Any truth to the rumour?

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Any truth to the rumour that Victorinox may be ending the 93mm Alox series

Now that it's due to be replaced by probably either a 111mm Vic or 120mm Wenger, are the civilian sales of 93mm enough to keep it in production , and what with the relative flood of Farmer's on the market, does that mean there just clearing stocks

I really do hope not, as I think the 93mm's are the perfect Sak's out there

What do you guy's think

[WhichDawg]

I agree, they are perfect, I would cry!

don't do it Mr Elsener! 

[Leatherman123]

That would suck! The Farmer is one of my favorite SAKs!

[ducktapehero]

ENDING THE 93MM ALOX?!?!?!?!?!?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BLASPHEMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If they do that I'm calling in an air strike. Of course I have to get an air force 1st.

[Neil]

Of course I have to get an air force 1st.

Minor little detail

I can't see the 93mm range being under threat.  There's no military equivalent to the 84mm alox line and that's going strong.

Neil

[NutSAK]

There's no military equivalent to the 84mm alox line and that's going strong.

Neil

Is it?

We may see a lot of multitool and SAK enthusiasts buying 93mm and 84mm alox models, but I'm not sure that is representative of sales to the overall population of SAK consumers.

[I'm Still Bison]

 I hope it's just a matter of clearing stock.I think too many legal length restrictions will keep the 93mm in production for a good while yet,

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

I hope it's just a matter of clearing stock.I think too many legal length restrictions will keep the 93mm in production for a good while yet,

Let's hope so

[max6166]

From what I recall, it was more speculation based upon the requirements for the new Soldier. It wasn't a rumour coming out of Vic or anything.

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

From what I recall, it was more speculation based upon the requirements for the new Soldier. It wasn't a rumour coming out of Vic or anything.

You'll never, ever here a rumour comin out of Vic themselves

[Grant Lamontagne]

I seriously doubt it- Victorinox has made too much of the ALOX series, and has been growing it the last few years with new colors, if not models.  I doubt they'd be doing that if they planned to axe the line.

Wenger on the other hand will probably stop producing the SI, as it is the only ALOX model in their lineup.

Def

[AndyTiedye]

It always surprised me that Wenger didn't leverage their SI production into additional models as Vic has.

They did so in a limited way with the Handwerkers, but even those never had alox scales,
they just used blades and a few tools from the SI.

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

I guess your right about the SI's Grant , Like Andy said it's a shame they never really developed there Alox line

[getahl]

Maybe they (Wenger) figured that, since Vic already had a fairly extensive 93mm line, they didn't want direct competition with similar product? It's a shame, really. I really like the bail on my SI.

Maybe the same logic applies to the dwindling 84mm line; it's just too similar in size and function to the 85s? I could see that logic applying now that Vic owns Wenger, and not wanting to cannibalize their own market (I know it's a stretch  )

[american lockpicker]

Maybe they (Wenger) figured that, since Vic already had a fairly extensive 93mm line, they didn't want direct competition with similar product? It's a shame, really. I really like the bail on my SI.

Maybe the same logic applies to the dwindling 84mm line; it's just too similar in size and function to the 85s? I could see that logic applying now that Vic owns Wenger, and not wanting to cannibalize their own market (I know it's a stretch  )

Victorinox owns Wenger? When did this happen?

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Maybe they (Wenger) figured that, since Vic already had a fairly extensive 93mm line, they didn't want direct competition with similar product? It's a shame, really. I really like the bail on my SI.

Maybe the same logic applies to the dwindling 84mm line; it's just too similar in size and function to the 85s? I could see that logic applying now that Vic owns Wenger, and not wanting to cannibalize their own market (I know it's a stretch  )

Victorinox owns Wenger? When did this happen?

A couple years ago now mate , might be 3

[Grant Lamontagne]

Wenger went out of business a couple of years ago, and their assets were to be sold off, including the rights to use the Swiss Cross.  The Elseners, who own Victorinox didn't want it to fall into the hands of some Asian knockoff companies, so they purchased Wenger and have been funding them to help them get back on their feet.  This is why we've seen so many new products from Wenger over the last couple of years- they have had these ideas in the works, but when they were on their own they didn't have the money to develop and produce them.  Now that they have additional support, they are dusting off all the old ideas and running with them.

Def

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

And long may it continue