Red – black Pioneer Germany

A very nice bicolor Alox Pioneer without ring from Victorinox. It has a red front scale and a black backside scale. The contours of the logo and the cross are black instead of silver.

The main blade carries an etching with multiple lines of “Deutschland” and “Germany”. The engraving panel on the backside scale shows a German flag and the name DEUTSCHLAND. It’s a three color print in white, red and gold.

It’s a limited special run of 50 pieces. Each knife has a serial number and the year engraved on the backside of the main blade.

 

Blue Cadet with red shield

A very nice blue Cadet with red shield. This is a new special run made by Victorinox in April 2013. As usual only 50 pieces were made and all knives are numbered.

The blue shade is a bit different from other Alox knives. It’s a bit darker than the regular blue Cadet, but a bit brighter than the special run darkblue Cadet from 2011.
Some pictures below show the different blue shades.

 

Blue Cadets comparison
Cadet and Pioneer comparison

 

 

 

Cadet in gold and blue

In Mai 2012 Victorinox produced a special run of Cadets for a small fashion shop in Switzerland. 50 pieces in gold and 50 pieces in blue. The knives are not numbered and do not have any print on them. Each knife comes in a nice black leather pouch.

The gold color is the same as on the gold Pioneer and the gold Wilderness.

The blue shade is the same as used for the Cadet without ring, which Victorinox produced in March 2012 together with four other colors. This blue is the “standard” blue used by Victorinox for some other Alox model too, for example Pioneer and Farmer.

Some pictures below show a color comparison.

 

Pioneer and Cadet
Pioneer and Cadet
Pioneer and Cadet
Cadets in blue
Cadets