All About Pocket Knives

ALOX "CADET" green-red-silver and a couple TANG STAMPS
main blade
nail file/phillips
can opener/flat head
flat head/bottle opener/wire bender

ALOX "SOLDIER" silver

TOOLS

main blade
awl
can opener/flat head
flat head/bottle opener/wire bender


pic 1- later soldier shield......... (far right knife is a MOD by me...kinda melting ice look when polished up)

pic 2-key ring style....nothing...........bail

pic 3-date tang stamp....soldiers have the date made stamped on back side of main blade

pic 4-most are victorinox....but WENGER makes some too

ALOX "PIONEER"
red and black
same tools as SOLDIER
notice DIFFERENT shield.......and will not have date TANG stamp!

main blade
awl
can opener/flat head
flat head/bottle opener/wire bender

ALOX "pioneer PRUNER"(TOP) and "pioneer ELECTRICIAN"(BOTTOM)

couple twists on the SOLDIER/PIONEER LINE

silver

tools for PRUNER
main blade
awl
PRUNER BLADE/HAWKBILL
flat head/bottle opener/wire bender


tools for ELECTRICIAN
main blade
awl
wire stripper/bender- knife blade
flat head/bottle opener/wire bender

RED ALOX

these pix are to show a few things

difference in new and pocket worn RED

SHIELDS= new red is a pioneer.......one old red is a PIONEER and one is a SOLDIER!!!!!

on the 2 old RED ones....the shields are same...BUT to tell one is a SOLDIER the tang is DATE STAMPED
makes other a EARLY PIONEER

early pioneers and soldiers had BRASS LINERS

some had key ring liners.....some DID NOT

hope that helps a little

Wow Josh! You've been busy. Thanks for showing all those and the explanations. I enjoy looking at the colored Alox versions and you did a splendid job of capturing the colors. I'm particularly fond of the Orange Alox you sent me. I have to drag it out now and then and just stare at it.

ALOX "CADET" green-red-silver and a couple TANG STAMPS

I'm missing the green cadet. Need to get after it. A very nice selection Junebug.

thanks guys

awesome jerry glad ya like it!

hey QS try your local TARGET for the GREEN CADET
i need to go by mine to see if they stocked up yet....out last couple times i went by.

I think once I get the green which will be my 15th, I am going to put a hold on more SAKs. I'm losing control with them; so many variations and sizes and tang stamps I can see myself spending my whole life on SAKs. It's hell having an addictive personality.

Quick Steel wrote:I think once I get the green which will be my 15th, I am going to put a hold on more SAKs. I'm losing control with them; so many variations and sizes and tang stamps I can see myself spending my whole life on SAKs. It's hell having an addictive personality.

SAC Cadets & 72s and their clones & Schatt & Morgan & Kershaws & Miracle Whip Schrades & Whittlers & English Jacks & GECs & EZ-Opens & '80s and '90s Winchesters & ................ HELP!!!

I know, I know. Is there some support group for us, like knives anonymous or something similar. Its hard for me to discover a knife without some sort of appeal. I find I can justify the purchase of virtually any blade. This has got to stop. Oh, wait. I just recalled a Schatt & Morgan that is a must have. Catch y'all later.

I sent SAKs to my nephews. Here, their father introduces them to the knives.

MAN THATS COOL

way ta make memories for a kid ,QS

Very cool QS



Tim

Thanks guys. When I send knives to youngsters [next will be Scouts then Barlows] I include some simple information about the knives with a brief quiz like this one for the SAKs.

REVIEW: Whenever finished using a knife that you won't use again for a few days. Always wipe your prints off the blades with a very, very __________ cloth.

SAK means ________ ________ _______.

The handles on pocket knives are often called _________.

Two connected companies make the same SAKs. These are Victorinox (named after the founder's wife Victoria) and _______.

Here is a difficult question. What does ALOX tell us about the SAK scales?

[Ans: soft/Swiss Army Knives/scales/Wenger/they are aluminum (or aluminum alloy).]

now THAT....is flat out COOL



junebug

Just bought this Victorinox Anniversary Soldier Knife of 2005 and at the blade, has laser etched the signature of the current CEO of Victorinox, Charles Elsener. Comes with a 192 page Collectors Companion Book. Still in unopened box.

I really like the Alox knives. Flipped the picture right side up so we don't get a kink in our neck while admiring it.

that is sweet

I had to do a Google search for this knife! It is a Victorinox Classic SD.

http://sakfan.blogspot.com/2013/01/vict ... oogle.html

Quick Steel wrote:I sent SAKs to my nephews. Here, their father introduces them to the knives.

Very nice QS!

Camillus, a great acquisition.

And thanks to those who commented on my nephew's photos. I do think we should do whatever we reasonably can to foster the hobby with future generations. With younger children the first thing I do with them and their parents is explain basic safety. Then I explain what to do when they cut a finger. When, not if. (Often by the 2nd day when closing the blade.) So when it happens there is no panic from child or parent.

A friend's 8 year old, whom I had no connection with, cut his hand on his father's knife. Clearly his father's fault: no education, no supervision. So now the boy's parents will hardly let him touch anything more than a butter knife. Sad.

Quick Steel wrote:Camillus, a great acquisition.

And thanks to those who commented on my nephew's photos. I do think we should do whatever we reasonably can to foster the hobby with future generations. With younger children the first thing I do with them and their parents is explain basic safety. Then I explain what to do when they cut a finger. When, not if. (Often by the 2nd day when closing the blade.) So when it happens there is no panic from child or parent.

A friend's 8 year old, whom I had no connection with, cut his hand on his father's knife. Clearly his father's fault: no education, no supervision. So now the boy's parents will hardly let him touch anything more than a butter knife. Sad.

So true. Safety first and explaining what to do when an accident happens is a good idea. My earliest recollections with knives was when I was about 6 or 7 and my Dad let me close a blade on his knife much to my mother's disapproval and I surely did cut my finger. Happily that did not end my knife days.

And getting that first cut is wonderfully educational. I always get kids started with a SAK because it is less provocative especially to mothers who are usually a bit worried. I understand; that is their job. But the SAKS enter were other knives can create an issue.