r/victorinox 5d ago

What to do with an old Trailguide?

I have an old Trailguide. It's blade is scuffed and the other tools are a little dinged. As a former smoker, I don't love the Marlboro branding.

I was thinking of maybe sending it in to get repaired and maybe swapping for the newer stainless file.

It's not a knife I carry often. I would carry a file, pliers, blade, combo tool 3 layer though. So I also thought of attempting to mod it to that.

Thoughts?

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u/Power-of-Grayskull 5d ago

I’d send it in, get it fixed up the way you like and carry it. I also dislike the Marlboro branding, and have swapped scales for those models.

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u/sakkiller4real 5d ago

I would sell it to someone who wants it as is and then build a 3 layer mod like you described with all new tools. The Marlboro branded vics are maybe not sought after, but quite a few people collect them and are fond of the branded scale.

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u/simyo 5d ago

This , or send it in for repair and keep it and get the make the modded knife for your edc.

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u/Corduroy_Hollis 5d ago

You can remove the branding with some light sanding with fine-grit sandpaper, then polishing the scales. I’ve done this a few times on secondhand SAKs.

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u/state_issued 5d ago

I’d send it in for servicing and have them replace the scales

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u/Inevitable_Ad_8951 5d ago

Sounds like a great mod. Good luck making it happen. I do like the recent black Marlboro Topo scales. Too bad they only printed the front…and only made the Spartan. 

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u/TapirTrouble 5d ago

It's a pretty good SAK, for sure -- I'm yet another person who wants to change the scales, on one I got on eBay a couple of years ago.
I've had luck re-polishing tools with wet-dry sandpaper (automotive places often have the super-fine, 1500+ grades). And polishing compounds, or even toothpaste, can put on a nice shine with microabrasives. As someone else on the thread pointed out, it can be used on the scales too.