $400.00 [9 Farmers] shipped to the east cost of United States is approximately $250.00.
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Shipping from South Africa via UPS for a 5 pound package with a declared value of $400.00 [9 Farmers] shipped to the east cost of United States is approximately $250.00.
Really? That's insane.
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I got my Cadets by swapping for Pioneers and a Farmer.
$70 for shipping uninsured, 12 knives.
Turns out DHL has changed their policy this week! no knives anymore.
Looking at other options.
I'd do it to fund the odd knife for myself if nothing else.
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I got my Cadets by swapping for Pioneers and a Farmer.
$70 for shipping uninsured, 12 knives.
Turns out DHL has changed their policy this week! no knives anymore.
Looking at other options.
I'd do it to fund the odd knife for myself if nothing else.
And you live in South Africa.OMG!
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If 12 people split shipping on 12 knives it would be less than $6 per person. :whistle:
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If 12 people split shipping on 12 knives it would be less than $6 per person. :whistle:
I'm in.
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If 12 people split shipping on 12 knives it would be less than $6 per person. :whistle:
That was $70.00 shipping within South Africa.
So how do you plan to get them to the United States ?
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That was to the USA, I got Cadets in return.
A small package used to cost $33 and could fit 5x. This is via DHL and seems to be an issue now.
Working on other couriers.
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That was to the USA, I got Cadets in return.
A small package used to cost $33 and could fit 5x. This is via DHL and seems to be an issue now.
Working on other couriers.
Thanks for clearing that up as it wasn't clear in your post.Since you have the flag of South Africa in your profile,it appeared you were shipping within South Africa.
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I checked the UPS website and filled in all the pertinent information and they provided the $250.00 quote for shipping from South Africa to the east coast of the U.S.
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Would be good if someone from SA could work this out.
Bet a lot of us here would be interested in getting some sweet SA SAK's.
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If 12 people split shipping on 12 knives it would be less than $6 per person. :whistle:
I'm in.
If 12 people split shipping on 12 knives it would be less than $6 per person. :whistle:
I'm in :whistle:
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If it would help, they could be sent to me and I'd be happy to send them on to recipients.
ie:
IF we had a South African who would be willing to send SAK's to me, I would be willing to pay for the group of them and having them shipped plus a reasonable fee for doing this.
THEN I would ship them to US MTO'ers who paid IN ADVANCE for their SAKs
That way, our South African would get paid lump sum to ship to one addresss and I would handle shipping to others.
EVERYTHING would have to be pre-paid, however.
:)
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If it would help, they could be sent to me and I'd be happy to send them on to recipients.
ie:
IF we had a South African who would be willing to send SAK's to me, I would be willing to pay for the group of them and having them shipped plus a reasonable fee for doing this.
THEN I would ship them to US MTO'ers who paid IN ADVANCE for their SAKs
That way, our South African would get paid lump sum to ship to one addresss and I would handle shipping to others.
EVERYTHING would have to be pre-paid, however.
:)
I'm in for a green farmer but need to know how much and have to start saving back now....if it comes together.
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If it would help, they could be sent to me and I'd be happy to send them on to recipients.
ie:
IF we had a South African who would be willing to send SAK's to me, I would be willing to pay for the group of them and having them shipped plus a reasonable fee for doing this.
THEN I would ship them to US MTO'ers who paid IN ADVANCE for their SAKs
That way, our South African would get paid lump sum to ship to one addresss and I would handle shipping to others.
EVERYTHING would have to be pre-paid, however.
:)
I'm in for a green farmer but need to know how much and have to start saving back now....if it comes together.
I will probably be in for a green and a red Farmer depending on price. :tu:
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I bought a €10 book from a guy SA and shipping was €25 or so... uninsured.
I bought another book from another guy, paid him €30 to cover the postage, then he gets back to me 2 months later saying it's too expensive to send... and would I like a refund (yes was my answer, and yes I am still waiting...)
Shipping from Hong Kong? Seems to cost next to nothing. Japan? $6 or so w. insurance for small items like SAKS.
South Africa? Must be the most expensive postage system in the world. Is that just corruption or what the heck is going on there? It must be a nightmare for businesses.
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South Africa? Must be the most expensive postage system in the world. Is that just corruption or what the heck is going on there? It must be a nightmare for businesses.
It's actually not that expensive if you find a teller who knows the fee scale properly. BUT things sometimes go missing, and people prefer to use courier services or go with registered and insured mail as a consequence. Outgoing mail in my experience isn't impacted but I have lost around 20% of parcels I've bought in to the country.
