First Mate Thailand 2012

This pink – yellow First Mate was produced by Victorinox in December 2012. It’s a special run of 100 pieces. The knife is dedicated to the King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand and was ordered by a Thai knife enthusiast.

The frontside scale is pink (rosa) with a Victorinox logo with a red shield.

FirstMate Thai logo

The front side of the blade carries an etching. It shows the outlines of Thailand and a picture of the King. The phrase between the two pictures means “85 birthday of the King 05.12.2012”.

FirstMate Thai blade

The print on the engraving panel says “Rama IX.“, which means King of Thailand 9th generation.

FirstMate Thai print

An engraving on the backside of the blade shows the year 2555, which is in the Buddhist calendar 2012, and a serial number 087/100. (This knife is the 87th out of a total of 100 pieces.)

FirstMate Thai number

The colors pinkyellow and blue are components of the Royal coat of arms of the Kingdom of Siam.

This is the 4th knife of a serie of Alox knives which were released from 2011 till 2013, all dedicated to the kings of Siam/Thailand.

2011  red – blue Sailor  

2011  orange Farmer

2012   beige – blue Pioneer

2012  pink – yellow First Mate

2013  blue – red Pioneer 2223   (Link to post)

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

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2 Responses to First Mate Thailand 2012

  1. Raymond Jost says:

    Guten Tag
    Ich besitze ein Farmer ‘x’ mit Wellenschliff können Sie mir mitteilen wann dies ca. hergestellt wurde.

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