Show off your Sak mod's!

[John]

They look ok to me Tony 

[Sparky415]

Thanks Mate,
I am sitting here fondling it at the moment thinking what else should I do or start next 

[John]

Thanks Mate,
 thinking what else should I do or start next 

You need to get a compact and add a saw 

[Sparky415]

Noooo! I would be left with a big pile of bits which would end up in a skip one day 

[Neil]

Those scales look tops Tony  

How about making some more scales.  That little Tramotina had bolts for disassembly didn't it?  Look nice with the blade sorted and wood scales.

[Sparky415]

Neil,
I hadn't thought of that
I have done a bit of work on that blade but it's still in need of some work 

[Mr. Whippy]

The latest arrival thanks to Mr. Bee  . My pics did'nt turn out well so needed to borrow one of his.
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Fantastic!  I really like the 84mm size for pocket carry.  Love the worn black Alox too. 

[Mike 56]

John your Compact/Saw looks great. Good job.

Tony i like your wood scales. I have been wanting to make some.
Tony if you make more wood scales there is a cool way to make your own wood stain you mix Rit dye with isopropyl alcohol to make wood colors i use yellow, red and dark brown. The nice thing about this stain is it drys fast you can re stain again in minutes. You can even make stain in colors like red or blue if you want.

Mike

[Andreas]

Bored today so I thought I'd try making a wood scale for my old SAK. It hasn't been used for years, I'm a Leatherman guy so "years" is really an understatement. Took me about 45 minutes from removing scales, measuring, cutting, sanding, oiling and attaching. Result was nice, might have to look more into SAKs now that I have a way of getting rid of those ugly red scales with holes in them after 2 days use (when the toothpick and tweezers fall out).

Would be nice with a SAK that has a larger-than-normal knife, a saw, and a bit driver - is that possible (with/without modding)? Alternately just a knife and a saw

[Sparky415]

Mike is the dye used for colouring cloth? 

Wow Cptnodegard that's some quick work! 

[Andreas]

After I made this everything is pretty straight forward: http://andreasodegard.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/daedalus-21.jpg
Going to miss my hobby room when I move off to (yet another) college in a few weeks

[Neil]

A wooden Daedalus   Cool 

[Mike 56]

Mike is the dye used for colouring cloth? 

Wow Cptnodegard that's some quick work! 

Yes it is for cloth. Just mix it with with alcohol instead of water. play with it on scrap wood until you get the hang of it and the color you want. This the stain i would use to color match moldings to match hardwood floors.

Mike

[Sparky415]

Good idea!
Thanks Mike 

[Mate]

Spartan scale swap to cybertool 41's sapphire blue
The pen is missing but im working on getting one .





Interesting,my local Vic dealer only had these hexagon shaped corkscrew screwdrivers  .

[ari6126]

I built this for cgk. Three screwdrivers, blade, file chisel, and saw. Pretty good for three layers. Anybody have any good names for it?

[Neil]

Saw Screwing Golfer

or

Cool Golfer Knife

or just

Golfer

 

[Spork, Lord of Lime Jello!]

[glorn]

If it had scissors, it could be a "Driving Ranger".

-nudge-

Get it?


 

[cgk]

I built this for cgk. Three screwdrivers, blade, file chisel, and saw. Pretty good for three layers. Anybody have any good names for it?

Its like seeing my new born baby, Im welling up.  I can't thank-you enough....looks great!!!

[stressmaster5000]

Its the "Ultimate Tinkerer"!

[ari6126]

We're going with Ranger Compact.

[John]

what ever it is? it's  good job Ari 

[Gareth]

what ever it is? it's  good job Ari 

Agreed, it looks excellent.

[nuphoria]

Very nice, and a useful set up if you don't need scissors 

[cgk]

Very nice, and a useful set up if you don't need scissors 

Im one of those "thats what the knife is for" guys....but hey, thats just me 

[Andreas]

I see many people who make wooden scales (especially the Thai wonder-twins  ) have the Swiss cross logo on the wooden scales. How do you do that?

[Ben X]

If it had scissors, it could be a "Driving Ranger".

-nudge-

Get it?


 

If only you could give people rep power on this forum- that was the most clever thing I have heard all week 

EDIT: That reminds me of Gareth's mod for his brother-in-law, was it? I think "the Homebuilder" was his name for it, and this is a Compact version of that. It does capture that whole handyman/around the house toolset very well, so you could play off those sorts of names. I'd call it the Contractor, maybe? Perhaps not heavy-duty enough to be worthy of such a title. How about Landlord? 

[Ben X]

Or if you want a more military-oriented name, I'd call it the P.O.W. because I have often thought of that configuration of knife being what I would want if I got locked up in some third-world country. Does that suggest I spent WAY too much time thinking about very obscure things (namely SAKs)?

[Andreas]

My third pair of scales for my 84mm Tinker. The first were wooden, pine, too light and fragile wood. Second were steel, too heavy. These are juniper wood, and look great IMO.