Bi-color Farmer 2015

By Marsax | 1. January, 2016 - 12:37 |30. June, 2025 Alox 93mm, Special run

Im Herbst 2015 erschienen gleich vier zweifarbige Alox Farmer. Alle vier sind Werbemesser und wurden von Victorinox im Auftrag von verschiedenen Unternehmen produziert.

In late 2015 Victorinox produced four bi-color Alox Farmer. All four are advertising knives produced for different companies.

September 2015: Farmer hell rot – silber, Winterthur, 100 Stück, nummeriert

November 2015: Farmer rot – gold, k-n-t, 100 Stück, nicht nummeriert. Mehr Infos …

Dezember 2015: Farmer violett – orange, H+F, 100 Stück, nummeriert

Dezember 2015: Farmer violett – blau, Edelweiss, 100 Stück, nummeriert

Das letzte Bild in der Galerie unten zeigt einen Farbvergleich mit verschiedenen violetten Alox.
The last picture in the gallery below shows a color comprison of different violet Alox.

Bicolor Farmer and Cadet red-gold k-n-t

By Marsax | 14. November, 2015 - 23:56 |30. June, 2025 Alox 84mm, Alox 93mm, Special run

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Im Oktober 2015 hat Victorinox ein Alox Farmer und Cadet in einer limitierten Auflage von je 100 Stück hergestellt. Die Farben der Aloxschalen sind rot und gold. Auf dem Gravurfeld ist ein Aufdruck in silber k-n-t.

Es ist ein Werbemesser hergestellt für knives-n-tools.ch . Die Schalenfarben rot und gold sowie der Aufdruck k-n-t entsprechen dem Logo des Webshops.

Zu jedem Messer gehört eine kleine Infokarte mit Informationen zu diesem Messer Set in Deutsch und Englisch.

In October 2015 Victorinox produced an Alox Farmer and Cadet with bi-color scales. Only 100 pieces per model were manufactured. The engraving panel shows a print in silver k-n-t.

It’s an advertising knife made for knives-n-tools.ch. The colors red and gold and the print represent the webshop’s logo.

Each knife comes with a little information card in german and english.

More Alox special run overview

By Marsax | 19. April, 2015 - 19:18 |16. July, 2025 Overview, Special run

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This overview shows different Alox special run released by Victorinox. These special run were ordered by knife enthusiasts, knife forums or knife clubs. (Editions ordered by Swissbianco are not listed.)

Click on a picture to see more info and more pictures of a specific Alox edition.

This list is still under development. If you have info about these knives or if you know other Alox special run which should be listed here, please let me know. Contact me.

Released:	2004	Serial#:	no
Model:	Soldier	Blade etching:	yes
Color:	Silver	Print:	yes
Number:	?	Customer:
Remarks:	VSAKCS club knife 2004

Released:	2005	Serial#:	no
Model:	Farmer	Blade etching:	yes
Color:	Copper	Print:	yes
Number:	125	Customer:
Remarks:	VSAKCS club knife 2005

Released:	2008	Serial#:	no
Model:	Electrician	Blade etching:	yes
Color:	Blue	Print:	yes
Number:	100	Customer:
Remarks:	VSAKCS club knife 2008

Released:	Dez. 2013	Serial#:	nnn/100
Model:	Solo	Blade etching:	no
Color:	Blue – Orange	Print:	yes
Number:	100	Customer:	#381
Remarks:	Kingfisher Set

Released:	Dez. 2013	Serial#:	nnn/100
Model:	Pioneer	Blade etching:	no
Color:	Blue – Orange	Print:	yes
Number:	100	Customer:	#382
Remarks:	Kingfisher Set

Released:	?	Serial#:	no
Model:	Rambler	Blade etching:	no
Color:	light blue	Print:	no
Number:	130	Customer:
Remarks:	Chinese collector forum

Released:	?	Serial#:	yes
Model:	Harvester	Blade etching:	yes
Color:	red	Print:	no
Number:	100	Customer:	#232
Remarks:	Chinese collector forum

Released:	?	Serial#:	no
Model:	Rancher	Blade etching:	no
Color:	red	Print:	no
Number:	300	Customer:	#160
Remarks:	Chinese collector forum

Released:	?	Serial#:	no
Model:	Rancher	Blade etching:	no
Color:	gold	Print:	no
Number:	300	Customer:	#161
Remarks:	Chinese collector forum

Released:	?	Serial#:	no
Model:	Harvester	Blade etching:	no
Color:	orange, red shield	Print:	no
Number:	80	Customer:	#163
Remarks:	Chinese collector forum

Released:	?	Serial#:	yes
Model:	Solo	Blade etching:	no
Color:	turquoise	Print:	no
Number:	100	Customer:	#332
Remarks:	Chinese collector forum

Released:	2013	Serial#:	no
Model:	Sea Pioneer	Blade etching:	yes
Color:	blue	Print:	no
Number:	180	Customer:	#155
Remarks:	Chinese collector forum

Released:	2014	Serial#:	no
Model:	Wilderness	Blade etching:	no
Color:	lime-green	Print:	no
Number:	80	Customer:	#154
Remarks:	Chinese collector forum

Released:	2015	Serial#:	no
Model:	Pioneer	Blade etching:	yes
Color:	silver	Print:	no
Number:	50	Customer:
Remarks:	Chinese collector forum, black tools

