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Pin Hole?
on: July 23, 2008, 06:46:40 AM
I was fooling around with my tinker, you know, sharpening with my viking whetstone, cutting myself in general, buidling my new desktop...

When I noticed a slot for a straight pin under the philips head.

Was it always there? When did this happen? More importantly, why do they have this slot, but no pin?!
« Last Edit: July 23, 2008, 07:31:11 AM by One Lame Frog »
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Re: Question about the Tinker
Reply #1 on: July 23, 2008, 06:55:54 AM
Apparently all newer scales have that hole, but only plus model have pin already equipped.


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Re: Question about the Tinker
Reply #2 on: July 23, 2008, 07:04:41 AM
I was shocked the first time I heard about the pin holes and actually found them hidden under all my corkscrews. I couldn't believe I had never noticed them before...  :think:
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Re: Question about the Tinker
Reply #3 on: July 23, 2008, 07:08:26 AM
Why would they produce the regular scales with an unused pinhole? =|
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Re: Question about the Tinker
Reply #4 on: July 23, 2008, 07:12:45 AM
Why do men have nipples? I think it's basically the same reason. Easier manufacturing...  ;)
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Re: Question about the Tinker
Reply #5 on: July 23, 2008, 07:16:52 AM
Why do men have nipples? I think it's basically the same reason. Easier manufacturing...  ;)

Well, sure, manufacturing, but the nipples are old and unused.

Whereas, these pin holes are new!
And wait, it's not easier or harder to manufacture the scales with pin holes, I suspect.
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Re: Question about the Tinker
Reply #6 on: July 23, 2008, 07:19:40 AM
I imagine it's just a little bonus, and since it doesn't cost them anything, why not include it?


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Re: Question about the Tinker
Reply #7 on: July 23, 2008, 07:29:51 AM
Sure, then you can buy the replacement pin for a dollar. =S

I need to go buy a pack of pins now so all my newer SAKs can have the added feature.
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Re: Pin Hole?
Reply #8 on: July 23, 2008, 09:23:59 AM
It could just be that one of the scales was a ''plus'' and the other was a ''regular'' scale, I had the same thing on one of my Camper :)
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Re: Pin Hole?
Reply #9 on: July 23, 2008, 05:05:04 PM
But if it was like that wouldn't it also have a pen? ???
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Re: Pin Hole?
Reply #10 on: July 23, 2008, 06:17:34 PM
But if it was like that wouldn't it also have a pen? ???
Not all of them have, no :)
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Re: Pin Hole?
Reply #11 on: July 23, 2008, 06:56:06 PM
Are their SAKs without a pin hole then?

I just assumed that most SAKs had the pin hole like mine do, but that only the plus scale versions actually included the pin...
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Re: Pin Hole?
Reply #12 on: July 23, 2008, 08:25:10 PM
All my old saks lack the pin hole. I have a 2006 SAK Sportsman II in clam packaging and I know that doens't have a pin hole. The plus scales are pen + pin, these tinkers I have with the pin hole I bought last year, I believe. So it may have been produced 2006 or 2007. A pin hole and no pin, no pen hole. =S
« Last Edit: July 23, 2008, 08:26:44 PM by One Lame Frog »
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Re: Pin Hole?
Reply #13 on: July 23, 2008, 08:38:53 PM
I don't have many SAKs, but my Explorer with the old style magnifying glass also has a pin hole and no pen hole. Anyone know when they stopped making the old style magnifying glasses?
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Re: Pin Hole?
Reply #14 on: July 23, 2008, 10:33:42 PM
2005-06 I think :)
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Re: Pin Hole?
Reply #15 on: July 23, 2008, 10:34:17 PM
When I noticed a slot for a straight pin under the philips head.

Was it always there? When did this happen? More importantly, why do they have this slot, but no pin?!


There is a wave of strange things going on around the world it seems that there are little "fairies" that sneak into your house at night (or while you are asleep) and drill pin holes in SAK scales.  :D

Don't feel bad I wanted this Champion for a long time and admired it at the store even took it out of the display and played with it.

