Mod - The Tool Every SAK Needs - A Paperclip!

[Jibs182]

I had these old translucent green scales laying around.  I was thinking - how could I make a SAK even more useful?  I already used it to adjust the “P-Setting” on my Traeger smoker. 

Edit: just realized I posted to the wrong forum.  Meant to post to mods

[Don Pablo]

So obvious, yet so brilliant.   
That is such a cool mod! 

[an0nemus]

Brilliant!!! 

[Butch]

I had these old translucent green scales laying around.  I was thinking - how could I make a SAK even more useful?  I already used it to adjust the “P-Setting” on my Traeger smoker. 

Edit: just realized I posted to the wrong forum.  Meant to post to mods

You should get the hacker and the mod user badge for that one. Put in your request.

[Barry Rowland]

Outstanding!!   

[theonew]

I keep one or two on my keyring but this is clever

[kottskrapa]

Nice!

Can you post a picture do we can see the slot?

[It's not failure if you learn something from it]

[hiraethus]

Neat idea.

Edit: just realized I posted to the wrong forum.  Meant to post to mods

Moved to the Mod Squad for you.

[Thunderpants]

Hm, call me Mr Misery Guts but this looks pretty stupid to me!

[hiraethus]

Hello Mr Misery Guts.

[twiliter]

I had these old translucent green scales laying around.  I was thinking - how could I make a SAK even more useful?  I already used it to adjust the “P-Setting” on my Traeger smoker. 

Edit: just realized I posted to the wrong forum.  Meant to post to mods

You should get the hacker and the mod user badge for that one. Put in your request.

Wow, and I rebuilt my whole SwissChamp for my hacker badge, I could have just shoved a paperclip in it? 

[Fuzzbucket]

...You know it's not a real badge, right? It's just a collection of pixels thingys.

[Fuzzbucket]

Nice one Jibs! 

[twiliter]

 

[Don Pablo]

I had these old translucent green scales laying around.  I was thinking - how could I make a SAK even more useful?  I already used it to adjust the “P-Setting” on my Traeger smoker. 

Edit: just realized I posted to the wrong forum.  Meant to post to mods

You should get the hacker and the mod user badge for that one. Put in your request.

Wow, and I rebuilt my whole SwissChamp for my hacker badge, I could have just shoved a paperclip in it? 

I've rebuilt SAKs multiple times and I haven't asked for any badges. 

[twiliter]

I had these old translucent green scales laying around.  I was thinking - how could I make a SAK even more useful?  I already used it to adjust the “P-Setting” on my Traeger smoker. 

Edit: just realized I posted to the wrong forum.  Meant to post to mods

You should get the hacker and the mod user badge for that one. Put in your request.

Wow, and I rebuilt my whole SwissChamp for my hacker badge, I could have just shoved a paperclip in it? 

I've rebuilt SAKs multiple times and I haven't asked for any badges. 

I think you have to document the process. 

[Don Pablo]

I had these old translucent green scales laying around.  I was thinking - how could I make a SAK even more useful?  I already used it to adjust the “P-Setting” on my Traeger smoker. 

Edit: just realized I posted to the wrong forum.  Meant to post to mods

You should get the hacker and the mod user badge for that one. Put in your request.

Wow, and I rebuilt my whole SwissChamp for my hacker badge, I could have just shoved a paperclip in it? 

I've rebuilt SAKs multiple times and I haven't asked for any badges. 

I think you have to document the process. 

Been there, done that. 

[Jibs182]

Nice!

Can you post a picture do we can see the slot?

[It's not failure if you learn something from it]

I’ll see what I can do.

I needed a paperclip, but all I had was a SAK so I just came up with this. I didn’t think there would be room to fit it, but it actually worked better than I expected.

I used a sharp wood chisel (Mora Craftsman knife) to cut out the ribs on the back of the scale between the two pins of the knife. I also had to cut out some of the tweezer slot - which didn’t affect the tweezer usage.

The translucent scale material was fairly hard to cut, I think it would be easier to do on cellidor. However I thought it would be better to see through it.

I’ve done other mods that involved peening. I’ve hand cut brass liners, etc. never tried to mod a scale before. Thanks guys.

[twiliter]

I had these old translucent green scales laying around.  I was thinking - how could I make a SAK even more useful?  I already used it to adjust the “P-Setting” on my Traeger smoker. 

Edit: just realized I posted to the wrong forum.  Meant to post to mods

You should get the hacker and the mod user badge for that one. Put in your request.

Wow, and I rebuilt my whole SwissChamp for my hacker badge, I could have just shoved a paperclip in it? 

I've rebuilt SAKs multiple times and I haven't asked for any badges. 

I think you have to document the process. 

Been there, done that. 

So why have you not asked for a badge?

[Don Pablo]

Nice!

Can you post a picture do we can see the slot?

[It's not failure if you learn something from it]

I’ll see what I can do.

I needed a paperclip, but all I had was a SAK so I just came up with this. I didn’t think there would be room to fit it, but it actually worked better than I expected.

I used a sharp wood chisel (Mora Craftsman knife) to cut out the ribs on the back of the scale between the two pins of the knife. I also had to cut out some of the tweezer slot - which didn’t affect the tweezer usage.

The translucent scale material was fairly hard to cut, I think it would be easier to do on cellidor. However I thought it would be better to see through it.

