My small adventure into 58mm SAK modding!

[Syph007]

I finished the T&T holder layer.  Worked out perfectly.

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Now I just need the rest of my donors to show up and I can put together the monster.

Cheers

Hello Syph007,
Can i use your concept on my own build? (in case i succeed to make it  )

Go for it!

[m47mu74nt]

Go for it!

Thanx! 

[Syph007]

Go for it!

Thanx! 

BTW the idea came from here, but I think I was the first to actually make the part.  He had the idea first though but I dont think he made one.

http://victorinox.metodi.me/monster58.php

[Syph007]

Little rambler today.

[Aloha]

The Rambler is such a little workhorse.  Great job. 

[m47mu74nt]

Great one!! It just lacks some colors 
I need to find a cheap used rambler to try myself (I'm still not ready to do anything on brand new babies!)
You kept a liner for the tweezers side, didn't you?

[Syph007]

Great one!! It just lacks some colors 
I need to find a cheap used rambler to try myself (I'm still not ready to do anything on brand new babies!)
You kept a liner for the tweezers side, didn't you?

Nope no liner against the scales, not needed at all.

[Fortytwo]

Great one!! It just lacks some colors 
I need to find a cheap used rambler to try myself (I'm still not ready to do anything on brand new babies!)
You kept a liner for the tweezers side, didn't you?

Nope no liner against the scales, not needed at all.

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Then what are the tweezers clamped between? Did you line the slot up with the springs?

Fantastic jobs here by the way! Inspiring to say the least! 

[Syph007]

Yup the springs occupy most of the center space and the tweezers slide along that fine.

[Boaz]

Another very nice job, I love seeing these beauties. Cheers.

[Syph007]

I think this is a pretty nice little piece that I just finished up last night.    These are small SAKs but take lots of hours to get just right. 

I didnt have enough room to dril a #51 hole to tap 2-56 threads normally used for the pocket clip install, so I used some 1/16th nickel silver pin stock to rivet it on and it's rock solid.

58mm Vagabond
Tumbled Ti-6-4 scales
Brass liner
Riveted on pocket clip
Copper cross inlay
Nickel silver tweezer nub

[m47mu74nt]

 

 

[Syph007]

I feel more like a jeweler when I do these small ones... tiny, fiddly and delicate work to get it just right.   

[windson]

I feel more like a jeweler when I do these small ones... tiny, fiddly and delicate work to get it just right.   

That looks like jewelry indeed. And... The smaller, the more intricate, the longer it takes, doesn't it?

[Syph007]

I tried to get fancy on the front of this one and adding some grippy lines.  It does make the tool grippier, so I guess that was a success.

[Boaz]

Very distinctive, it looks quite modern like that.

[Lardlad]

The brass liner is a nice touch.  Love the clip - no rattling around at the bottom of a pocket.

[Glofindel]

I tried to get fancy on the front of this one and adding some grippy lines.  It does make the tool grippier, so I guess that was a success.

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Love it I need one like that to matching Ti Cadet you built me.

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[HarleyXJGuy]

The brass liner is a nice touch.  Love the clip - no rattling around at the bottom of a pocket.

Plus you can use it to dangle your keys.

I knew I should have copyrighted the idea.

[pfrsantos]

I feel more like a jeweler when I do these small ones... tiny, fiddly and delicate work to get it just right.   

Yes, we all know it...

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[MDC85]

SAK's are not my kind of thing, But damn, I like what you do with them, they become Pearls!

Keep on going.

[Syph007]

Built a little guy today... its been awhile but I managed to peen ok.  I used 0.003" steel shims which I kept in for the peening then pulled them at the end to leave some free room for the tools to move easily.

[Gareth]

Another beauty mate.

[Lardlad]

The rivets turned out very nicely.  Beautiful job.  Looks like a brass cross?

[Syph007]

The rivets turned out very nicely.  Beautiful job.  Looks like a brass cross?

Yup brass cross.  Its tedious work to shape an insert to fit the tiny cutout.

[Gareth]

I like the fact that it all ties up with the scissor pivot.  Very nice of Victorinox to do that for you.

[Syph007]

I like the fact that it all ties up with the scissor pivot.  Very nice of Victorinox to do that for you.

Ha never thought of that!  Er I mean, I planned it that way!

[Gareth]

I like the fact that it all ties up with the scissor pivot.  Very nice of Victorinox to do that for you.

Ha never thought of that!  Er I mean, I planned it that way!

Yeah, clearly.

[Syph007]

This one has one interesting element to the finish work.  Its the first tumbled finished fold over Ive done and to get the inside area tumbled I only bent the clip half way for the first tumbling session.  Then it got reheated and I finished the bend and gave it another tumble session.

[strmliner]

This one has one interesting element to the finish work.  Its the first tumbled finished fold over Ive done and to get the inside area tumbled I only bent the clip half way for the first tumbling session.  Then it got reheated and I finished the bend and gave it another tumble session.

Nice touch on that one Robert...I really like the finish and the fold-over!