Released:	2015	Serial#:	no
Model:	Farmer	Blade etching:	no
Color:	Petrol blue	Print:	no
Number:	?	Customer:	#270
Remarks:	Chinese collector forum

Released:	2012	Serial#:	no
Model:	Pioneer	Blade etching:	yes
Color:	blue	Print:	yes
Number:	<100	Customer:	#153
Remarks:	Russian Gun forum, The End is near (Maya)

Released:	2012	Serial#:	no
Model:	Farmer	Blade etching:	yes
Color:	blue	Print:	yes
Number:	<100	Customer:
Remarks:	Russian Gun forum, The End is near (Maya)

Released:	2011	Serial#:	no
Model:	Pioneer	Blade etching:	yes
Color:	silver	Print:	yes
Number:	<100	Customer:
Remarks:	Russian gun forum, No Knife, No Life

Released:	2011	Serial#:	no
Model:	Farmer	Blade etching:	yes
Color:	silver	Print:	yes
Number:	<100	Customer:
Remarks:	Russian gun forum, No Knife, No Life

Released:	2014	Serial#:	no
Model:	Pioneer	Blade etching:	yes
Color:	silver	Print:	yes
Number:	100	Customer:
Remarks:	25 Jahre Festungsmuseum Reuenthal, 1989-2014

Released:	2012	Serial#:	yes
Model:	Pioneer	Blade etching:	yes
Color:	red	Print:	no
Number:	500	Customer:
Remarks:	Swiss Association for the Study of Arms and Armors

Released:	2014	Serial#:	yes
Model:	Sea Pioneer	Blade etching:	yes
Color:	red	Print:	yes
Number:	90	Customer:
Remarks:	VSAKCS club knife 2014

Released:	2016	Serial#:	yes
Model:	Special Pioneer	Blade etching:	yes
Color:	blue	Print:	yes
Number:	156	Customer:
Remarks:	VSAKCS club knife 2016

Released:	2020	Serial#:	yes
Model:	Harvester X	Blade etching:	yes
Color:	black	Print:	yes
Number:	350	Customer:
Remarks:	VSAKCS club knife 2020

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Alox series made for China SAK guys

By Marsax | 19. April, 2015 - 19:14 |30. June, 2025 Alox 93mm, Special run

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Between about 2009 and 2015 a Chinese SAK forum ordered a few Alox special run from Victorinox.
There are some info gaps in my list below. So if you have any info about these please let me know. Pictures are from the ones I own.

Year	Model	Color	Quantity	Numbered	Remarks
?	Rambler	light blue	130	no	no engraving
?	Harvester	red	100	yes	blade etching
?	Rancher	red	300	no	no engraving
?	Rancher	gold	300	no	no engraving
?	Harvester	orange, red shield	80	no	no engraving
?	Solo	turquoise	100	yes	no engraving
2013	Sea Pioneer	blue	180	no	blade etching
2014	Wilderness	lime-green	80	no	no engraving
2015	Pioneer	silver	50	no	blade etching
2015	Farmer	petrol blue	?	no	no engraving

The red Harvester is numbered. But it seems the engraver was drunk. The number on my knife is 001/072 but it is supposed to be 072/100.

The orange Harvester has a different shade of orange. It’s darker than the Naranja orange and the standard orange from Solo.

Marlinspike series 2014

By Marsax | 6. April, 2014 - 16:28 |30. June, 2025 Alox 93mm, Special run

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In March 2014 Victorinox released seven Alox models with marlinspike. Each model is available in three colors limited to 40 pieces in red, 30 pieces in blue and 30 pieces in gold.

The models

Seaman

The Seaman is a standard model. It was produced with red scales until the 1990s. On the picture below the new Seaman sits above the blue special run version made in 2011.

Sailor

The Sailor is another standard model which was produced till after 2000. On the picture below the new blue version lies above the special run version from 2011, which was made in a small batch of only 50 pieces.

Marine Soldier – Sea Pioneer – Pioneer 2223

The next model is called Marine Soldier. This model was produced till about 1980s and it never had a name. Because it’s model number was 2223 it’s often called Pioneer 2223. The blue special run version made in 2010 was called Sea Pioneer.

Sea Rancher – Long Rancher

The fourth model is called Sea Rancher. It’s not a standard model and was produced the first time in 2011 as a special run of 100 pieces with Aqua-green scales. It’s called Long Rancher.

First Mate

The First Mate is a standard model which was produced in red till about 1999 and between 2005 and 2008 with new silver Alox scales in a small quantity of only a few hundred pieces. The picture below shows the new version together with the blue special run version from 2011 with all black coated tools.

Midshipman

The sixth model is called Midshipman and is another standard Victorinox Alox model. It was produced with red scales until the 1990s. In 2011 a special run with blue scales was released.

Castaway

The last model of the serie, the Castaway, is a new model with a new tool combination. It has two main blades but no bottel opener. It’s similar to the model called Carver from 2013, but the marlinspike replaces the awl/reamer.

Color comparison

All three colors used for these new series are standard colors. Several other models were produced with the same scale-colors. The pictures below show a few knives to compare the colors. The models showed for comparison are Pioneer, Solo and Cadet respectively an advertising Pruner in gold.

Logos

Different color version of the Victorinox logo were used for the knives. The blue and gold series have an uncommon color version. Logo’s contour and cross are not silver but the same color as the scales and it has a red shield. The red serie has a standard color version with silver logo and red shield, but with one exception. The Midshipman has a full red logo.