Post by: Syem on June 08, 2018, 11:39:36 PM
I've had a few and recently got more and I'm wondering if you guys and gals have other models with year-stamped blades? Has anyone made any mods with year-stamped blades?
Let's see them!
(apologies if a thread like this already exists... I searched a bit and didn't find any)
Post by: Syem on June 08, 2018, 11:49:53 PM
4 Wenger Profesional with 1981, 1987 and 1988 blades.
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180608/f44c7d8cb1cc4cee1fa5ca6f2e2e2b2e.jpg)
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180608/060acf22b1b36e6d273b6c13d85575ac.jpg)
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180608/f7b4ff152f052e8ef325c7df4c9b081a.jpg)
Victorinox Pioneer Rancher with a 2000 blade
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180608/00857781ca3bf3931658817f92f63bb4.jpg)
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180608/1063483d3677b3245819f88fcbe0c908.jpg)
Not sure if it counts but a Soldier 91 which came back from the Victorinox spa with a brand new 27 years old blade they apparently had "lying around"...
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180608/07537233c2437a077b37e8a9d32d3835.jpg)
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180608/5f32a25aadc972ab67ad70a7de743246.jpg)
Post by: smiller43147 on June 09, 2018, 12:04:50 AM
Nice pictures (and SAKs).
Are those professional series smooth alox?
Post by: Syem on June 09, 2018, 12:14:56 AM
Interesting, I have heard of Vic putting them in Pioneers, wondered what Wenger did with them. I assumed that they put them in SI's for sale to the public.
Nice pictures (and SAKs).
Are those professional series smooth alox?
Nah, just plastic... They're basic professional series from Wenger... And I have yet to see one with a blade without a year-stamp :D
Post by: Mechanickal on June 09, 2018, 08:52:02 AM
Post by: LeaF on June 09, 2018, 09:04:59 AM
https://leaf-vics.com/2017/07/551-apprentice-alox.html
Post by: Syem on June 10, 2018, 04:37:08 AM
Apprentice.
https://leaf-vics.com/2017/07/551-apprentice-alox.html
Very cool Apprentice! Love that 07 blade! (I have a particular affection for 7s tho :D )
So? Nobody else? No modded knives with year-stamped blades?
Post by: Syem on June 10, 2018, 04:38:41 AM
Onlt recently I came across a Farmer with a 07 stamp on the tang.I'm going to have to request for a picture of that piece :D
:worthless:
Post by: Mechanickal on June 10, 2018, 09:10:39 AM
It's not in my posession! :ahhhOnlt recently I came across a Farmer with a 07 stamp on the tang.I'm going to have to request for a picture of that piece :D
:worthless:
I'll buy it next time I go there.
I'll justify it with "peer-pressure" :rofl:
Post by: Syem on June 10, 2018, 10:52:54 AM
Well you could take a picture without buying it :DIt's not in my posession! :ahhhOnlt recently I came across a Farmer with a 07 stamp on the tang.I'm going to have to request for a picture of that piece :D
:worthless:
I'll buy it next time I go there.
I'll justify it with "peer-pressure" :rofl:
Post by: Mechanickal on June 10, 2018, 12:23:49 PM
I can spend that on a mint Farmer.
Post by: Myron on June 10, 2018, 04:00:57 PM
€20...
I can spend that on a mint Farmer.
If you fly, I'll buy! Twenty Euro sounds pretty fair, so if you pick it up and don't like or need it, I'll take it off your hands. Like your signature says, "buy now or regret later...." :)
Myron
Post by: Mechanickal on June 10, 2018, 05:19:59 PM
Ok ok, I'll see if I'll buy 2 :D€20...
I can spend that on a mint Farmer.
If you fly, I'll buy! Twenty Euro sounds pretty fair, so if you pick it up and don't like or need it, I'll take it off your hands. Like your signature says, "buy now or regret later...." :)
Myron
Post by: Frailer on June 12, 2018, 08:53:21 PM
Apprentice.
https://leaf-vics.com/2017/07/551-apprentice-alox.html
I own that knife’s identical twin.
Post by: Syem on June 13, 2018, 02:20:57 PM
:worthless:
:D
Post by: Frailer on June 14, 2018, 04:21:39 AM
guys ...
:worthless:
:D
Apologies.
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180614/24b61f65f56d64a2d65f2b3faede2484.jpg)
Post by: Syem on June 15, 2018, 11:14:37 AM
Really cool! Thanks for the pic!guys ...
:worthless:
:D
Apologies.
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180614/24b61f65f56d64a2d65f2b3faede2484.jpg)
I'm truly wondering if anyone ever made a mod using a BY-blade...
Anyone aware of such a thing having been made?
Post by: Mechanickal on September 07, 2018, 05:28:02 PM
Went to pick up the Farmer with 07 stamp.
It's even an ad knife!!
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180907/847eb8683583375b02452bdf5f35faaf.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180907/f62cde5650e7c25edcf79eca1f4422d5.jpg)
Post by: Don Pablo on September 07, 2018, 05:30:17 PM
Post by: Mechanickal on September 07, 2018, 05:45:50 PM
Post by: pfrsantos on September 07, 2018, 06:40:15 PM
My sisters BY! :D
Well, there's no reason to be ashamed. After awl, this is the XXI century and everyone is free to choose their way of life.
