Why Velcro?!!!

[jekostas]

Alright, after some chicanery, shenanigans and general tomfoolery, I managed to get my hands on a brand-spankin' new Victorinox Swisstool Spirit for a ridiculously low price.

Of course, typical of Victorinox the quality is excellent, great fit and finish, etc.

My question is the sheath.  After going to the trouble of including a good quality, riveted leather sheath with the MT, why did Vic go and put that god awful velcro on it?  I'll pay the extra, what, dollar's worth of cost for a proper snap.

[Stirling3749]

Take off the stitching and remove the velcro, then jb weld a small neodimiam magnet to the metal part on the inner part of the flap. Since the Spirit itself is steel you only need one magnet.

[jzmtl]

That was my first thought when I got my spirit, and because of the vic emblem I can't install my own snap either. 

[Zed]

Take off the stitching and remove the velcro, then jb weld a small neodimiam magnet to the metal part on the inner part of the flap. Since the Spirit itself is steel you only need one magnet.

it works a treat as i did this to my mobile phone case and i just flip it shut 

[nuphoria]

I prefer a magnet too but velcro is bloody everywhere!

I did however, see a bit the other day without the scratchy bit. I think the hooks were curled under so it wasn't scratchy to the touch but still worked really well.... what is this supervelcro?

[Styerman]

I can't say I like their sheaths either , as a rule I throw sheaths over my left shoulder , and either make my own of find a pistol mag pouch that fits .

Chris

[grimm_kaosboy]

I made a small hole thru the sheath, a nylon one mind you. Then looped a hair band with a split ring thru it (the velcro wasnt all that secure). So basically when I close the sheath I grab the split ring and pull the elastic hair tie down and around the bottom of the sheath.

[Stirling3749]

After using my Spirit sheath almost every day for about 4 months the velcro really began to wear out. Now it does almost nothing to hold the flap closed.

Take off the stitching and remove the velcro, then jb weld a small neodimiam magnet to the metal part on the inner part of the flap. Since the Spirit itself is steel you only need one magnet.

it works a treat as i did this to my mobile phone case and i just flip it shut 

Nice. I havn't actually tried this myself but it was what first came to mind when I saw that the flap uses felcro.
For a phone though, wouldn't the magnet mess up the electronics? phones nowadays are essentially small computers.

[jekostas]

After using my Spirit sheath almost every day for about 4 months the velcro really began to wear out. Now it does almost nothing to hold the flap closed.

Take off the stitching and remove the velcro, then jb weld a small neodimiam magnet to the metal part on the inner part of the flap. Since the Spirit itself is steel you only need one magnet.

it works a treat as i did this to my mobile phone case and i just flip it shut 

Nice. I havn't actually tried this myself but it was what first came to mind when I saw that the flap uses felcro.
For a phone though, wouldn't the magnet mess up the electronics? phones nowadays are essentially small computers.

Small computers that use solid-state storage rather than magneto-optical.  The magnetic field from a small magnet (even a rare earth magnet) isn't nearly enough to affect electrical current.

[jzmtl]

Just don't wear a compass watch and sheath on the same side.