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A knife blade is a given and I have been pretty vocal about my love for the Victorinox scissors in many of my posts. Get the energy, optimism and feel-good factor of Electric Yellow in a limited edition knife that makes everything shine. Machined entirely from Stainless Steel, the tools deliver exactly as you’d expect, without bending, slipping or chipping in use. As 2023 comes to an end, Three Points of the Compass takes a glance at a handful of items of gear that accompanied me on trail. The scissors are the X in the name of the Pioneer X, just as they are in the four-layer Farmer X which I shall look at in another post.By giving your consent, you allow us to use cookies and that we process personal information that is collected via cookies. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. This particular style, branded the "Pioneer range" by Victorinox but known to fans as "alox" after the scale material, or "93mm" after the length, is very much in the same mould as the original Swiss Army soldier's knife issued between 1962 and 2007. That said, every single tool on both of these knives is well-made and robust and will handle a good deal of punishment and abuse. Have Victorinox ever manufactured a model or if not thought about making a model with an integrated mini compass ?

I'd resisted getting an Alox simply because I do find the tweezers and tooth pick useful which you don't get on the Alox models.Whatever equipment you need we have provided an exclusive selection of gear from awesome brands in all categories. Initially, I wanted a tool that could do every small task I could possibly come across on any given day, but I ended up carrying tools that I really only used once a month. With their military roots, it is unsurprisingly that the Pioneer range of knives are so robust and capable of tougher work.