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Alox rainbow - isn’t it time we had a badge for this?!

gb Offline Rizio Il Ghiro

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A touch cheeky this, I know, but.... Having finally got my hands on some juicy orange scales  :woohoo:, I can now complete my Alox Rainbow! I’m sure others here can also complete one (I’m sure someone has already shown one earlier this year, but can’t remember who  :facepalm:) so now is the time to show yours too.

Isn’t it time we had a badge for this? Can the Moderators or someone skilled at badge creating please make one, and even prettier please can I have one!  :D



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Re: Alox rainbow - isn’t it time we had a badge for this?!
Reply #1 on: October 20, 2020, 02:46:32 PM
Nice pic! But my OCD is screaming... Flip over orange and yellow please :)
You should seriously visit vicfan.com. All the hoopy froods are doing it.


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Re: Alox rainbow - isn’t it time we had a badge for this?!
Reply #3 on: October 20, 2020, 02:55:43 PM
Nice, very nice Rizio and Frailer :like: :hatsoff:


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gb Offline Rizio Il Ghiro

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Re: Alox rainbow - isn’t it time we had a badge for this?!
Reply #4 on: October 20, 2020, 03:14:14 PM
Nice work, Frailer!  :hatsoff: 

Here’s all my rainbow-ish colours together....



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Re: Alox rainbow - isn’t it time we had a badge for this?!
Reply #5 on: October 20, 2020, 03:39:20 PM
Fantastic!  :tu:  (although I'm with Reinier about switching the yellow and orange!)


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Re: Alox rainbow - isn’t it time we had a badge for this?!
Reply #6 on: October 20, 2020, 03:39:56 PM
Great color ALL !!!  :drool: :tu: :drool:
All who wander are not lost..

It only take a little bit of sharp..


gb Offline Rizio Il Ghiro

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Re: Alox rainbow - isn’t it time we had a badge for this?!
Reply #7 on: October 20, 2020, 04:51:37 PM
Nice pic! But my OCD is screaming... Flip over orange and yellow please :)

Oops - you’re quite right - comes of trying to ti do two thing at once - I’ll redo them!


gb Offline Rizio Il Ghiro

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Re: Alox rainbow - isn’t it time we had a badge for this?!
Reply #8 on: October 20, 2020, 04:55:37 PM
Take 2! :facepalm:



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Re: Alox rainbow - isn’t it time we had a badge for this?!
Reply #9 on: October 20, 2020, 04:57:06 PM
Nice! I am jealous, I am just starting to collect Alox Pioneers, where do you find the ones with the neat colors? I have seen some on Ebay but the prices are crazy on some of them.


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Re: Alox rainbow - isn’t it time we had a badge for this?!
Reply #10 on: October 20, 2020, 05:02:08 PM
I hate to say it but it was a question of patience - hunting the alox colour shop in Berlin, Essen, Switzerland and the annual releases from Victorinox themselves. I started in 2015 when the year knives started, and folks on here can be very helpful with suggestions on the alox forever thread. Only one that came from EBay out of these was the original Nespresso which did cost too much, but I’m an aloxoholic, and I needed it for the Nespresso set.... :facepalm:


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Re: Alox rainbow - isn’t it time we had a badge for this?!
Reply #11 on: October 20, 2020, 05:34:38 PM
You should seriously visit vicfan.com. All the hoopy froods are doing it.


nl Offline Reinier

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Re: Alox rainbow - isn’t it time we had a badge for this?!
Reply #12 on: October 20, 2020, 05:35:25 PM
Indigo and violet are now correct as well :)
You should seriously visit vicfan.com. All the hoopy froods are doing it.


us Offline Frailer

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Re: Alox rainbow - isn’t it time we had a badge for this?!
Reply #13 on: October 20, 2020, 05:45:50 PM
Nice! I am jealous, I am just starting to collect Alox Pioneers, where do you find the ones with the neat colors? I have seen some on Ebay but the prices are crazy on some of them.

A few years ago Alox in a *wide* variety of colors was relatively easy to come by.  For good or ill, Victorinox decided to offer special colors only in their annual series, limiting dealers to ordering "standard" colors.  Collecting colored Alox got very expensive very quickly.

On a more positive note, collectors--especially those seeking to find all the colors of a specific model--were growing frustrated by the fact that colors from different batches weren't entirely consistent, causing much confusion as to whether one color was different from another...or whether two "different" colors were actually the same.


