Category Archives: Alox 93mm

Knives in 93 mm size with Alox scales

First Mate dark blue

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A new Alox special run made by Victorinox in October 2013. It’s a First Mate in dark blue. Each knife is individually numbered on the main blade’s backside.

This special run comes in two color variants.
50 pieces have a silver emblem while the other 50 pieces have a black emblem.

Color comparison: 

The blue color used for these First Mates are very similar to the blue used on the oldsytle First Mate from 2011 and the Harvester from 2012. But even between the two new models you can see a little difference in the blue shade. See last picture.

 

Comparison Harvester - First Mate oldstyle - First Mate new

Pioneer 2223 gray

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A new special run from Victorinox. It’s a Pioneer 2223 also called Sea Pioneer.  This run consists of 50 pieces with gray scales and red shield and 50 pieces with gray scales with orange shield. This is the first Alox with an orange shield, except the Alox with orange scales.

Each knife is numbered on the main blade: 2013  nn/50.

A small lanyard in red respectively in orange is attached to the key ring of each knife.

The gray shade is a bit brighter than the gray from Harvester with black emblem.

 

Gray comparison with Harvester

 

 

 

Electrician DUO orange

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A new Alox model. It’s an Electrician DUO in orange. This tool combination is unique and it’s the first time Victorinox released this model. Basically it’s an Electrician but instaed of the awl this model carries a pruning blade. This model is the littel brother of the Electrician DUO plus released in 2011. It has a ring with an attached lanyard. Each knife is individually numbered on the electrician’s blade.

This special run comes in two color variants.
50 pieces have a red shield, a red arrow on the backside and a red lanyard attached to the ring.
The other 50 pieces have a black logo, a black arrow on the backside and a black lanyard attached to the ring.

Color comparison:

The orange color used for this Electrician DUO is a bit different from the orange used for other Alox. It’s similar to the shade of the orange Wilderness with black tools from 2010. It’s darker than the Electrician with red shield from 2012, but lighter than the Electrician’s Mate or the Electrician DUO plus.  See last pictures.

 

Electrician DUO and Electrician DUO plus
Color comparison
Orange Electrician

 

 

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