First Mate Thailand 2012

By Marsax | 30. March, 2014 - 12:46 |30. June, 2025 Alox 93mm, Special run

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.

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”.

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

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.)

The colors pink, yellow 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.

Red Pioneer and Spartan Set 2012

By Marsax | 26. March, 2014 - 23:09 |30. June, 2025 Alox 93mm

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In 2012 the “Swiss Association for the Study of Arms and Armors” (SASAA) celebrated its 50th anniversary. On this occasion they ordered 500 sets of Swiss Army Knives from Victorinox. The set consists of a red Spartan and a red Pioneer.

The two knives are packed in standard silver boxes and these two boxes are packed in a red cardboard box.

The red Spartan carries the SASAA’s logo, a Swiss Dagger, as a metal inlay on the frontside scale. The main blade is etched with the abbreviations of the Association in French, German and Italian language. A second etching on the backside of the main blade shows Swiss symbols, the founding year 1962 and the celebration’s year 2012.

The Swiss Dagger is etched on the main blade of the red Alox Pioneer. Main blade’s backside shows the same etching as on the Spartan.

A serial number is engraved on the can opener of both knives.

On my set it’s CH324 – CH500.

Kingfisher Alox set

By Marsax | 16. February, 2014 - 15:14 |30. June, 2025 Alox 93mm, Special run

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In late autumn 2013 Victorinox produced 100 sets of two bicolor Alox knives. The set consists of a Solo and a Pioneer. Both models have the same scale colors. A blue frontscale and an orange backscale. These are the colors of a bird called “Kingfisher”.

A little blue Kingfisher and the name “Kingfisher” is printed on the engraving panel of each knife. Each knife is serial numbered on the backside of the blade.

Alox special run 2012 overview

By Marsax | 4. January, 2014 - 17:48 |30. June, 2025 Overview, Special run

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This overview shows 22 Alox special run released by Victorinox in 2012. It’s part three of a serie of four posts. It shows only special run ordered by individuals. Production quantity per edition varies between 36 to 150 pieces. (Editions ordered by Swissbianco are not listed.)

Click on a picture to see more info or a larger picture of a specific Alox edition.

Released:	Jan. 2012	Serial#:	50/nn
Model:	Wilderness	Blade etching:	no
Color:	Gold	Print:	no
Number:	50	Customer:	a

Released:	Jan. 2012	Serial#:	50/nn
Model:	Wilderness	Blade etching:	no
Color:	Lila	Print:	no
Number:	50	Customer:	a

Released:	Jan. 2012	Serial#:	nn/50
Model:	Pioneer	Blade etching:	no
Color:	Black, red Shield	Print:	no
Number:	50	Customer:	b

Released:	Feb. 2012	Serial#:	50/nn
Model:	Pioneer	Blade etching:	no
Color:	Pink	Print:	no
Number:	50	Customer:	a

Released:	Feb. 2012	Serial#:	nn/50
Model:	Farmer	Blade etching:	no
Color:	Black, red Shield	Print:	no
Number:	50	Customer:	b

Released:	Mar. 2012	Serial#:	50/nn
Model:	Pioneer	Blade etching:	yes
Color:	Green	Print:	no
Number:	50	Customer:	a
Remarks:	USA

Released:	Mar. 2012	Serial#:	nn/50
Model:	Rancher	Blade etching:	no
Color:	Green	Print:	no
Number:	50	Customer:	b

Released:	Apr. 2012	Serial#:	nn/50
Model:	Scout	Blade etching:	no
Color:	Blue	Print:	no
Number:	50	Customer:	a

Released:	Apr. 2012	Serial#:	nn/50
Model:	Scout	Blade etching:	no
Color:	Grey	Print:	no
Number:	50	Customer:	a

Released:	Apr. 2012	Serial#:	nn/50
Model:	Electrician	Blade etching:	no
Color:	Orange, red Shield	Print:	yes
Number:	50	Customer:	b

Released:	May 2012	Serial#:	nn/50
Model:	Pioneer	Blade etching:	no
Color:	Blue, red Shield	Print:	no
Number:	50	Customer:	b

Released:	Jul. 2012	Serial#:	nn/50
Model:	Pioneer	Blade etching:	yes
Color:	Red – Blue	Print:	no
Number:	50	Customer:	a
Remarks:	USA

Released:	Jul. 2012	Serial#:	nn/55
Model:	Pioneer	Blade etching:	yes
Color:	Beige – Blue	Print:	yes
Number:	55	Customer:	a
Remarks:	3. Thailand

Released:	Sep. 2012	Serial#:	nn/50
Model:	Woodsman	Blade etching:	no
Color:	Orange, red Shield	Print:	yes
Number:	50	Customer:	a
Remarks:	VICTORINOX, Lanyard

Released:	Sep. 2012	Serial#:	no
Model:	Cadet	Blade etching:	no
Color:	Violet	Print:	no
Number:	50	Customer:	a
Remarks:	Black pouch

Released:	Sep. 2012	Serial#:	nn/50
Model:	Cadet	Blade etching:	no
Color:	Green	Print:	no
Number:	50	Customer:	b
Remarks:	NO Ring

Released:	Sep. 2012	Serial#:	nn/50
Model:	Cadet	Blade etching:	no
Color:	Violet	Print:	no
Number:	50	Customer:	b
Remarks:	NO Ring

Released:	Oct. 2012	Serial#:	nn/50
Model:	Harvester	Blade etching:	no
Color:	Blue, red Shield	Print:	no
Number:	50	Customer:	b

Released:	Nov. 2012	Serial#:	50/nn
Model:	Sailor	Blade etching:	no
Color:	Orange	Print:	no
Number:	50	Customer:	a

Released:	Nov. 2012	Serial#:	50/nn
Model:	Sailor	Blade etching:	no
Color:	Black	Print:	yes
Number:	50	Customer:	a
Remarks:	US NAVY

Released:	Nov. 2012	Serial#:	nn/50
Model:	Pruner	Blade etching:	no
Color:	Green	Print:	no
Number:	50	Customer:	b

Released:	Dec. 2012	Serial#:	nnn/100
Model:	First Mate	Blade etching:	yes
Color:	Pink – Yellow, red Shield	Print:	yes
Number:	100	Customer:	a
Remarks:	4. Thailand

Continue with Alox Special Run 2013 overview

Wilderness

By Marsax | 4. January, 2014 - 17:17 |30. June, 2025 Alox 93mm, Special run

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In October 2010 Victorinox released a new Alox model. The Wilderness. It was the first time this model was build. It has a large blade, a woodsaw and a small pruning blade.

It comes in two scale colors. 100 pieces with black scales and 50 pieces with orange scales. Both editions feature black-coating on all tools.

In January 2012 two additional editions of the Wilderness were released. This time without the black-coating. One edition with gold and the other with lila scales. Each knife is serial numbered 50/nn.

A lime-green Wilderness without serial number was released in 2014 for a Chinese knife forum. This edition consisted of 80 pieces.