Silly name aside, it's a midnight manager with the blade and file replaced with a scalpel holder, and then a single layer 58mm with a standard hook, quint rake, and turning tool. Nothing special about the scalpel mod, I did it because I don't like sharpening blades, abuse my blades, and don't like to throw out my mods if I accidentally forget they are in my bag and end up at airport security. The other parts of the mod, well there are two things I figured might be useful to share with the community, the way that the two tools are held together, and the way that the turning tool is held into the tool.
The two tools are stacked next to each other, and the channel in the back of frame scale hold a neodymium magnet on one side, that the channel in the other nests into. This allows the tool to be pulled apart, so you can use the lock pick by itself. For this version, there isn't really a "need" to be able to pull them apart, but I originally had a 4mm bit driver on one side with the scissors and scalpel on the other side. It was getting to the point where the size was a bit annoying when lockpicking. But with some of the monster 10x layer 58 mms I've seen out there, maybe that could be useful for some of you. So far, the magnetic hold has been plenty strong enough for EDC. When I've dropped these I've popped off a scale, but never had the tool separate from the magnets, it takes quite a lot of force. Not hard to do with fingernails, but more than you'd expect.
Second idea was to have the turning tool be hidden and snag free. While I've seen other lockpicking mods, a struggle of making it easy to EDC (IMHO) is the incorporation of the turning tool. Almost everyone seems to use the tweezer slot, which works, but hangs over the tool and typically sticks out somewhat awkwardly. Easy to snag on things and also typically gives you a "bottom of the keyway" turner, when I prefer top of the keyway. To fix this a took a 0-80 nut (I'm using 0/80 screws as picots here instead of the brass rod and bushings, mostly so that I can get the screw heads countersunk to have less of a gap between the two sides with the channels and magnets), and ground it down to make a spacers that's just a bit larger than the threads of the screw/pivot. I then installed this on the back spring side that typically would have the tool. This allowed me to cut an indent into the turning tool, such that it becomes detachable, but held in quite well with the backspring spring tension. This could be used for other implements that you want to be able to remove from the tool, or use in conjunction with the tool.
As a slight bonus, flipping the tension tool around and installing it backwards gives you a pretty decent travelers hook. (Sorry about the lockpicking jargon if you're typically just a multitool guy)
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