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this_is_nascar · **Reply #5400 on:** June 29, 2018, 12:39:01 PM

Quote from: Syph007 on June 29, 2018, 12:53:34 AM

Compact tiner skeletonized with brass.

Nice to put on a shelf, but for everyday use, you'd spend more time cleaning lint out of it, than actually using it.

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Syph007 · **Reply #5401 on:** June 29, 2018, 02:26:36 PM

Quote from: this_is_nascar on June 29, 2018, 12:39:01 PM

Quote from: Syph007 on June 29, 2018, 12:53:34 AM
Compact tiner skeletonized with brass.
Nice to put on a shelf, but for everyday use, you'd spend more time cleaning lint out of it, than actually using it.

Sent from my XT1635-01 using Tapatalk

That hasn't been an issue at all actually.

Don Pablo · **Reply #5402 on:** June 29, 2018, 02:45:24 PM

Quote from: Syph007 on June 29, 2018, 02:26:36 PM

Quote from: this_is_nascar on June 29, 2018, 12:39:01 PM
Quote from: Syph007 on June 29, 2018, 12:53:34 AM
Compact tiner skeletonized with brass.
Nice to put on a shelf, but for everyday use, you'd spend more time cleaning lint out of it, than actually using it.

Sent from my XT1635-01 using Tapatalk

That hasn't been an issue at all actually.

I imagine that its no more of a lint magnet than a regular SAK, and in addition, the skeleton scales make it very easy to clean, in comparison?

AlephZero · **Reply #5403 on:** June 30, 2018, 09:02:21 PM

Quote from: Don Pablo on June 29, 2018, 02:45:24 PM

Quote from: Syph007 on June 29, 2018, 02:26:36 PM
Quote from: this_is_nascar on June 29, 2018, 12:39:01 PM
Quote from: Syph007 on June 29, 2018, 12:53:34 AM
Compact tiner skeletonized with brass.
Nice to put on a shelf, but for everyday use, you'd spend more time cleaning lint out of it, than actually using it.

Sent from my XT1635-01 using Tapatalk

That hasn't been an issue at all actually.
I imagine that its no more of a lint magnet than a regular SAK, and in addition, the skeleton scales make it very easy to clean, in comparison?

And if you'd have a sheath for it, lint wouldn't be an issue to begin with, I guess?

Mechanickal · **Reply #5404 on:** June 30, 2018, 09:19:11 PM

Pabs has a valid point.
It might be even easier to clean it like that.
Even with a compressor...

Syph007 · **Reply #5405 on:** July 04, 2018, 03:03:32 AM

And back to Px's. This one with brass liners though.

Syph007 · **Reply #5406 on:** July 10, 2018, 01:38:46 AM

Compact deluxe tinker with drawer/clip/keyring.

ThePeacent · **Reply #5407 on:** July 10, 2018, 02:19:22 PM

Quote from: Syph007 on July 10, 2018, 01:38:46 AM

Compact deluxe tinker with drawer/clip/keyring.

DANG!

zrxoa1 · **Reply #5408 on:** July 22, 2018, 10:33:13 AM

Syph, what model number are those pocket clips you use?

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Syph007 · **Reply #5409 on:** July 22, 2018, 02:53:00 PM

Quote from: zrxoa1 on July 22, 2018, 10:33:13 AM

Syph, what model number are those pocket clips you use?

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https://www.knifekits.com/vcom/2030-micro-foldover-clip-model-finish-p-2107.html

zrxoa1 · **Reply #5410 on:** July 22, 2018, 05:08:59 PM

Quote from: Syph007 on July 22, 2018, 02:53:00 PM

Quote from: zrxoa1 on July 22, 2018, 10:33:13 AM
Syph, what model number are those pocket clips you use?

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https://www.knifekits.com/vcom/2030-micro-foldover-clip-model-finish-p-2107.html

Thanks! What I thought they were.

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Syph007 · **Reply #5411 on:** July 25, 2018, 01:44:49 AM

A little different scales on this one. Simple lines at 45 degrees. I just used an engraving bit and it turned out just fine.

MadPlumbarian · **Reply #5412 on:** July 25, 2018, 02:14:45 AM

Nice

JR

zrxoa1 · **Reply #5413 on:** July 25, 2018, 02:42:51 AM

Now that is one I can truly see myself carrying!!

Nice!!

