Petit Suisse

[Wootz]

Spotted on a french forum:

http://couteausuisse.xooit.fr/t229-Arnaud-BIESSY.htm
Neat!

[Syph007]

Well thats cool, it nice to see different mods and that one is new to me for sure.

[Wootz]

I've been checking on those froggies a bit. They are drooling all over your mods too 

[Syph007]

I've been checking on those froggies a bit. They are drooling all over your mods too 

hehe! I only know a tiny bit of french so I havent been reading too much of that forum.

[Wootz]

I've been checking on those froggies a bit. They are drooling all over your mods too 

hehe! I only know a tiny bit of french so I havent been reading too much of that forum.

I don't understand smurf what they are saying, but pics and drooling smilies speak louder then words!

Not much else I found so far, except the usual embellishments.

[jrp316]

That's a cute little knife...I'm not sure whether to put it in my pocket and carry it around or put a bib on it, give it a bottle and read it a bedtime story  .

[PTRSAK]

That's a cute little knife...I'm not sure whether to put it in my pocket and carry it around or put a bib on it, give it a bottle and read it a bedtime story  .

yeah, I think you'd have to be careful to only use it for EDC on days that you knew you would be home before its bedtime.

[tattoosteve99]

I like it! Kinda looks like a spyderco with a frame lock.

[Syph007]

Yep a spyderinox.  It does have a certain appeal to it.  If I had a beater 111mm I wouldnt mind converting it.  It would be an ideal mod if you found one with a broken tip.

[tattoosteve99]

Hmmmm great idea syph. I have a couple of those. Might even be fun if I could add another tool to it to!

[lowtech]

Yep a spyderinox.  It does have a certain appeal to it.  If I had a beater 111mm I wouldnt mind converting it.  It would be an ideal mod if you found one with a broken tip.

If you wanna try, i havbe some GAKs with tormented tips that i would trade for some bushings and Pivots and screws and such 

[Sidhartha]

haaaa i like!!    very nice mod!

[Gareth]

That's excellent.

[Syph007]

Ya I really want to try now.  The only thing Id do different is leave a little bit of metal on that lockback spring to have a lanyard hole.  That would make a neat little box and packing stuff breakdown tool for the shop.

[nuphoria]

Aww, cute little thing

[enki_ck]

I saw this one before somewhere, just can't remember where.

[Wootz]

I saw this one before somewhere, just can't remember where.

Maybe you've heard about Arnaud Biessy on EDC forums or Opinel forums.
http://edcforums.com/threads/arnaud-biessy-work.72820/
Reminds me of Fred Perrin.

[enki_ck]

I saw this one before somewhere, just can't remember where.

Maybe you've heard about Arnaud Biessy on EDC forums or Opinel forums.
http://edcforums.com/threads/arnaud-biessy-work.72820/
Reminds me of Fred Perrin.

That's the one. post #12 I remembered as soon as I saw his avatar.

Thanks.

[lowtech]

Ok, i give up. eMailing Syph prompted various error messages and i seem to be too "lowtech" to even add a pic to a PM.

Here they go, the rest follows via PM, syph:

[Gareth]

Those poor blades!   See what happens when you let soldiers play with nice things?

 

[lowtech]

Those are the better ones. They should make nice stubbies in more skillful hands than mine.

[tattoosteve99]

The only thing I can't figure out is how he rounded the scales in the back to fit with having the hollow part to show

[PTRSAK]

The only thing I can't figure out is how he rounded the scales in the back to fit with having the hollow part to show

How well does that plastic respond to heating?  If it goes nicely soft without burning or something then a little careful work with a heatgun and some gentle molding with something like a wooden spoon could produce a closed end.

[lowtech]

Syph is only calling for one of those - Do you want one of the others to try, PTRSAK? 

[PTRSAK]

Thanks for the offer, but customs would steal it and send me a nasty letter because it's OHO.

[Syph007]

Thanks for the offer, but customs would steal it and send me a nasty letter because it's OHO.

So they open every single package?  Of all the knives Ive been sent Ive only ever had 2 boxes that were randomly inspected and arrived to me all taped up with custom inpected tape.  The contents were safe though as the only knives that are banned here are butterfly and switchblade.  Which is stupid really if you think about it.  A butterfly knife is slower and more awkward to open than an assisted opening, or a one handed open lock blade.

What if it was taken apart, would that be allowed?

[lowtech]

So, Syph you need to make a fixed blade out of one of them knifes and send it over and send the rest in a different package as "spares" 

[PTRSAK]

They don't open everything, but I believe most packages get a visit to the X-ray.
Especially anything with "knife" on the customs declaration. Which is why I have asked a couple of sellers to put "Multitools" as the description. More to speed the process than to smuggle in a OHO WMD.

Not sure how a lone blade would fare... 
Technically it's not a one-hand/flick/spring/gravity/telekinesis opening knife so by their own rules it's not a prohibited type of knife. Who knows.

I've already had one nasty letter from Customs and I don't know if they keep a record of that so I'm a bit hesitant to risk a second strike.
Why don't they go and fight some real crime... smurfs