I’ve done other mods that involved peening. I’ve hand cut brass liners, etc. never tried to mod a scale before. Thanks guys.

I thought the the translucent scales are made of the same material(celidor) that the regular ones are?
I'd be interested if anyone knows more about this. 

Anyway, cool concept. 
How easy/hard is it for the paperclip to access and for it to fall out

[Don Pablo]

I had these old translucent green scales laying around.  I was thinking - how could I make a SAK even more useful?  I already used it to adjust the “P-Setting” on my Traeger smoker. 

Edit: just realized I posted to the wrong forum.  Meant to post to mods

You should get the hacker and the mod user badge for that one. Put in your request.

Wow, and I rebuilt my whole SwissChamp for my hacker badge, I could have just shoved a paperclip in it? 

I've rebuilt SAKs multiple times and I haven't asked for any badges. 

I think you have to document the process. 

Been there, done that. 

So why have you not asked for a badge?

I'm lazy. 

[twiliter]

I had these old translucent green scales laying around.  I was thinking - how could I make a SAK even more useful?  I already used it to adjust the “P-Setting” on my Traeger smoker. 

Edit: just realized I posted to the wrong forum.  Meant to post to mods

You should get the hacker and the mod user badge for that one. Put in your request.

Wow, and I rebuilt my whole SwissChamp for my hacker badge, I could have just shoved a paperclip in it? 

I've rebuilt SAKs multiple times and I haven't asked for any badges. 

I think you have to document the process. 

Been there, done that. 

So why have you not asked for a badge?

I'm lazy. 

I can relate to that. 

[Dutch_Tooler]

Nice!

Can you post a picture do we can see the slot?

[It's not failure if you learn something from it]

I’ll see what I can do.

I needed a paperclip, but all I had was a SAK so I just came up with this. I didn’t think there would be room to fit it, but it actually worked better than I expected.

I used a sharp wood chisel (Mora Craftsman knife) to cut out the ribs on the back of the scale between the two pins of the knife. I also had to cut out some of the tweezer slot - which didn’t affect the tweezer usage.

The translucent scale material was fairly hard to cut, I think it would be easier to do on cellidor. However I thought it would be better to see through it.

I’ve done other mods that involved peening. I’ve hand cut brass liners, etc. never tried to mod a scale before. Thanks guys.

Anyway, cool concept. 
How easy/hard is it for the paperclip to access and for it to fall out

+1!

One can of course counter any tendency for the paper clip to leave the slot by slightly bending the inner loop out of plane, so as to create a spring 

[Don Pablo]

Nice!

Can you post a picture do we can see the slot?

[It's not failure if you learn something from it]

I’ll see what I can do.

I needed a paperclip, but all I had was a SAK so I just came up with this. I didn’t think there would be room to fit it, but it actually worked better than I expected.

I used a sharp wood chisel (Mora Craftsman knife) to cut out the ribs on the back of the scale between the two pins of the knife. I also had to cut out some of the tweezer slot - which didn’t affect the tweezer usage.

The translucent scale material was fairly hard to cut, I think it would be easier to do on cellidor. However I thought it would be better to see through it.

I’ve done other mods that involved peening. I’ve hand cut brass liners, etc. never tried to mod a scale before. Thanks guys.

Anyway, cool concept. 
How easy/hard is it for the paperclip to access and for it to fall out

+1!

One can of course counter any tendency for the paper clip to leave the slot by slightly bending the inner loop out of plane, so as to create a spring 

Didn't think of bending the clip a little bit.

[Jibs182]

Nice!

Can you post a picture do we can see the slot?

[It's not failure if you learn something from it]

I’ll see what I can do.

I needed a paperclip, but all I had was a SAK so I just came up with this. I didn’t think there would be room to fit it, but it actually worked better than I expected.

I used a sharp wood chisel (Mora Craftsman knife) to cut out the ribs on the back of the scale between the two pins of the knife. I also had to cut out some of the tweezer slot - which didn’t affect the tweezer usage.

The translucent scale material was fairly hard to cut, I think it would be easier to do on cellidor. However I thought it would be better to see through it.

I’ve done other mods that involved peening. I’ve hand cut brass liners, etc. never tried to mod a scale before. Thanks guys.

Anyway, cool concept. 
How easy/hard is it for the paperclip to access and for it to fall out

+1!

One can of course counter any tendency for the paper clip to leave the slot by slightly bending the inner loop out of plane, so as to create a spring 

Yes you can spring it a little, but it fits fine without doing that. The edge of the paper clip sits just proud of the liner so I can get it with a finger nail. 

[Fuzzbucket]

Not a Troll, just happen to like Jibs mod that's all.

[Jibs182]

I guess I’m not sure if the translucent scales are cellidor.  Red cellidor seems softer than these green translucent scales.

[Thunderpants]

I thought for a minute you just shoved a paperclip somewhere in among the tools. Carving a dedicated slot out of the cellidor is something else entirely! So I take back my previous comment.

[twiliter]

+1 Modifying the scales is definitely a hack! 

[Jibs182]

I guess this is officially my second mod on a scale if you count adding the Swiss Blanco pocket clip on my EDC soldier.

Cutting the slot for the paper clip was done with the Morakniv Craftsman pictured.  Not a Vic, but it really comes in handy sometimes. The slot is a little rough. I plan to do this again on another knife and have a plan to make the cut cleaner