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Swiss Army Knights Forum / Re: SAK Hook Challenge
« Last post by IMR4198 on Today at 12:47:32 PM » Using a SAK to hold the book open. I hope you figured out how to make a badge request for the Hook User Badge. Best wishes. Gary
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Swiss Army Knights Forum / Re: SAK Hook Challenge« Last post by IMR4198 on Today at 12:47:32 PM » Using a SAK to hold the book open. I hope you figured out how to make a badge request for the Hook User Badge. Best wishes. Gary
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Swiss Army Knights Forum / Re: Four Layer Friday« Last post by IMR4198 on Today at 12:31:20 PM » Four Layer Friday time has come. Today it is a Huntsman. I bought two SAKs that were marked down at a Walmart a long weary time ago. A Spartan and a Huntsman. Both red cell, since that was the choice. Spartan cost about 8 bucks. Huntsman was 14, I think. Corkscrews with the ragged line on them. I put them both back in their boxes and they got swapped off for something or other. I didn't really like the red handles or the spear blades. I was probably carrying an Schlieper stock knife at the time, or maybe some other 3 blade. Could have been a Bear Paw or a Puma.
I didn't really like SAK knives then. I had a Pocket Pal in high school, but didn't carry it at all. I remember carrying a Case whittler at that time. Three blade millwork knife. This Huntsman is the second one I ever owned. Bought it last summer. Then I got a red one. For some reason. Best wishes. G PXL_20240425_160237418.jpg (Filesize: 300.79 KB) 3
Swiss Army Knights Forum / Re: Explorer Challenge May 2024« Last post by Antti Lammi on Today at 11:42:20 AM »i will start carrying my Explorer when challenge begins, i havent yet carried it so much that i could really have strong opinion on it so this will test me many ways. Maybe exclusively carry this to see how good Explorer is.
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Leatherman Tools / Re: What is being carried today ?« Last post by Antti Lammi on Today at 11:31:55 AM »5
Swiss Army Knights Forum / Re: What's your latest SAK?« Last post by PTRSAK on Today at 11:23:02 AM »It's a shame the scissors are broken but that's still a good looking SAK. It should clean up pretty good. A little soap and warm water with a stiff bristle brush will clean up most if not all of it. I would then try a metal polish all over and see how it looks after that. Yes. I have Scissors to fit, they came from a small climber with broken backspring. I could just replace the missing half, but then I'd still have to source a single sided spring. Might end up drilling out the rivet and replacing the scissors whole. I don't think I have a main blade with the correct tang stamp is the major issue. It's in the mail so I'll wait until it arrives to assess the best option for refurbishment. 6
Swiss Army Knights Forum / Re: The Sportsman Challenge - April 2024« Last post by Brock O Lee on Today at 10:59:39 AM »Day 26
The Sportsman supervised a science school project I am doing with my Gr 8 daughter. She has to build a Middle Age siege weapon, and do a video and write-up. She chose to build a trebuchet, one of those sling catapults that was used to break down castle walls. Naturally this means I am researching, designing and building a trebuchet, while my girl passes the tools and does the odd jobs... The video and write-up is on her! Figuring out how to make a counterweight It is surprisingly tricky to get right, you have to tune the arm length, the counterweight mass, the sling length and the sling release trigger just right to get a good projectile trajectory. The final product. This one works surprisingly well after a bit of fiddling. No the Sportsman did not go flying. A big old girl in action... 7
General Tool Discussion / Re: Flame On! - April Firestarting Challenge« Last post by ReamerPunch on Today at 10:46:53 AM »Is it because it is not multi purpose like some other utility knife? It's supposed to be small, but it's really thick, and extremely heavy. And it's not as well-made as the regular Fiskars utility knife. This one has a lot of play when closed and when opened. But the pivot is not a screw I can tighten to reduce the play. The Gerber EAB is miles better than this, if you're looking for a small folding utility knife. 8
The Break Room / Re: Ten Things Everyone Should Be Able To Do« Last post by Grant Lamontagne on Today at 10:45:49 AM »Bringing this thread back up because a similar article has been circling around Facebook for a while now:
Quote What a Young Man Should Know, 1933. A checklist for becoming a proper man. Thoughts? You know, other than being a bit biased (and a bit insulting) to Americans specifically, and also a bit sexist. I fall down a bit on the car repair one- I can do some basic things but I'm not as good as I'd like, and musical instruments have always been at odds with my complete lack of musical talent. Def 9
Swiss Army Knights Forum / Re: The Sportsman Challenge - April 2024« Last post by Brock O Lee on Today at 10:44:22 AM »I'm sure you'll do well on your exam! I've spent a lot of time with AWS but never got around to a doing a cert. The current job is all MS stuff so we're on Azure - Microsoft cuts non-profits a really sweet deal, so it's hard to say no. Thank you! 10
General Tool Discussion / Re: Flame On! - April Firestarting Challenge« Last post by ReamerPunch on Today at 10:43:08 AM »Day 26
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