Moving on to a Wenger mod

[AimlessWanderer]

That's a real nice mod Al

Thanks John 

[eddie1115]

Brian seems like a good choice to me (my first name ) and the mod looks great .  Swapping in that shackle is great, though I do think I'd like the wrench too.  I've been thinking a Wenger mod is next for me.  That and Harley asked if I'd work on one for him as well, so I might as well practice first.

Just keep the relevant scales and liners together. The newer ones have a bushing on one side, and a preformed bushing shape end on the other. This means if you take apart two, you're going to need all the bushings for one knife.... so you can't use three knives to make two mods for example

Older versions don't need the bushings, but you still need to keep the scales with the matching liners (there were several versions over the years), but see my comments above about peening them and avoiding hitting the scale clip 

Great tips, thanks!

[firiki]

If you want the recruit "shell", then you're going to need the recruit's liners and bushings too.... which basically means you're putting Wenger parts in the recruit rather than the other way round.

Firiki, I didn't try any crossbreeding with Victorinox, as that would have meant opening pivot holes up, and I figured that was too much trouble for a kitchen table and cordless drill project 

No worries, 50ft it seems I hadn't thought that mod out well after all.  Thanks for clearing up my misconception; I can see clearer now.

 

Nice Wenger, that one! Too bad it had to be a mod.

[AimlessWanderer]

Thank you  I'm not sure if I might have been happier with solid colour scales, but aside from that, it worked out exactly as I'd hoped