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Huntsman · **Reply #5414 on:** July 25, 2018, 11:18:11 AM

Quote from: Syph007 on July 25, 2018, 01:44:49 AM

A little different scales on this one. Simple lines at 45 degrees. I just used an engraving bit and it turned out just fine.

What's that ?

A Compact Tinkering Mountaineer ?

hiraethus · **Reply #5415 on:** July 25, 2018, 11:21:42 AM

Quote from: Huntsman on July 25, 2018, 11:18:11 AM

What's that ?

Chicken Grater.

Ron Who · **Reply #5416 on:** July 25, 2018, 11:31:12 AM

Classy scales, like a pin stripe suit!

Syph007 · **Reply #5417 on:** July 25, 2018, 12:24:46 PM

Quote from: Huntsman on July 25, 2018, 11:18:11 AM

Quote from: Syph007 on July 25, 2018, 01:44:49 AM
A little different scales on this one. Simple lines at 45 degrees. I just used an engraving bit and it turned out just fine.

What's that ?

A Compact Tinkering Mountaineer ?

For sure a unique toolset. Parts from 3 Saks to build it.

stoneshank · **Reply #5418 on:** July 26, 2018, 12:17:29 PM

Hey Syph. You made any progress on 84mm cadet X? I'm just curious.

- stoneshank

Poncho65 · **Reply #5419 on:** July 30, 2018, 03:22:22 AM

All these creations have my mind all

everyone that I see I am like "that's perfect"

Then I see the next one

So many great SAKs in here Syph

Syph007 · **Reply #5420 on:** August 03, 2018, 12:55:31 AM

Compact deluxe tinker with copper cross and scale drawer with clip. A really nice 3 layer.

Syph007 · **Reply #5421 on:** August 08, 2018, 04:17:16 PM

Slim 93 with brass cross and classic texture.

Ron Who · **Reply #5422 on:** August 08, 2018, 05:52:37 PM

Corso · **Reply #5423 on:** August 10, 2018, 03:13:41 AM

Nice work, Syph! I may have missed it, but do you make a drawer for the 93mm scales also? If so, I have a 93mm custom you made for me a while back that I might want to mod further.

Syph007 · **Reply #5424 on:** August 23, 2018, 02:04:33 PM

Ive mostly been doing the same models I normally do. Heres a slightly different than normal one though. Full back scale yeoman.

Ive also finally started on my journey to make fixtures to repeatably modify 91mm scissors layer to fit 84mm. Bantams and cadets with scissors should be realized in September. I need a fixture to modify the scissors (which Im doing right now), one for the backspring and one for the hook. The hook will need to be part of the layer since the modern spring has it. Its not cost effective to make a batch of springs when I have so many of the standard ones I can make work.

Syph007 · **Reply #5425 on:** August 23, 2018, 02:05:32 PM

Quote from: Corso on August 10, 2018, 03:13:41 AM

Nice work, Syph! I may have missed it, but do you make a drawer for the 93mm scales also? If so, I have a 93mm custom you made for me a while back that I might want to mod further.

Yes for sure. The only difference is its on the front scale due to the fold over awl on the blade layer.

Aloha · **Reply #5426 on:** August 23, 2018, 02:42:27 PM

Cadets with scissors

TazzieRob · **Reply #5427 on:** August 24, 2018, 04:55:31 AM

Quote from: Aloha007 on August 23, 2018, 02:42:27 PM

Cadets with scissors

Willem85 · **Reply #5428 on:** August 25, 2018, 01:51:37 AM

Have you ever made a 93 mm SAK with a large blade, a pruning blade and a woodsaw? If so, do you have pictures? Would be a nice present for my dad who's always busy in his garden.

Second question have you modified the large blade into a combo plain-serrated edge? Any cons to that?

Thanks

Ron Who · **Reply #5429 on:** August 25, 2018, 10:04:39 AM

Quote from: Willem85 on August 25, 2018, 01:51:37 AM

Have you ever made a 93 mm SAK with a large blade, a pruning blade and a woodsaw? If so, do you have pictures? Would be a nice present for my dad who's always busy in his garden.

That would be the Wilderness model. Vx only made a few hundred, so they´re rare and probably expensive. I would like to have one. Using a Harvester as modding fodder it would not be too difficult to make one, putting the pruner blade in the place of the awl.

(pics from Victorinox and SakWiki)

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