Is there a way to fit a pen on a 74mm ?

[Steve MacAdam]

Hello gentlemen,

I own a few SAks. My current EDC is a Compact (previous was an alox Cadet). What drove me to the compact was the scissors and the pen of the plus scales. However, the Compact is...well... not compact enough  (and lacks screwdrivers options).

If finding 84mm scissors was not difficult, I would try DIY some kind of Compact in 84mm with a Philips instead of Corkscrew (Yup, Im' one of those guys  ) and custom 84 plus scales.

As it seems quite hard to achieve, I'm looking another direction. The Executive just looks awesome. Really, except the lack of ballpoint, it is perfect for me. But I can't seem to find 74mm plus scales or just any way to have a pen on it. Ideally I'd like to have the 71mm pen of the 91mm models. However, even the small pen of the 58mm model would do. The staight pin of the plus scales would be nice to have, but not mandatory.

This where I need you. Do you know somebody, anybody, that would do such mod ? Either DIY tutorial, or builder/merchant to buy it from.

Thanks to those who will take the time and have the knowledge to answer 

[Kev D]

Welcome to 

I don't have the sak knowledge to answer your question but I'm sure someone who is will be along soon 

[magentus]

With a bit of file work you should be able to cut a slot for the pen to fit, and maybe the pin could be secured beneath one of the lesser used tools?

[twiliter]

Seems the Signature 1 removable pen would probably go right in, in place of either the tweezers or toothpick, guess it depends on what pen you want. Might be difficult to source one as they are out of production.

[Steve MacAdam]

Hi guys,

First, let me thank you for your quick replies 

@Twiliter : Are you really sure it would fit in ? Because if so, it might be my best option if nobody makes custom 74mm plus scales 

@Magentus : I've never really looked the under sides of plus scales. You think that just filing the under face of the scale would do ? Because I've a filing that letting the pen rest on the scale is... I don't know, I would never have thougt of that ^^'
And if you have the experience with this, do you think the full size regular plus scale pen would fit in an executive or is the exec too short ?

@KevD : Thanks for the kind words 

If others want to chime in, you're most welcome 

[crackout]

Bear in mind that 74mm knives just like 58mm have two adjacent rivets on both ends. Fitting a pen there might work but you'll lose one of the orher scale tools.