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South Africa? Must be the most expensive postage system in the world. Is that just corruption or what the heck is going on there? It must be a nightmare for businesses.
It's actually not that expensive if you find a teller who knows the fee scale properly. BUT things sometimes go missing, and people prefer to use courier services or go with registered and insured mail as a consequence. Outgoing mail in my experience isn't impacted but I have lost around 20% of parcels I've bought in to the country.
Wow. That's just terrible and would really be a pain in the smurf.
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Wow. That's just terrible and would really be a pain in the smurf.
It's a real pain. Most of those were in a burst around 2011.
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Wow. That's just terrible and would really be a pain in the smurf.
It's a real pain. Most of those were in a burst around 2011.
Actually that's quite interesting. A few years ago, I lost probably 1/2 dozen packages coming from Amazon, just before and right at Christmas. What was interesting is, all the lost packages were coming USPS AND had gone to Captial Heights sorting facility (not all USPS packages from Amazon go to Capital Heights). Amazon just replaced them. I finally called their customer service and told them what I had noticed.
A couple months later, nearly all my Amazon shipments come UPS select (ie UPS does the shipping and delivers it to the local USPS for final delivery to me). No lost packages since then.
My suspicion: Somebody (or group of somebodies) puts packages into a nook/closet/holding bin. If someone complains, they "magically" find it and send it on. If there are no complaints for a few weeks, the packages are "disposed" of. Just my suspicion.
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Red Farmer and Green Soldier coming here soon...
http://www.edcsource.com/Victorinox-RED-ALOX-Farmer-Swiss-Army-Knife--PreOrder,name,118807,auction_id,auction_details
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Red Farmer and Green Soldier coming here soon...
http://www.edcsource.com/Victorinox-RED-ALOX-Farmer-Swiss-Army-Knife--PreOrder,name,118807,auction_id,auction_details
The green are gone, baby gone.
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Red Farmer and Green Soldier coming here soon...
http://www.edcsource.com/Victorinox-RED-ALOX-Farmer-Swiss-Army-Knife--PreOrder,name,118807,auction_id,auction_details
The green are gone, baby gone.
Already?!
Tim will get more. At least that is the story I am going with.
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Red Farmer and Green Soldier coming here soon...
http://www.edcsource.com/Victorinox-RED-ALOX-Farmer-Swiss-Army-Knife--PreOrder,name,118807,auction_id,auction_details
Thanks for the heads up, just ordered one of each. :drink:
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I was at the SA distributors warehouse the other day, they had under 20 in green. So I can assume Tim took the bulk of that.
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Green soldier? Is he getting the farmer in green?
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Green soldier? Is he getting the farmer in green?
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All the pre order green farmers and pioneers are gone.
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Green soldier? Is he getting the farmer in green?
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All the pre order green farmers and pioneers are gone.
I was hoping they would last till payday. If someone decides they have to many of the green ones I would be happy to help them out. :tu:
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Necro blah blah.
My mom is coming from Wiltshire to Durban to visit me on the 22nd.
I dont know what colours we have here that are of interest but by putting them in her luggage for you guys we can probably get some coloured Alox back into the UK pretty cheap.
I have posted seperately in the trade section for things I am looking for in uk.
Mods I hope this is not in the wrong place. I figure it is harmless enough as I am not looking to make a buck here, just help get some members some cheap shiny things at cost!
If there is any interest guys let me know.
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You certainly have my attention.
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Ok.
I have a huge box of bubble wrap envelopes sitting in UK and will post within the UK (royalmail 1st class tracked). Price to follow.
There are delivery charges locally in South Africa but these should be relatively low if we do about 15 knives. There also may be PayPal fees.
Exchange rate is approx 19, something to 1 - rand to pound so divide by 20 to get a rough pound price. We can work it out accurately at the time.
She will not be bringing anything else back with her so they should be duty free.
Anyone that wants stuff and is outside the UK please find a UK member to forward to you.
Mom is in her late 60s and will get stressed at the idea of international post ( been down that road before).
15 pieces in total. First come first serve.
A lot of the good stuff can be found on sharp edge sharp shooter, iwarehouse and bidorbuy. I can get from any of those easily (or actually any other vendor).
Find the items and I will place the orders when all slots are filled to keep delivery low.
She will be returning to UK on approx 22 September.
Shark is a lot more clued up than I am so may be better positioned to find elusive colours etc.
Bryan
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Very kind of you, and your mum too. :tu: I'm interested in a couple of knives - will send you a PM shortly.
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How much do you UK blokes think shipping to the US would be?
