Alox Solo; my finest slipjoint so far

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spydutch

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Greetings you all:)

For about a year or so, since I heard they are going to forbid carrying one hand opening knives, I have been collecting using slipjoints.
Going from a very avid Spyderco fully serrated knive user to slippies.
Well in that year I have gotten various different kind of slipjoints/traditionals
Couple of Cases, Opinels, Douk Douk's and even a Mercator knife.

However, the knife that ends up in my pocket the most is my Alox Solo.
Just can't beat that knife for it's rugedness, Maintanance freedom(except sharpening of course:p) and simplesity(sp?:o)
Just one heck of a knife.
A sharpened tank that feels almost indistructable.
Not a Swiss Army Knife per se maybe, but one heck of a pocket knife nevertheless.
Planning of buying a few back ups.
Eventhough this knife will probably outlast me:p
 
spydutch said:
Not a Swiss Army Knife per se maybe .....
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I respectfully disagree, my friend ;) - the Solo, and the Pioneer in all its configurations, and the Farmer, and the Electrician are all descendants of the Soldier, and nothing is more Swiss Army Knife that that!!!
 
Does the Solo only come in silver? Oh, and is the blade "krinked" (twisted) like the one on the Soldier/Pioneer?
 
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coyote711 said:
I respectfully disagree, my friend ;) - the Solo, and the Pioneer in all its configurations, and the Farmer, and the Electrician are all descendants of the Soldier, and nothing is more Swiss Army Knife that that!!!
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I'm happy your enjoying your Solo but I gotta agree with this! Respectfully disagree that is, soo many great knives with so many added tools, and the carry isnt that much more really.
 
Just so there is no confusion as to my feelings regarding the Solo -- I view it as a Swiss Army Knife. Period. My point was that all 93mm Alox knives are descendants of the Soldier, and therefore they are all Swiss Army Knives. I have been (and still am) tempted to get one - pure and simple single-blade minimalism. I think it would be a great knife! Congrats to ya, Spydutch! ;)
 
Even the alox secretary or pocketpal is very sturdy an rugged even in that such thin conviguration. I also would like to know if the blade is twisted like in the farmer,or they use a different stright blade. Never seen any solo alox in my country.
 
Spydutch, the same thing happened to me as well, but I switched from small fixed blades to slipjoints just until I bought a Farmer and a belt sheath.
Talk about a knife stickin' on me....:D
 
Yes, the blade used in the Solo Alox is krinked. I understand Victorinox and other knife companies doing this from a cost saving/ease of manufacture perspective but I have to admit that it does bother me just a little bit (not enough to not carry the knife, though ;)).

Top to bottom: Soldier, Pioneer Settler, Solo Alox

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The alox Solo is a very nice and sturdy pocket knife. On the web I saw an alox Solor in red, but it had the old white cross, so maybe it is retired. It would be nice if Victorinox brought out this model in more colors too.
 
JAB said:
Yes, the blade used in the Solo Alox is krinked. I understand Victorinox and other knife companies doing this from a cost saving/ease of manufacture perspective but I have to admit that it does bother me just a little bit (not enough to not carry the knife, though ;)).

Top to bottom: Soldier, Pioneer Settler, Solo Alox

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Not familiar with the Settler. Is that like a 91mm Bantam?
 
manowar669 said:
Not familiar with the Settler. Is that like a 91mm Bantam?
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The pioneer Settler has a large blade and the pruning blade (hooked). Also there is the Pioneer Apprentice which has the large blade and the electricians blade (sheepsfoot), :thumbup: I like this one for single layer SAKs.
 
JAB said:
Yes, the blade used in the Solo Alox is krinked. I understand Victorinox and other knife companies doing this from a cost saving/ease of manufacture perspective but I have to admit that it does bother me just a little bit (not enough to not carry the knife, though ;)).

Top to bottom: Soldier, Pioneer Settler, Solo Alox

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Mine isn't.:confused:
It's straight and perfectly centred in the handle:thumbup:
 
canook said:
The pioneer Settler has a large blade and the pruning blade (hooked). Also there is the Pioneer Apprentice which has the large blade and the electricians blade (sheepsfoot), :thumbup: I like this one for single layer SAKs.
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I believe the Pioneer Settler has a large blade and a small (pen) blade. The Pioneer Pruner has the large blade and the pruning blade. Check this out for details: http://www.sakwiki.com/tiki-index.php?page=Knife+List
 
Krinked...is that the word for it, or did you guys invent that word? I'd never heard it.

All of my SAK's are either red or blue plastic; are the other knives Aluminum? I'm thinking of picking up a single blade knife for the office, and like the looks of these. I have seen pics on this board of the metal SAKs that look like they are anodized aluminum, with the anodized coating starting to wear. Like when you buy a red handled aluminum razor knife that slowly turns pink as the finish wears off in a tool box. Just wondering how the finish on these holds up.
 
WvHiker said:
Krinked...is that the word for it, or did you guys invent that word? I'd never heard it.

All of my SAK's are either red or blue plastic; are the other knives Aluminum? I'm thinking of picking up a single blade knife for the office, and like the looks of these. I have seen pics on this board of the metal SAKs that look like they are anodized aluminum, with the anodized coating starting to wear. Like when you buy a red handled aluminum razor knife that slowly turns pink as the finish wears off in a tool box. Just wondering how the finish on these holds up.
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I was told in another thread that krinking is an old knifemaking term for twisting the blade so it clears other blades. Used more when jacknives were more common.

Alox SAKs are anodized aluminum handles. VERY solid and classier than plastic handles, but you lose the toothpick and tweezers, if that's important to you. With the 93mm Alox knives, the blades and tools are thicker and more robust than the plastic handled varieties in that size. The 84mm and smaller Alox knives use the same tools as the plastic handled ones in the same size.

Who else thinks that a blue handled Solo would be a beautiful knife? I'd buy one in a second.
 
Those scales are made of aluminium oxide, usually referred to as alox. The colors on the alox models hold up quite well, but after a few years of using them well, the red disappears slowly.

Edit: I think a blue alox Solo would be very nice and I really wonder how a yellow alox Solo/Soldier/Farmer/etc. would look like. That would be very nice for outdoors.
 
Huh. I always kind of assumed the only differences between the plastic and alox kinves were the scales. I couldn't care less about the tweezers and toothpick, but I do like the idea of thicker blades and tools. I'm going to have to pick one of these up. Thanks.
 
Does the alox solo have the same blade as the farmer and soldier? i.e a bit sturdier than the regular models.
 
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