76 soldier red?

Zag · **on:** July 02, 2012, 11:09:15 PM

This looks like an old 76 soldier but it is (or was) red!
Is it me or the 76 soldier should be silver?

eBay 76 Soldier

APS · **Reply #1 on:** July 02, 2012, 11:25:32 PM

My guess would be a worn Pioneer with a lanyard hole rather than a red Soldier.

Syph007 · **Reply #2 on:** July 02, 2012, 11:41:53 PM

Ya, looks like a well used one ,that was originally like the top one on this aloxworld page.

http://www.aloxworld.com/AloxWorld/Victorinox-Alox-Soldier.html

APS · **Reply #3 on:** July 03, 2012, 12:28:31 AM

The red alox soldier years were 61-65. Do you think someone broke the blade and it was replaced sometime long ago with a 76 marked blade?

Marius · **Reply #4 on:** July 03, 2012, 01:00:02 AM

SAKWiki mentions that, quote:

"Some 1970, and 1975 models were produced with Red Alox scales (Silver also available)."

Possibly this happened for some 1976 Soldiers as well. The scale cross matches the 1976 year if I am not mistaken, but I am far from an expert on Soldiers.

On the other extreme I won't exclude the possibility that somebody just painted the scales so it may look like worn out anodizing. But the wear appears uniform so likely it is indeed anodizing in this case.

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