I agree the swiss army Harvester is a great knife, not only do I like the hook blade better than the can opener the lack of key ring is good. On the 93mm knives the location of the key ring post digs into my big hand, even though it’s often nice to have an attachment point.
The model 1951 (non-Alox) Soldier was made by Victorinox between 1952 and 1958. They didn't deliver any Soldier model to the Army in 1960-61, and started with the Alox model 1962, until 2008. Wenger made the old model 1951 between 1951 and 1964 (partially with Grilon scales), and they only started making the Alox version in 1963. They made it until 2008 for the Army, and for a few more years for the civilian market (SI / Standard Issue or Swiss Army 70). Their last run was the Sans Croix in 2012 where they already ran out of front scales and used back scales on both sides.
Single layer: The old cross Elecrician Solo was discontinued a long time ago, indeed. But there was a special run in yellow OC in 2011, and a small run produced with the Vic Logo a few years ago. And there was also a Pruner Solo in silver and yellow (Bugnard) - the same as the Electrician Solo bit with a pruning blade.
Regarding the comparison Pioneer vs Soldier: you could add "usually" everywhere. There are Soldiers with a key ring and Pioneers without. There are Pioneers with a year stamp. There are Pioneers without an engraving plate (all OC models before 2000). The "logo" on the Soldier also changed from a simple thick cross to the coat of arms of Switzerland, and on the civilian models we had the old cross vs Vic logo. There were other differences over the years like the hollow rivet or the WK stamp.
3 layers: There was also a Rancher X in the same year as the Harvester X, and in the year after that there was a Rancher and an Elecrician with an additional file layer. There was also an Electrician Duo Plus, and I believe there was a Farmer X without the opener layer for China only.
Do you also have the Dutch army knive made by Victorinox? You can find it as Victorinox KL, 87 to 92 is writen as for exhample KL89. Those have an engraving rectangle on front.
Missing from the 2 layers list: Long/Sea Rancher, Pioneer 2223, Bushcrafter, Wilderness, Electrician Duo... and some of the special ones with the file from last year: the "Jailbreaker" and the "Steelman".
@@MySAKcollection You are welcome :) I'm not even sure how complete this is now - there were so many special runs and super limited models over the years... Too bad that we hardly have any of that nowadays. But I hope that Victorinox will at least continue what we have now (one special model for collector groups - although I liked the 2021-22 concept much more than only the Lumberjack in 2023).
I agree the swiss army Harvester is a great knife, not only do I like the hook blade better than the can opener
the lack of key ring is good. On the 93mm knives the location of the key ring post digs into my big hand,
even though it’s often nice to have an attachment point.
The model 1951 (non-Alox) Soldier was made by Victorinox between 1952 and 1958. They didn't deliver any Soldier model to the Army in 1960-61, and started with the Alox model 1962, until 2008.
Wenger made the old model 1951 between 1951 and 1964 (partially with Grilon scales), and they only started making the Alox version in 1963. They made it until 2008 for the Army, and for a few more years for the civilian market (SI / Standard Issue or Swiss Army 70). Their last run was the Sans Croix in 2012 where they already ran out of front scales and used back scales on both sides.
I’m so appreciative for you and these comments. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Single layer:
The old cross Elecrician Solo was discontinued a long time ago, indeed. But there was a special run in yellow OC in 2011, and a small run produced with the Vic Logo a few years ago.
And there was also a Pruner Solo in silver and yellow (Bugnard) - the same as the Electrician Solo bit with a pruning blade.
Regarding the comparison Pioneer vs Soldier: you could add "usually" everywhere. There are Soldiers with a key ring and Pioneers without. There are Pioneers with a year stamp. There are Pioneers without an engraving plate (all OC models before 2000). The "logo" on the Soldier also changed from a simple thick cross to the coat of arms of Switzerland, and on the civilian models we had the old cross vs Vic logo. There were other differences over the years like the hollow rivet or the WK stamp.
3 layers:
There was also a Rancher X in the same year as the Harvester X, and in the year after that there was a Rancher and an Elecrician with an additional file layer.
There was also an Electrician Duo Plus, and I believe there was a Farmer X without the opener layer for China only.
Do you also have the Dutch army knive made by Victorinox? You can find it as Victorinox KL, 87 to 92 is writen as for exhample KL89. Those have an engraving rectangle on front.
4 layers:
Mountaineer X (Farmer X but with file instead of the saw)
A wealth of information you have provided. My deepest gratitude and thanks to you for correcting me.
Missing from the 2 layers list:
Long/Sea Rancher, Pioneer 2223, Bushcrafter, Wilderness, Electrician Duo... and some of the special ones with the file from last year: the "Jailbreaker" and the "Steelman".
How could I forget to mention the Scout and the Special Pioneer X (without the opener layer)?
These comments have completed my otherwise incomplete video ! Thank you 🙏🏽
@@MySAKcollection You are welcome :)
I'm not even sure how complete this is now - there were so many special runs and super limited models over the years...
Too bad that we hardly have any of that nowadays. But I hope that Victorinox will at least continue what we have now (one special model for collector groups - although I liked the 2021-22 concept much more than only the Lumberjack in 2023).
Does the reamer on the 93mm alox model always damage the scale when closing? Dose this worsen over time?
Really very nice knives >>>>>> Thank you .
Glad you like them!
Very informative, thanks!
You’re most welcome and I hope to do better.