My first ...

[Caranthanus]

Well, ... work in progress

First of all I would like to thank all of you guys. Then some special thanks for pro & rookie modders and their mod topics (Gareth, Syph007, Fattsgalore, detron ...) who are the most guilty that I'm doing ... 

Got the idea, and still persist, to mod kinda of updated Troubleshooter - new file, serrated blade and corkscrew of course
Then I realized that an up to date sak "need" newer pliers (with crimper ) ... still waiting ...
In the mean time I "found out" what are the missing tools on those troubleshooter ("missing" means that those tools are on Champ, of course  ) and so the decision was made: have to make a let's say 3-layer with those missing tools 


But then remorse occur, can't leave aside just one Champ's tool, which is actually very useful for french fries, mozzarella stuff like that, as jerseydevil expertly pointed out several times
And so the "no name" 4-layer has seen the light of day, well not quite yet fully:

Because, because there is always because, the last pin was almost perfect, almost, so it happened that was over peened 
 

At the same time evolved another piece - "golfpassenger" or perhaps "forkpassenger" (not yet complete, of course) but at least I made a few shoots:


This first two attempts were started on openers side:


At this point, when Gareth's technique was used, turned out that the best tool for lever the spring away from the pin is the small screwdriver 

Fork-layer 


After that I prepared for peening another one - kinda Modeler



To be continued ... 

[ducttapetech]

There looking good!!! Nice job so far!!

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[Caranthanus]

Thanks. Desperately need incentive for final steps ... :D

[PTRSAK]

good work,  and nice to see a couple of original tool load outs. 

Remember, there is nothing stopping you getting some more brass rod and pulling these apart and putting them back together again in different combinations.  All good practice.

Mod on.   

[Syph007]

Cool!  Good for you man!

I forgot there was a divot tools for 91mm.  Ive never seen one yet in person.

[Fattsgalore]

Glad you jumped aboard the mod train, it's a time (and money) consuming hobby but so rewarding...
Never thought to use the fine screw driver for the assembly. Will try that next time.

Two days ago I built a 6 layer from various SAKs. A piece from here a spring from there and voila...Handyman!

Still thinking of putting some Ruby+ scales on it to make it pop, but I'm not sure since it's purpose it to be a hard worker/beater.

What are your mods purposes, and what scales will be going on each???

[Fattsgalore]

And for your next mod you may want to think about my tool load out of choice.
Big blade, combo tool, scissors with or without hook, and pliers.

Getting pliers is a pain. Not the easiest tool to find on the cheap.

[Monrogue]

Nice looking work so far   Once you get this down, you should get into Alox and make yourself a black and red color scheme custom like my Rogue   Good luck in your modding endeavors

[colt 1911]

Awesome, inspires me to take the plunge. 


Swiss Army knives .

[hiraethus]

Good stuff.

[twiliter]

Got the idea, and still persist, to mod kinda of updated Troubleshooter - new file, serrated blade and corkscrew of course

Then I realized that an up to date sak "need" newer pliers (with crimper )

Great idea 

I swapped a corkscrew into an original Troubleshooter to make a Deluxe Mountaineer, but I like your idea of updating the whole thing. A serrated main blade and new style file will be excellent. Maybe the perfect 5 layer 91mm! Good luck with the peening. 

[Caranthanus]

good work,  and nice to see a couple of original tool load outs. 

Remember, there is nothing stopping you getting some more brass rod and pulling these apart and putting them back together again in different combinations.  All good practice.

Mod on.   

Thanks  and You're absolutely right, so it was and so will be 

[Caranthanus]

Cool!  Good for you man!

I forgot there was a divot tools for 91mm.  Ive never seen one yet in person.

Thank You.
Divot tool comes from Golfer - replaces the combo tool.
Need some fork, not only knife 

[Caranthanus]

Glad you jumped aboard the mod train, it's a time (and money) consuming hobby but so rewarding...
Never thought to use the fine screw driver for the assembly. Will try that next time.

Two days ago I built a 6 layer from various SAKs. A piece from here a spring from there and voila...Handyman!

Still thinking of putting some Ruby+ scales on it to make it pop, but I'm not sure since it's purpose it to be a hard worker/beater.

What are your mods purposes, and what scales will be going on each???

The main purpose was troubleshooter, as said. Then those mod which complete the troubleshooter "missing" tools vs SwissChamp. Then a fork 
And a lot of fun and troubleshooting 

[Caranthanus]

Nice looking work so far   Once you get this down, you should get into Alox and make yourself a black and red color scheme custom like my Rogue   Good luck in your modding endeavors

Who knows, but for now I will not be doing the competition to master Syph007 
Now, when you say, I might have really started to think about 

[Caranthanus]

Awesome, inspires me to take the plunge. 


Swiss Army knives .

You have to, you "need" ... 
 

[Caranthanus]

Good stuff.

Thank you. Slowly, but will go, as PTRSAK already said 

[Caranthanus]

Got the idea, and still persist, to mod kinda of updated Troubleshooter - new file, serrated blade and corkscrew of course

Then I realized that an up to date sak "need" newer pliers (with crimper )

Great idea 

I swapped a corkscrew into an original Troubleshooter to make a Deluxe Mountaineer, but I like your idea of updating the whole thing. A serrated main blade and new style file will be excellent. Maybe the perfect 5 layer 91mm! Good luck with the peening. 

Exactly what I was going too, but then realized as you sad, and the rest is history ... 
And Exactly what I was thinking about 5-layer 

[Caranthanus]

And here it is the "first one" 
This one comes out in the first attempt 

Let's say Modeler plus


 

[sawman]

Very useful looking SAK, nice work!

[Caranthanus]

Very useful looking SAK, nice work!

Thanks. 
Indeed, add a thin layer (new file & chisel) to Explorer.

[Caranthanus]

One to go ...   

golf/forkpassenger 

magnifier

the same magnifier 

forkpassenger 

golfpassenger 

fork 

 

[Caranthanus]

Hat trick ...

Still "no name" for this half-champ+, but here it is:

 

 

Now it comes updated Troubleshooter's turn 

[Monrogue]

Another nice piece of work

[Glofindel]

Nice mods

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[splico]

Nice work bro.

[dobbi]

nice thanks for sharing

[ducttapetech]

Nice job on those!

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[lister]

I see this sak moding madness has spread all the way to Slovenia. Now I just might have to finally give it a try. Jet another weird pastime to waste money on! 

 

[twiliter]

Looking forward to seeing the Troubleshooter.

My first attempt at a mod was exchanging the phillips for corkscrew on a factory one, the updated file is a great idea. 

I hope to attempt something similar.