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Swiss shArK 108mm

By Marsax | 25. January, 2013 - 23:19 |7. February, 2013 Special run

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The Swiss shark is a unique model. It’s blade combination was never produced before or after.

It has a spear point blade and a serrated gutting blade and a corkscrew on the back.

The handel carries the red Nylon scales with a Swiss cross like most other members of the 108mm Safari serie.

This special run of only 50 pieces was made by Victorinox in February 2011.

Why Swiss shark?
The teeth of the gutting blade reminds of shark teeth. The etching on the mainblade Swiss shArK contains the abbreviation SAK for Swiss Army Knife.

Alox Cadet plus with firesteel

By Marsax | 14. January, 2013 - 20:15 |10. February, 2015 Modifications

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The Alox Cadet is a 84mm knife made by Victorinox. It has a mainblade, nailfile, cap lifter, can opener and keyring. It’s a nice little knife for every day carry. But I wanted to make it even more usefull and suitable for outdoor activities. Therefore I added a wood saw and a steel striker to it. Now it’s a traditional flint and steel striker knife you can use to start a fire.

The steel striker is made by Mr. Fischlin. He also made the steel strikers for the 93mm Alox soldiers which were produced by Victorinox in 1996 – 2002.

I did two pieces. One with standard silver scales and one with black scales.

Cadet plus in silver and black with striker steel

Cadet with fire striker, flint and tinder fungus as starter material

Fire striker steel with a fish stamp

Cadet with fire striker, flint and tinder fungus as starter material

Farmer in gold with scissors

By Marsax | 13. January, 2013 - 19:12 |3. February, 2013 Modifications

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I like scissors on my knives and I like Alox knives. I like Alox knives with scissors. But Victorinox doesn’t produce 93mm Alox with scissors.

I took a Farmer and a Climber, dismantled both knives, took a pair of golden Alox scales and mounted all together again. And because my drill press didn’t as I wanted and scratched the golden backside scale, I used another frontscale for the backside of the knife.

The final result is shown in the photo slider below.