Can I put a new SAK in these scales?

[MedusaOblongata]

My lovely girlfriend just returned from a work trip to New Zealand. She bought me this wood handled "sak" with my name on it.









I really like the look of these wood scales, but the knife is cheap chinese junk. I'd like to buy a nice SAK and just put these scales on it. She's not likely to notice the difference, and I could probably explain it away if she did, but then I'd be able to carry and use it. The scales measure 89.4mm. The scales appear to be glued on. Hopefully I'd be able to remove them by using a razor blade.

Is this something that could be done?
Which models would fit?

Thank you.

[magentus]

Lovely thought from your girlfriend there 

Unfortunately, the scales will probably not transfer onto an official SAK. Both sides have the corkscrew cut-out whreas a SAK only has one scale with the cut-out.

Also, it's unlikely the pins will line up properly, and at 89.4mm they are 1.6mm short of the 91mm range. 

Maybe just keep it as a thoughtful gift from someone who loves you 

[stoneshank]

I agree with Magentus, there seems to be a deal breaker south the corkscrew.

About pins: as long as you're fine with glueing the scales on a sak then it's probably no issue as you can measure new holes and drill them yourself.

Lengthwise it should "work" .

I think you should consider Magentus advice to keep it as a loving gift.place it above the fire place, or inside it of she breaks up with you sometime! (sorry, my dark humor)

~ i love whittling and SAK's  ~

[MedusaOblongata]

I just found this SAK in a box this evening. Every time I try to use it for something it doesn't work impressively well. It's not doing much good in a spare knife/parts box on a shelf. Would somebody be so kind as to provide a list of SAK models that would fit and I'll figure it out from there?  Thank you.

[pfrsantos]

I agree with Magentus, there seems to be a deal breaker south the corkscrew.

About pins: as long as you're fine with glueing the scales on a sak then it's probably no issue as you can measure new holes and drill them yourself.

Lengthwise it should "work" .

I think you should consider Magentus advice to keep it as a loving gift.place it above the fire place, or inside it of she breaks up with you sometime! (sorry, my dark humor)

~ i love whittling and SAK's  ~

You could try to find a piece of wood similar in colour to it and get a small piece to fill the cutout gap.

Whatever you do, good luck! I hope it works out!

 

[Fortytwo]

I just found this SAK in a box this evening. Every time I try to use it for something it doesn't work impressively well. It's not doing much good in a spare knife/parts box on a shelf. Would somebody be so kind as to provide a list of SAK models that would fit and I'll figure it out from there?  Thank you.

The problem is that it probably doesn't really fit any SAK in a decent way without a lot of work. It's too short for the 91 mm line and to long for the 84 & 85 mm lines. On top of that it has two cut-outs where all SAK models have one at most. If you're determined it might be possible to reshape them to fit something in the 84 mm range but the trouble with the cut-out remains. To make matters worse the "important side" (i.e. the one with your name on it) is the wrong side for the cut-out, otherwise a solution where you only transfer the named side would have been a possible solution.

The most feasible alternative I can offer other than what pfrsantos just offered is to transplant it onto a Classic (or really any 58 mm knife), that might work but it is going to be a close call and the holes for the pins might be in the way for that to work out. And there wouldn't be much left of the original scale by that point.

[comis]

I just found this SAK in a box this evening. Every time I try to use it for something it doesn't work impressively well. It's not doing much good in a spare knife/parts box on a shelf. Would somebody be so kind as to provide a list of SAK models that would fit and I'll figure it out from there?  Thank you.

I originally tried to suggest to retro fit it onto the 84/91mm chassis, but FortyTwo is right on the spot--the corkscrew is on the 'wrong' side, so it probably will not be an easy mod.  Maybe doing a cutout and refit onto a wood scale as some form of inlay?  But that's probably easier said than done.

[MedusaOblongata]

Preliminary research suggests the evo evolution delemont 18 or S18 (the model names confuse me) could fit. Does that look right? I want phillips and scissors. I can grind the wood down where it's too long.

[ComboTool]

I think they have the same tool selection, the "S" denotes the presence of a locking blade. However, this doesn't solve the problem of having corkscrew cut-outs on both scales mentionned in previous replies.

[MedusaOblongata]

Right. There doesn't seem to be a good solution to that so I might just have to deal with the imperfection of the unused cutout.

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