:whistle:
Post by: Don Pablo on September 07, 2018, 07:00:15 PM
::)My sisters BY! :D
Well, there's no reason to be ashamed. After awl, this is the XXI century and everyone is free to choose their way of life.
:whistle:
Post by: NutSAK on September 07, 2018, 07:14:03 PM
I do have pictures of an '05 Soldier mod though. Nickel silver frame & bolsters, stag scales:
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8264/29612244585_56f45198c1_k.jpg)
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8172/29531456551_bdb7f0228c_k.jpg)
Post by: Boonies on September 07, 2018, 07:21:10 PM
:cheers:
Post by: NutSAK on September 07, 2018, 07:25:02 PM
Post by: ironraven on September 08, 2018, 01:58:00 PM
I do have pictures of an '05 Soldier mod though. Nickel silver frame & bolsters, stag scales:
:drool:
Sexiest thing I've seen all week.
Post by: hiraethus on September 08, 2018, 02:47:12 PM
I have a '97 OC keyringless Pioneer with Soldier blade. 1997 was a common year for the overrun blades. I can't locate a picture of that one right now, but I'll try to add one later.
I do have pictures of an '05 Soldier mod though. Nickel silver frame & bolsters, stag scales:
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8264/29612244585_56f45198c1_k.jpg)
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8172/29531456551_bdb7f0228c_k.jpg)
Gosh, that's nice. Who did the mod?
Post by: NutSAK on September 08, 2018, 05:37:08 PM
Here is the detailed documentation that accompanied the mod: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ek1jwjycl7orc44/Old_School_Victorinox_Soldier.pdf?dl=0
Here is a snapshot of his website from the Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20100513043649/http://knifecooperative.com/
Post by: NutSAK on September 08, 2018, 06:10:09 PM
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1866/43644128435_9732459ad6_k.jpg)
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1859/43644128275_22d27c3ddd_k.jpg)
Post by: Rapidray on September 08, 2018, 08:51:05 PM
Post by: hiraethus on September 09, 2018, 04:09:16 AM
The mod was done by a gentleman called Scott that was a SOSAK member with the username Knifecoop. He had a website back in those days dedicated to this art.
Here is the detailed documentation that accompanied the mod: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ek1jwjycl7orc44/Old_School_Victorinox_Soldier.pdf?dl=0
Here is a snapshot of his website from the Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20100513043649/http://knifecooperative.com/
Thanks for the info NutSAK. :tu:
Post by: PTRSAK on September 22, 2018, 12:51:45 PM
Post by: Don Pablo on September 22, 2018, 01:00:46 PM
Re: the Wenger Pro series. I believe the reason that they all had dated blades was that Wenger only made Soldiers and as such did not make non dated 93mm blades as used in the Vic Pioneer so they just made deliberate overrun of soldier blades to use in the Pro's.
:think:
You’d think that all they would have to do was not run the blades through the machine that stamps on the year?
Post by: Syem on September 27, 2018, 03:03:57 AM
You might relate to this one Syem.....’85 OC Farmer, NIB. Notice the price tag on the box, no more of that I’m afraid.......:drool: my oh my! I've got one of those I think but the blade is about a third of its original girth and 2/3rds of its length... Yours is such a beauty! With my BY too!
:cheers:
Post by: Syem on September 27, 2018, 03:07:27 AM
It's a 1976 soldier... But the original blade is on the left. I sent this little guy to Vic and they replaced the broken awl and actually put a brand new 76 blade on it that they must've had lying around. It's just amazing that they'd have 42 years old spare parts still in stock!
That '91 blade in my OP was already amazing but a 76 is just incredible! (at the same time they've done awesome stuff on some other Alox knives I sent them and some very bad stuff on others... I should start a "vic spa stories" thread...)
I've got a nice old knife with a broken 5 twist fluted corkscrew... Maybe they'll still have some of those?
Anyways here's the lucky piece:
(https://image.ibb.co/ftJBSU/20180926_114951.jpg) (https://image.ibb.co/ftJBSU/20180926_114951.jpg)
(https://image.ibb.co/bORbu9/20180926_114939.jpg) (https://image.ibb.co/bORbu9/20180926_114939.jpg)
Post by: Rapidray on September 27, 2018, 03:12:11 AM
Here's another sort of repurposed blade... And a huge surprise!Wow...that is going above and beyond! Very nice. :cheers:
It's a 1976 soldier... But the original blade is on the left. I sent this little guy to Vic and they replaced the broken awl and actually put a brand new 76 blade on it that they must've had lying around. It's just amazing that they'd have 42 years old spare parts still in stock!
That '91 blade in my OP was already amazing but a 76 is just incredible! (at the same time they've done awesome stuff on some other Alox knives I sent them and some very bad stuff on others... I should start a "vic spa stories" thread...)
I've got a nice old knife with a broken 5 twist fluted corkscrew... Maybe they'll still have some of those?
Anyways here's the lucky piece:
(https://image.ibb.co/ftJBSU/20180926_114951.jpg) (https://image.ibb.co/ftJBSU/20180926_114951.jpg)
(https://image.ibb.co/bORbu9/20180926_114939.jpg) (https://image.ibb.co/bORbu9/20180926_114939.jpg)