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Reply #14 on: October 20, 2020, 05:55:36 PM
Oh yes, thank you! :cheers:

 :oops: :D And the big one take 2



us Offline Myron

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Re: Alox rainbow - isn’t it time we had a badge for this?!
Reply #15 on: October 20, 2020, 06:27:18 PM
We need @Philodemus to weigh in on this thread.  :)


us Offline Frailer

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Re: Alox rainbow - isn’t it time we had a badge for this?!
Reply #16 on: October 20, 2020, 08:58:25 PM
We need @Philodemus to weigh in on this thread.  :)

I have no doubt he could generate a rainbow arch of impressive proportions.


nl Offline Reinier

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Re: Alox rainbow - isn’t it time we had a badge for this?!
Reply #17 on: October 20, 2020, 09:06:30 PM
He probably even has ultraviolet and infrared SAKs :P
You should seriously visit vicfan.com. All the hoopy froods are doing it.


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Reply #18 on: October 20, 2020, 10:48:59 PM
He probably even has ultraviolet and infrared SAKs :P

If you look carefully, you’ll see those in my pics too!! :rofl:


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Re: Alox rainbow - isn’t it time we had a badge for this?!
Reply #19 on: October 21, 2020, 01:05:07 AM
Excellent idea for a badge ...and pretty darn tricky to achieve!
Not so long ago there was no constraint on the colours available to shops... if they wanted 100 mint-green Bantams, Victorinox would make 'em. At one point, one of those shops in Germany had Pioneers and Farmers in every colour under the sun...multiple shades of blue and green, various shades of yellow, at least one brown and burgundy.
Suddenly Victorinox decided they were being way too cool about this. They realised they could reduce the easily available colour palette to Boring Red, Boring Black and Boring Blue - and all the fun colours would disappear entirely, other than in the shape of limited edition Pioneers, one different colour every year. So making a rainbow with these things went from being super-easy (if you had couple of hundred euros) to incredibly difficult even if you're loaded.
Happy hunting!


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Re: Alox rainbow - isn’t it time we had a badge for this?!
Reply #20 on: October 21, 2020, 01:24:59 AM
Nice pic! But my OCD is screaming... Flip over orange and yellow please :)

Glad I’m not the only one.


us Offline kamakiri

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Re: Alox rainbow - isn’t it time we had a badge for this?!
Reply #21 on: October 21, 2020, 02:52:34 AM
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Re: Alox rainbow - isn’t it time we had a badge for this?!
Reply #22 on: October 21, 2020, 06:59:21 AM
Old picture from the beginning of my alox collection.

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(Leo Tolstoy)


00 Offline Mechanickal

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Re: Alox rainbow - isn’t it time we had a badge for this?!
Reply #23 on: October 21, 2020, 07:01:47 AM
*faint*


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Re: Alox rainbow - isn’t it time we had a badge for this?!
Reply #24 on: October 21, 2020, 07:02:57 AM
Hey Sneider,

If you have a green alox (OC Maybe) that wants to move a bit further south, give me a shout :D


gb Offline Rizio Il Ghiro

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Reply #25 on: October 21, 2020, 08:55:51 AM
Fabulous, Sneider  :drool: :like: :like: - now you just need to get them in order an re-take the shot before Reinier and Sos24 spot this post! :rofl:


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Re: Alox rainbow - isn’t it time we had a badge for this?!
Reply #26 on: October 21, 2020, 09:35:53 AM
I saw it two hours ago. I just regained consciousness again :P
You should seriously visit vicfan.com. All the hoopy froods are doing it.


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Reply #27 on: October 21, 2020, 11:08:37 AM
I tried to make a 74mm alox rainbow but failed miserably. Orange is non-existant (in 74mm in general) and purple/violet doesn't exist in alox as well (as far as I know). I apologise for the pink-ish cellidor.
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You should seriously visit vicfan.com. All the hoopy froods are doing it.


gb Offline Rizio Il Ghiro

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Reply #28 on: October 21, 2020, 11:44:57 AM
I saw it two hours ago. I just regained consciousness again :P

As quick as that, eh?! :rofl:

I tried to make a 74mm alox rainbow but failed miserably. Orange is non-existant (in 74mm in general) and purple/violet doesn't exist in alox as well (as far as I know). I apologise for the pink-ish cellidor.

I think it’ll be even harder to complete in sub 93mm alox - I’m sure I’ve some orange scaled 58s, but no purples..... Anyone got some to show?  :pok:


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Reply #29 on: October 21, 2020, 11:47:39 AM
Correction (proof reading on an iPhone is hard work :facepalm:) “I’m sure I’ve seen some orange scaled 58s...” I don’t have any small alox, yet...... :whistle:


 

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