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what is the alox ?

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what is the alox ?
on: August 29, 2012, 09:33:08 PM
Hello, I am new to collecting sak, and was wondering if someone can tell me what the alox knives are. Is it the scales ? Thanks for your help..
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Re: what is the alox ?
Reply #1 on: August 29, 2012, 09:37:51 PM
Yes it is the scales. It means aluminum oxide.
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Re: what is the alox ?
Reply #2 on: August 29, 2012, 09:52:58 PM
AWESOME Thanks !!
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Re: what is the alox ?
Reply #3 on: August 29, 2012, 09:54:29 PM
Careful alox is addicting.      :D
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Re: what is the alox ?
Reply #4 on: August 30, 2012, 03:35:01 AM
To late !!
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Re: what is the alox ?
Reply #5 on: August 30, 2012, 03:49:17 AM
Don't say you weren't warned!!  :D


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Re: what is the alox ?
Reply #6 on: August 30, 2012, 04:27:28 AM
Alox is like the pirate gold of swiss army knives.  Shiny, in many colors and you can exchange your silly green paper money for it at stores and online dealers.  :D  Repeat as needed.
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Re: what is the alox ?
Reply #7 on: August 30, 2012, 04:35:59 AM
Alox, to me, is not only a pretty good handle material but what makes it extra cool is the riveted texture and oxide colouring  :tu:
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Re: what is the alox ?
Reply #8 on: August 30, 2012, 09:42:46 AM
Alox is like the pirate gold of swiss army knives.  Shiny, in many colors and you can exchange your silly green paper money for it at stores and online dealers.  :D  Repeat as needed.
Thats why I don't want to buy my first alox whatsoever, I feel it would start something unstoppable. :D
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what is the alox ?
Reply #9 on: August 30, 2012, 10:51:35 AM
Alox is like the pirate gold of swiss army knives.  Shiny, in many colors and you can exchange your silly green paper money for it at stores and online dealers.  :D  Repeat as needed.
Thats why I don't want to buy my first alox whatsoever, I feel it would start something unstoppable. :D

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Re: what is the alox ?
Reply #10 on: August 30, 2012, 10:53:41 AM
Alox is like the pirate gold of swiss army knives.  Shiny, in many colors and you can exchange your silly green paper money for it at stores and online dealers.  :D  Repeat as needed.
Thats why I don't want to buy my first alox whatsoever, I feel it would start something unstoppable. :D

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Wearing glasses, drinking wine, and occasionally needing a toothpick has helped keep it under control for me. I miss the corkscrew, mini driver, and scale tools on alox, and if I do carry a pioneer or such, I have to try to make sure I have these options handy another way.

They are certainly pretty little creatures, but I find them a bit limiting (thankfully  :P )


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Re: what is the alox ?
Reply #11 on: August 30, 2012, 12:40:22 PM
Wise words but right now you are at the top of that slippery downhill slope and Def is sneaking up behind you with a grin.;)
Too late, I made a bid on an alox... :facepalm: Let's just hope that I won't win it.  :P
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what is the alox ?
Reply #12 on: August 30, 2012, 05:43:02 PM
Wise words but right now you are at the top of that slippery downhill slope and Def is sneaking up behind you with a grin.;)
Too late, I made a bid on an alox... :facepalm: Let's just hope that I won't win it.  :P
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Re: what is the alox ?
Reply #13 on: August 30, 2012, 06:55:39 PM
It's over for me, going to buy one today. :D
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Re: what is the alox ?
Reply #14 on: August 30, 2012, 11:39:29 PM
Careful alox is addicting.      :D
Very addicting.... :drool:


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Re: what is the alox ?
Reply #15 on: August 31, 2012, 12:59:39 AM
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.......Alox!  :drool:

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Re: what is the alox ?
Reply #16 on: August 31, 2012, 01:23:17 AM
...It means aluminum oxide.

I'm not so sure of that - Aluminum Oxide

Based on how they combined Victoria + Inox (French for stainless) into Victorinox...they must have coined Alox similarly. I've not seen it explained anywhere before though, but I bet they would have been thinking in French or Swiss-German when they made up that marketing word.


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Re: what is the alox ?
Reply #17 on: August 31, 2012, 02:18:36 AM
The anodize absolutely produces aluminum oxide on the aluminum surface.  Introducing the colorant at the right stage basically means it gets trapped in the forming oxide, and thats what yields the color.
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Re: what is the alox ?
Reply #18 on: August 31, 2012, 08:06:02 AM
Yea uhh........ What he said.     ;)



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Re: what is the alox ?
Reply #19 on: August 31, 2012, 08:33:36 AM
Alox however is not the technical correct (German) term.
Here it's called "Eloxal" which stands for "Elektrolytische Oxidation von Aluminium".

I have a lot of anodizing done on my aluminum yoyos (website on my profile page) and it's quite complicated. Especially with pre treatments. I's love to see vibratory grinded scales anodized. Yummy!

Oh, and one more thing: Since you bring in the colour pigments, it's technically impossible to achieve white. So don't get your hopes too high. :p The best "white" is achieved by gently blasting the parts and have them clear coat anodized (the standard alox scales).
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Re: what is the alox ?
Reply #20 on: September 01, 2012, 04:13:57 AM
Alox is like the pirate gold of swiss army knives.  Shiny, in many colors and you can exchange your silly green paper money for it at stores and online dealers.  :D  Repeat as needed.
Thats why I don't want to buy my first alox whatsoever, I feel it would start something unstoppable. :D
Tell me about it...  I bought a Wenger SI (standard issue) and no sooner than had I touched its cool smooth checkered aluminiun sensuousness :drool: I found myself online buying a Red Cadet and bookmarking a Bantam and a Farmer.
I have an old Wenger Fly Fisherman Plus Plus that I made aluminium scales for, so I guess you could say that it a "semi-Alox".
I've even built up a DIY alox 85mm Wenger Handyman.
See my other threads for Pix of those two.
Hope I can manage to stop myself ripping apart any more of my celidor models...
must-not-build-more-FrankenSAKs.... :facepalm:


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Re: what is the alox ?
Reply #21 on: September 01, 2012, 04:59:51 AM
I had just a soldier and recently a pioneer (very similar, both silver), just received 3 from Marios, an orange, a yellow (golden) and a black, they are simply beautiful! And unfortunately very addictive!


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Re: what is the alox ?
Reply #22 on: September 01, 2012, 05:57:42 AM
I bought the silver pioneer, and already want a orange farmer. :mail:
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Re: what is the alox ?
Reply #23 on: September 01, 2012, 11:08:37 AM
I had just a soldier and recently a pioneer (very similar, both silver), just received 3 from Marios, an orange, a yellow (golden) and a black, they are simply beautiful! And unfortunately very addictive!
Keep them safe they are rare ones, especially the yellow pioneer. ;)


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Re: what is the alox ?
Reply #24 on: September 02, 2012, 11:51:15 PM
I had just a soldier and recently a pioneer (very similar, both silver), just received 3 from Marios, an orange, a yellow (golden) and a black, they are simply beautiful! And unfortunately very addictive!
Keep them safe they are rare ones, especially the yellow pioneer. ;)

Will make sure that they are well treated Marios!  :cheers:


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what is the alox ?
Reply #25 on: September 05, 2012, 09:02:09 PM
 Well, I am hooked. Absolutely have the alox bug.
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