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Knives in 93 mm size with Alox scales

PEACE bicolor Pioneer

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A Pioneer in light green and light yellow with pink logo is a new special run made by Victorinox in August 2013.

This bicolor Pioneer comes in two variants. 50 pieces with an etching on the main blade and 50 pieces without etching. The etching shows peace symbols and the word PEACE. Each knife is numbered individually.

Color comparison:

The light green is similar to the “Apocalypse” green used by Swissbianco a few months ago. The light yellow used on the backside scale is similar to the front scale of the Electrician Solo from 2011. See last picture below.

 

Left - Apocalypse green -- Pioneer front and back -- right - Electrician Solo

 

Pioneer 2223 Thailand

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This blue – red Pioneer 2223 was made by Victorinox in August 2013. It’s a special run of 150 pieces. The knife is dedicated to the King Chulalongkorn of Thailand (former Siam) and was ordered by a Thai knife enthusiast and is intended for Thai people.

  • 1_Pioneer2223 Thai front open
  • 2_Pioneer2223 Thai back open
  • 12_Pioneer2223 Thai side

The Victorinox logo in not silver as usual but pink.

6_Pioneer2223 Thai logo

The blade carries an etching with an Elephant and a picture of the King. The phrase between the pictures is the name of the King “Phra Chunlachomklao Chaoyuhua“.

8_Pioneer2223 Thai blade

The print on the engraving panel says “Rama V.“, which means 5th Generation.

4_Pioneer2223 Thai back

An engraving on the backside of the blade shows the year 2556, which is in the Buddhist calendar 2013, and a serial number 123/150. (This knife is the 123rd out of a total of 150 pieces.)

11_Pioneer2223 Thai number

The colors blue, red and pink as well as the Elephant are components of the Royal coat of arms of the Kingdom of Siam.

This is the 5th knife of a serie of Alox knives which were released in the last three years, all dedicated to the king of Siam/Thailand.

2011  red – blue Sailor

2011  orange Farmer

2012   beige – blue Pioneer

2012  pink – yellow First Mate  (Link to post)

2013  blue – red Pioneer 2223

I own only four of them as you can see in the last pictures.

  • 15_Sailor-Siam
  • 16_Farmer-Siam
  • FirstMate Thai front open
  • 1_Pioneer2223 Thai front open
  • FirstMate Thai group

Midshipman in black and red

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The Victorinox Midshipman is a discontinued model with marlinspike.  In July 2013 Victorinox produced two special runs in black of this rare model. Each of these two runs consists of 50 pieces. All knives have a number and the year engraved on the backside of the main blade.

The difference between the two runs is the shield’s color. While one knife is completely black with silver emblem, the other knife has a red shield.

 

Midshipman comparison
Midshipman comparison
Midshipman comparison