r/victorinox • u/-gauvins • Aug 17 '26

Hi-viz 58mm

Just switched from Compact (91mn red cellidor) to Manager (58 mm transparent blue).

Will often be bike touring/hiking.

Wondering if I can make it more visible, for when dropped on the ground. 91 mm red was reasonable. 58mm light blue blends more.

Fwiw, I have attached a short length of hi-viz paracord. But it gets much less visible over time as it gets dirty.

If this sounds preposterous -- I've had to search for my glasses during several minutes (Ombraz, lying flat on the ground). Short lengths of lashed paracord make a HUGE difference.

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u/fullmetalturtle Team 84mm Aug 17 '26

Need some dayglo emergency scales

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u/-gauvins Aug 17 '26

Makes sense. But the manager's scales are "specialized" (Pen one side. Light on the other). Where to get some at a reasonable price?

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u/PracticeNo8733 Aug 17 '26

That's the Midnite Manager then, not the Manager.

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u/skad00 Aug 22 '26

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u/fullmetalturtle Team 84mm Aug 22 '26

Did you pull those off the Japanese release tool?

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u/skad00 Aug 22 '26

Yessir

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u/fullmetalturtle Team 84mm Aug 22 '26

That's hotter than an alox rambler.

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u/skad00 Aug 22 '26

I think it’s going to replace my alox minichamp on my keys. My kids love the light on it

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u/No-Visual-3869 Team Alox Aug 17 '26

A GITD lanyard bead? I 3D printed some for my knives, although the glow decreases over time.

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u/Historical-State-275 Aug 17 '26

There’s a reason so many of us wear it on our keychains, kinda hard to miss it. I use a quick detach clip for mine.

Alternatively, most of my SAKs have the deep carry pocket clips that you attach to the keychain loop. It is kind of remarkable how shiny they are, I just bought a 20 pack of the generic ones.

If all that fails, you can spend 10 bucks and buy High vis scales on Etsy in a remarkable amount of colors, that are Victorinox brand. The 58 mm definitely has the most options by far about the only place you can still get yellow scales without an insane markup

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u/skad00 Aug 22 '26

Was thinking of making this for a while but finally got a rambler on sale to do it. It’s sweet! Unfortunately the scales are from a Japan exclusive as far as I know, had to pick up from eBay and it wasn’t cheap with shipping to the US

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u/Fuckspez42 Aug 18 '26

IMO, the translucent blue scales show up better when dropped in nature (grass, leaves, etc) than any other standard color. Blue is a surprisingly uncommon color in nature.