jerryd6818 wrote:Went all the way through May without buying a knife (pats self on the back) but when I saw this blue Alox Pioneer for what I thought was a very decent price, I lost control and dropped the hammer. Now if I could just find a red for that price.
Especially if it's the old ones with the white cross instead of the shield. I gave almost $30 for a rather beat up one as to avoid carrying a near-mint example that was my great-Granddads. SAKS are supposed to be red; then why is that color so uncommon in Alox? For several years ('60s-90s) it was the standard Alox color before Vic changed to sliver. I only have a small handful, and two of those are 58mm advertising knives.
Found a $12 used lot on eBay that had a Bear and Sons made Craftsman 45201 multitool in it. The prices on these have skyrocketed; used to be $15 or so was the norm, now it's $20-30. I like the Bear Jaws design (in fact, the patent Victorinox used to make the SwissTool by buying Bear and Sons) ;but the quality isn't there. It is my understanding that the Craftsman ones are better built, so I bought the lot as soon as I saw it. Only thing annoying me is that the lot itself was $5, the (flat rate box) shipping was $7. I don't really want the cheapo MTs (and quite frankly, I'm getting annoyed at how they're piling up; since they're more or less a given in used lots); I know one's going to the tackle box.
Leatherman had a free shipping promotion, this Crater model was on sale for about 30 bucks, and I already had a $15 gift card, so I finally got the Crater C33T; for just under $16.
