All About Pocket Knives

This Pioneer showed up in yesterday's mail. I do like me some Alox. I was looking for something small with scissors and ran on to this lot of 2 Classic SD's in Alox at a decent price. Used but you have to look close to see the evidence.

Hello guys,
I have a question about this knife, it was my father's it was in a trinket box on his dresser when I was a kid in early 1970s, but i'm not sure how much older than that it is, he never carried it and its pretty near mint but no box, I have seen several searching the web ,called secretary knifes ,but they don't seem exactly the same as this one..and markings on tang are different, so I would love too know, the model, age, and value?, though I would never sell it, just curious.

My SAKs.. So far!!! John

Wbyonder: regarding the 'Secretary' SAK you posted above: Victorinox has made thousands of different patterns over the last 50 years. It takes a dedicated SAK collector to give a date range for an individual knife. I have a couple of hundred SAK but i know little about them as my focus is in other areas of 'knives'.
You could email Victorinox and attach pictures and you might get a reply.
kj

Enjoyed the posts. One that has worked for me, not a Victorinox-but a a Wenger. It has never been a burden and a fine field dressing tool. Memories of oxygen sucking cold at the ending of a few successful hunts with this one.

Yes, the saw blade on SAK's cuts well without binding. It is a very useful blade.
kj

Although I don't normally collect Swiss Army Knives somehow they seem to fall into my hands occasionally. Here are two I recently acquired.
The miniature metal handled one has a logo that looks like a fist clenching a bar or something like that. Fifty cents at the local flea market.
The big is called a Ranger 06 Mountaineer and has never been carried.$12 at the same flea market.

Ray, your Ranger Mountaineer can sell on ebay for $30-$40. It is a real workhorse of the SAK's, a very good back country carry knife.
kj

kootenay joe wrote:Ray, your Ranger Mountaineer can sell on ebay for $30-$40. It is a real workhorse of the SAK's, a very good back country carry knife.
kj

Roland:What I like about it is the size and lightness of it.A big knife that doesn't weigh a short ton. Still a bit too large to pocket carry though.

I always carry mine in the truck. It has seen some rough duty!

I find a saw blade is often useful. With twigs/brush it can be easier to saw through than slice through and the saw blade on SAK's cuts well without binding. The only other makes i have found with a good saw blade is Eye Brand (Schlieper) and Schrade USA, the 97OT.
kj

kootenay joe wrote:I find a saw blade is often useful. With twigs/brush it can be easier to saw through than slice through and the saw blade on SAK's cuts well without binding. The only other makes i have found with a good saw blade is Eye Brand (Schlieper) and Schrade USA, the 97OT.
kj

The saw blades that cut the best are the ones that the blade thickness is less at the top than at the teeth.A lot of the early style saws had parallel sides(same thickness top and bottom) that cause the blade to bind.Although I find that saws that cut on the back stroke(pull) seem to work better for me the one on the Mountaineer is multi-directional.

Nice!! I keep looking for that "LIKE" button!! Fine SAKs Gents!!!
John

My first one in quite a while. It just grabbed me. A red one next month (I hope).

Nice on jerry !!!
John

Thanks John. It's a snappy devil.

I like the alox ones that also have a saw blade (or, now scissors are an option); i.e. a 5 blade knife rather than the 4 blade shown above.
kj

Pictures: 5 blade Alox SAK's
kj

And here is a big SAK, 4 1/2" like the 2 shown above but this has a saw and big scissors as well as a locking master blade. Super good back country carry, in a belt sheath.
kj

Here are 2 Wenger 'Gents' knives, 2 9/16" closed with brushed nickel-silver handles ?
The one in the metal box has nail clippers that work.
The other is a 6 blade with 3 narrow tools that i am not sure of their full range of functions.
Wenger made unique knives. ("unique", limited to themselves)
kj

Real nice SAKs ya posted kj!!!
John

jerryd6818 wrote:My first one in quite a while. It just grabbed me. A red one next month (I hope).

Jerry, that Blue alox is pretty cool.

Thanks David. It got me and wouldn't let go.

Found this Victorinox Mini Champ today. I'm liking this little one. Alot of tools for such a small package!