Would love a cool colored Farmer.
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About $15 for tracked and insured. Takes a week or so. Happy to send a package on to you if you want, Harley.
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Limited alox, huh? I'll throw my hat in the ring if it's coming from SA :drool:
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About $15 for tracked and insured. Takes a week or so. Happy to send a package on to you if you want, Harley.
You know I do.
When will we know what we can get?
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Hi Harley,
Go onto http://www.sharpedge.co.za/ and have a look at what is in stock.
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About $15 for tracked and insured. Takes a week or so. Happy to send a package on to you if you want, Harley.
You know I do.
When will we know what we can get?
Which ones are you getting? :pok: And can I have a look before I send them on to you? :pok:
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About $15 for tracked and insured. Takes a week or so. Happy to send a package on to you if you want, Harley.
You know I do.
When will we know what we can get?
Which ones are you getting? :pok: And can I have a look before I send them on to you? :pok:
Honestly I am holding out for a Farmer. Have not found any yet but I could be doing it wrong, this whole internet thing is pretty mysterious.
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The coloured farmers seem to be finished. It looks like it might be just pioneers and solos. I will see what I can scrounge up on the web and make a few calls to shops etc.
I will probably order at month end because I am getting a little nervous that pioneer and solo colours might start to vanish too. On a positive note delivery is free in South Africa with Sharp edge if the order is more than 500. So there should be no transport cost at all.
On a separate issue there is a South African Pioneer (the NATO one) that I can possibly get hold of too. I already have one. I am happy to try and pick this up speculatively and pass it to someone over there later at cost or swop and as with the Sharp edge stuff everything will be transparent as I will be able to demonstrate what I paid. What is one of those worth in Europe? Just so I don't burn my fingers? Seems a shame to let it go when there is this opportunity for one of you aloxoholics to add it to your collection.
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I've got a question, is there anybody across the pond I can hire to help me out? I'd love to get one, but need someone to forward it to me :D
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I'll forward them/it on for you.
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I'll forward them/it on for you.
Thanks man! I'll pm you
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What color is everyone thinking? I'm going with green :o
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Black. 8)
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The whole Nato Sadf soldier thing is moot. Someone has committed to buy it if I can secure it for them. :b2t:
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Still curious what colors you can score.
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Still curious what colors you can score.
I believe the dark blue, dark green, and orange pioneers/solos are the SA exclusive knives on sharpedge, anyway.
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Solos
• 0.8000.20R Victorinox AN: Red Alox with Victorinox logo
• 0.8000.22R Victorinox AN: Blue Alox with Victorinox logo
• 0.8000.23R Victorinox AN: Black Alox with Victorinox logo
• 0.8000.24R Victorinox AN: Green Alox with Victorinox logo
• 0.8000.79R Victorinox AN: Orange Alox with Victorinox logo
Pioneers
• 0.8201.20R4 Victorinox AN: Red Alox with Victorinox logo
• 0.8201.22R4 Victorinox AN: Blue Alox with Victorinox logo
• 0.8201.23R4 Victorinox AN: Black Alox with Victorinox logo
• 0.8201.24R4 Victorinox AN: Green Alox with Victorinox logo
• 0.8201.79R4 Victorinox AN: Orange Alox with Victorinox logo
As I understand it these were all limited run colours for the South African market when they were first produced. Whether they are available now in other markets I have no way of knowing. If you visit the Sakwiki page for the Solo it lists all the Solo codes above as special run.
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Additionally, there's green farmers, red farmers and SA flag classics
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Do you know of anyone holding stock?
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Do you know of anyone holding stock?
If you're in Joburg, try going to Sharp Edge in Sandton City- they might have stock in the shop even though there's none online. Also, if you buy enough you might get a bit of a discount
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Do you know of anyone holding stock?
If you're in Joburg, try going to Sharp Edge in Sandton City- they might have stock in the shop even though there's none online. Also, if you buy enough you might get a bit of a discount
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Strange that you say that I was thinking about checking their physical stock today.
Thanks. I will call them in the morning.
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I've been monitoring this thread with great interest.
I would like to buy several of these Alox models.I'm waiting to see what is available to determine what I may buy.
Good luck gentlemen.
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Also keen here :)
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I've been monitoring this thread with great interest.
I would like to buy several of these Alox models.I'm waiting to see what is available to determine what I may buy.
Good luck gentlemen.
Pm Voetsak, as there are a limited number of slots available ;)
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Received a Solo and Classic from Voetsak over the weekend - just a black one of each, probably destined for some light hacking - big :tu: from me.