Glad you posted, but understand spending time elsewhere. Good video and thanks for posting. I bought and still have one of these from LL Bean in 1985 or so. Back then, I broke the blade tip off in a thoughtless effort to take top metal plug/cap off a can of coleman fuel. I still love it and it stays in my truck. Of course, I have more ;-) for carry.
I still love and regularly use the black Pioneer and silver Solo that I have from you, and I also love that old Tinker small - but I'm no using that one for sure :)
I actually bought this knife off ebay last year. I got the 85 Wenger Soldier (my birth year) and it does have the waffen stamp on it. So I am guessing mine was actually issued. (It has markings of being well loved, which I feel adds to its story.) I appricate you noting the sharp edge of the bottle opener. I had thought mine had been modified, as my modern versions don't have it. Great overview! Sweet box too. :-)
Great video, thank you for posting. Your son is 9 months old and you are already thinking about his future EDC!? How great is that!? Good on you going back to school! Glad everything is good with you. Always looking forward to your videos.
Hey brother! Great to hear from you. I should have tagged you in this video because I use some information that you gave me as you probably observed. I hope all is well with you. Keep in touch. Cheers!
@@swissarmydan9354 I didn't :D I guess I've learned at least as much from you as the other way around :) Thanks, everything is all right with me. Take care!
I love Birth Year gifts. I have been buying birth year wines for my kids that can be cellared for 50+ years, birth year scotch whiskey for my wife, and just bought a birth year watch for my upcoming half century. I would love a birth year Swiss Army for myself and family. Any thoughts, Dan?
The pioneer is still in production. Thanks for watching. Here’s a link to the Victorinox website for the pioneer. www.victorinox.com/us/en/Products/Swiss-Army-Knives/Medium-Pocket-Knives/Pioneer-Alox/p/0.8201.26
Victorinox sold these well after they stopped their own soldier ! Probably to use up the scales and tools left over and the last variants had no date stamp on the blades and always had the bail on board too! The Wenger soldiers/ soldats standards were never the quality of their Victorinox cousins and i think that went for all their knives too?
Hey Mike, I couldn't disagree more. The quality of my Wegner is more defined and also thicker than Victorinox. I have compared them side by side. Bought mine in 97.
@mattharrison9550 Do you have a Victorinox from that period ? They are to the same swiss military specifications! The newer ones on both parties got thinner. In fact, the evolution of them saw that, but there are three levels of thickness to the tools ! The first wenger with wenger delemont and the elsener Switzerland were the chunky ones with the next wenger delemont Switzerland coming out slightly thinner as was Victorinox version but if you look at the back springs on the older ones wenger never seem as good in finish? I have had dozens of the two makers as I was a collector back in the 80s and 90s of swiss army knives . I will say that wenger had the bigger blades with more belly and a great thumb notch, though! I also had a swiss friend who worked at Victorinox, and he said Victorinox supplied the can opener and the alox scales to wenger for production of these 1961 soldiers, so wenger were only producing the three quarters of the knife anyway? The allocation of the model was also potluck, which version a soldier got when they picked them up! But I agree that the quality is excellent on both, but from experience, I found Victorinox edged the bet!
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Glad you posted, but understand spending time elsewhere. Good video and thanks for posting. I bought and still have one of these from LL Bean in 1985 or so. Back then, I broke the blade tip off in a thoughtless effort to take top metal plug/cap off a can of coleman fuel. I still love it and it stays in my truck. Of course, I have more ;-) for carry.
I still love and regularly use the black Pioneer and silver Solo that I have from you, and I also love that old Tinker small - but I'm no using that one for sure :)
That’s awesome. I had to buy another black pioneer. It’s in my pocket today
Lovely to see you back, buddy. You really brighten my day When I get new content from ya. Have a great day, cheers from Sweden
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Good too see you back, I also went back to school haha. Awesome knife looks mint. Very good find.
Great to have you back SAD!! Nice knife!
Glad to see you back
Don't be a stranger, keep up the good work
Good luck with your studies
Good to see you back Dan,,,stick around,
Welcome back ! I was wondering if you were still there. 😊
I actually bought this knife off ebay last year. I got the 85 Wenger Soldier (my birth year) and it does have the waffen stamp on it. So I am guessing mine was actually issued. (It has markings of being well loved, which I feel adds to its story.)
I appricate you noting the sharp edge of the bottle opener. I had thought mine had been modified, as my modern versions don't have it.
Great overview! Sweet box too. :-)
Great video, thank you for posting. Your son is 9 months old and you are already thinking about his future EDC!? How great is that!? Good on you going back to school! Glad everything is good with you. Always looking forward to your videos.
Is that birds are here in the background.. Sounds like 🕊 doves.
I'm new to collecting and still trying to learn, but Victorinox bought Wenger in 2005, so why does that Wenger have a Victorinox can opener on it?
Cool video and a nice find, thanks for the vid. Good luck with your masters :)
Dan have you ever done a review on a huntsman it is my new edc
Heeey, welcome back, my friend! Good to see another video from you again. And I'm happy to hear that you are all right :)
Hey brother! Great to hear from you. I should have tagged you in this video because I use some information that you gave me as you probably observed. I hope all is well with you. Keep in touch. Cheers!
@@swissarmydan9354 I didn't :D
I guess I've learned at least as much from you as the other way around :)
Thanks, everything is all right with me. Take care!
Bella navaja
Mine is a '98 and it has a bail on it. SAKs are my drug 😃
Who uses a better steel on their blade wenger Swiss Army
I love Birth Year gifts. I have been buying birth year wines for my kids that can be cellared for 50+ years, birth year scotch whiskey for my wife, and just bought a birth year watch for my upcoming half century. I would love a birth year Swiss Army for myself and family. Any thoughts, Dan?
Why don’t they make the pioneer model anymore and just the X model…. I bought pioneers my whole life and also the X model is to thick for me!!!!
The pioneer is still in production. Thanks for watching. Here’s a link to the Victorinox website for the pioneer. www.victorinox.com/us/en/Products/Swiss-Army-Knives/Medium-Pocket-Knives/Pioneer-Alox/p/0.8201.26
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Nice! 🛠👍😊
Nice
I’m looking for an ‘81.
That’s my birth year! I’ve been able to find a Victorinox and Wenger on eBay. Good luck and thanks for watching! Cheers!
Victorinox sold these well after they stopped their own soldier ! Probably to use up the scales and tools left over and the last variants had no date stamp on the blades and always had the bail on board too! The Wenger soldiers/ soldats standards were never the quality of their Victorinox cousins and i think that went for all their knives too?
Hey Mike,
I couldn't disagree more. The quality of my Wegner is more defined and also thicker than Victorinox. I have compared them side by side. Bought mine in 97.
@mattharrison9550
Do you have a Victorinox from that period ? They are to the same swiss military specifications! The newer ones on both parties got thinner. In fact, the evolution of them saw that, but there are three levels of thickness to the tools ! The first wenger with wenger delemont and the elsener Switzerland were the chunky ones with the next wenger delemont Switzerland coming out slightly thinner as was Victorinox version but if you look at the back springs on the older ones wenger never seem as good in finish? I have had dozens of the two makers as I was a collector back in the 80s and 90s of swiss army knives . I will say that wenger had the bigger blades with more belly and a great thumb notch, though! I also had a swiss friend who worked at Victorinox, and he said Victorinox supplied the can opener and the alox scales to wenger for production of these 1961 soldiers, so wenger were only producing the three quarters of the knife anyway? The allocation of the model was also potluck, which version a soldier got when they picked them up!
But I agree that the quality is excellent on both, but from experience, I found Victorinox edged the bet!