Later my wife went to the store and asked the clerk (a friend of ours) which knife I have been admiring he pointed out the Champion which she then in turn bought it for me.

After several weeks of owning it I discovered the pin hole and worse it there was a pin in it and I never even saw it for several weeks.    You see there are bigger idiots out there don't feel bad. :ahhh  


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Re: Pin Hole?
Reply #16 on: July 23, 2008, 11:37:41 PM
None of my non-plus SAK's have a pin slot.  :think:
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Re: Pin Hole?
Reply #17 on: July 24, 2008, 01:12:25 AM
It seems the best guess is that they started including pin holes on both types of scales around 2006-2007 then...?
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Re: Pin Hole?
Reply #18 on: July 24, 2008, 03:53:53 AM
and i thought i was so clever to figure that out on the corkscrew area of my explorer:(


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Re: Pin Hole?
Reply #19 on: July 24, 2008, 05:01:22 AM
Welcome to the forum One Lame Frog :salute: :D

My Super Tinker has the pin hole so I just figured that they came with the hole ::) I just found a pin and put it in myself :) Never really crossed my mind  :think: why it didn't have a pin  :D but I did wonder if that was really what it was for since mine doesn't have plus scales :D


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Re: Pin Hole?
Reply #20 on: July 24, 2008, 08:21:46 AM
It seems the best guess is that they started including pin holes on both types of scales around 2006-2007 then...?
I think it was a year or so earlier than that :)
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Re: Pin Hole?
Reply #21 on: July 26, 2008, 01:23:13 AM
On Sosak I asked the question why didn't Vic put plus scales on all the 91mm models?

Tim (Felinevet) said that a lot of people specifically don't want plus scales. However i seem to remember that a lot of the Sosakers were in favour of plus scales with all the knives.

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Re: Pin Hole?
Reply #22 on: July 26, 2008, 07:55:51 AM
I know some people don't like the pen. I think that is why they don't like the plus scales. 

It is funny. I read this thread as I just opened a package from SwissBianco with 2 Yeoman Mechanics with translucent ruby plus scales and one was missing the pin. LOL! I had a spare in my parts box. I did notice something else interesting. On the plus side there is a slot for the pen and and one for the pin as expected. But there is another slot that goes off at an angle to the other end of the knife. There is no external slot for a tool. Any clues??


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Re: Pin Hole?
Reply #23 on: July 26, 2008, 08:08:28 PM
I think Bill used that slot once to put in an addition set of modded tweezers.  If I can find the pics I'll post them here.
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Re: Pin Hole?
Reply #24 on: July 27, 2008, 11:07:16 AM
I think Bill used that slot once to put in an addition set of modded tweezers.  If I can find the pics I'll post them here.

 :o Modded tweezers sounds fancy  :D Come on Ben find those pics :pok: :D


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Re: Pin Hole?
Reply #25 on: July 27, 2008, 11:32:10 AM
here's the one NutSAK posted of it;


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Re: Pin Hole?
Reply #26 on: July 27, 2008, 11:33:00 AM
as you can see it's ground down shorter to fit in the smaller/diagonal slot.
and it was made pointy.


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Re: Pin Hole?
Reply #27 on: July 27, 2008, 11:48:13 AM
as you can see it's ground down shorter to fit in the smaller/diagonal slot.
and it was made pointy.

 :o Very handy looking tweezers great 4 all kinds of things the reg 1's wouldn't be :D Thanks 4 the pics WD :salute: :D


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Re: Pin Hole?
Reply #28 on: July 27, 2008, 12:50:09 PM
Cheers WD.  :cheers:
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Re: Pin Hole?
Reply #29 on: July 27, 2008, 06:13:34 PM
If you want pointy tweezers on a Wenger,  just swap in the ones made for the Minathor.

I have replaced the tweezers in several of my Wengers with these.

http://www.ofrei.com/page412.html
(this place has LOTS of stuff that works with the Minathor, they sell watch repair supplies)

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