Wenger scale attachment variations.

[JamesJ]

I didnt see anything about this on sakwiki...I recently got a Wenger knife as part of a multi knife lot. It's got locking blade, nail file, openers, scissors, and phillips/wrench.

It has a broken corkscrew, so I decided to remove the scales to repair it (Vic corkscrew will work right?). When I took them off I noticed they were more like a Victorinox mounting style with bushings, opposed to what I'm used to with 85mm Wengers, those circular connections where a "bar shaped" section of the outer liner snaps between 2 semi-circles.

All the replacement scales I see are that style.

When did Wenger switch to the bushing style connectors? Is this how they do it on all the locking blade knives?

I'll probably make some wood scales for it and do the exposed pins thing, since any type of wenger scale is tricky to find (tho they are available).

But I'm curious about this type of scale because I've never seen it on a Wenger.

The workmanship doesn't look so great. The bushings aren't all flat and parallell with the liner, theyre kind of tilted, and the ones on the pin for the back tools are ground on the bottom edge (since they would hang past the edge of the liner if they weren't ground)

I had the crazy idea to add the wenger pliers and wood saw if I found a knife with those tools for cheap...

The SAK on top is not in question, it has the scales im used to.

[cali-SAK-attack]

  Neat

[enki_ck]

The scales and attachment points we now know as Wenger standard were introduced in the early '80s, around the time when all the big changes started, like the locking screwdriver/bottle opener, scissors with the integrated spring, ...

[PTRSAK]

There is a thread here somewhere that shows the THREE different styles of Wenger scales, but I can't find it right now.

There is some info here.  http://www.e-webtechnologies.com/sak/Wenger_History_Hidden_Rivet_Scale_Attachment_Methods.pdf

[JamesJ]

There is a thread here somewhere that shows the THREE different styles of Wenger scales, but I can't find it right now.

There is some info here.  http://www.e-webtechnologies.com/sak/Wenger_History_Hidden_Rivet_Scale_Attachment_Methods.pdf

  that covers it...  I had no idea about the post 2007 change.

[enki_ck]

There is also a variation that was used for the last year or two of production. Similar to the Vic ones, but with out the bushings on one side.

[PTRSAK]

There is also a variation that was used for the last year or two of production. Similar to the Vic ones, but with out the bushings on one side.

I think I have an Evo16 like that. The head end of the pin is formed with the barbed shape and the tail has a bushing.

[enki_ck]

There is also a variation that was used for the last year or two of production. Similar to the Vic ones, but with out the bushings on one side.

I think I have an Evo16 like that. The head end of the pin is formed with the barbed shape and the tail has a bushing.

That's the one.