Show off your Sak mod's!

Tinker88 · **Reply #6210 on:** March 28, 2024, 04:02:45 AM

First post. The community inspires! Could not find anything online about making a SAK scale tool nail file to fit in the slots. I am making one from a 58 mm sak copy. Removed the file (x design on one side and the 2 thin lines on the other). It’s cut and filed to fit. It needs the nail pull still. Thinking about a mold with jb weld that can be filed to shape. I would love your thoughts and ideas. My photo seemed too large to post.

Enginears · **Reply #6211 on:** March 28, 2024, 04:46:49 AM

Quote from: Tinker88 on March 28, 2024, 04:02:45 AM

First post. The community inspires! Could not find anything online about making a SAK scale tool nail file to fit in the slots. I am making one from a 58 mm sak copy. Removed the file (x design on one side and the 2 thin lines on the other). It’s cut and filed to fit. It needs the nail pull still. Thinking about a mold with jb weld that can be filed to shape. I would love your thoughts and ideas. My photo seemed too large to post.

Hey Tinker, welcome. Yes the community here is great and in this thread alone is a tome of great mods going back years. I have not made a file to fit in the slot as you describe, but I did a file scale tool once and to make the nail pull I used a piece of a scale super glued to the end of the file. This may be quicker and easier than the JB weld, although that sounds like it would work too. If you go back through my post attachments there are some pics of the scale file I made.

Enginears · **Reply #6212 on:** April 05, 2024, 07:03:47 PM

Made some tweaks to blade shape on my compact modeler.

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pa_strunk · **Reply #6213 on:** April 17, 2024, 04:21:30 AM

Saw a mod like this on eBay a while back and had to give it a try. The GAK2 wood saw, can/bottle-opener, file is not the most practical combo tool on a 108 mm. Shortening for a 93 mm probably even makes less sense, but I just had to do it if for no other reason but to watch my friends face when I offer it to them to open beer bottles.

AzteCypher · **Reply #6214 on:** April 17, 2024, 05:20:16 AM

PTRSAK · **Reply #6215 on:** **Today** at 03:32:47 AM

I was having a rummage through one of my boxes of SAK parts looking to see if I had a suitable blade to repair an old knife and got distracted by a load of 74mm parts.
A couple of hours actual work and about 8 waiting on epoxy curing and here's a single layer Bladeless Executive with horn scales and brass bolsters.

yes there are still scratches but I think that brass&horn scales look better when they appear to have lived a full life. To further this appearance it will be riding in my pocket with a bunch of keys and handful of loose change for a while. Also need to age and tarnish that brass a bit with salt and vinegar.