modded SAK for whittling

[Paul]

Looking at a book once that said a tinker with the keyring removed and the 'bump' for the keyring ground off is perfecto for the whittler.

Some nice stuff in that book too.

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Little-Book-Whittling-Passing-Trail/dp/1565232747/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251373924&sr=8-1

It's a great book isn't it

[Paul]

That's the one 

[Gareth]

It's the reason I made mine.

[Spork, Lord of Lime Jello!]

It's the reason I made mine.

What...no Spurtles? 

[nuphoria]

Oooh, now I NEED a copy of that book 

[Gareth]

It's the reason I made mine.

What...no Spurtles? 

No, but it's not a bad idea.

[Spork, Lord of Lime Jello!]

It's the reason I made mine.

What...no Spurtles?  

No, but it's not a bad idea.

Off you go then to practice your Spurtle-Fu

[Sean]

I want to get a pocket knife for those odd times I get the urge to whittle on the fly.  I will keep my eye open for a Tinker. 
I have those whittling books coming from our local library.  They apparently have them all.

[Sean]

Here's my take on the subject.  It started life as a Hiker, I removed the opener layer (and so also the split-ring), flattened out the edge and made a very acute angle on the small blade.  I liked the idea of having the saw there so as I could gather the wood with it as well.

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That said I'm still not any good at whittling.  

PS I just looked at the pic again and I've since done more on the small blade.

Gareth,

I was out the other day on the trail looking for branches.  I took along a SAK that had a saw but is
pretty much unsuitable for whittling much.  This knife though I could have used!  This will be my
next SAK purchase.

Spork,

I really like your mod's done to your whittlers!  How did you manage to punch another nail
nick right through the blade like that?  Was it tricky/hard?

cheers,
Sean

[nuphoria]

Got my whittling book now.... no tree is safe

[Spork, Lord of Lime Jello!]

...How did you manage to punch another nail
nick right through the blade like that?  Was it tricky/hard?

I use a Dremel cut-off disc and diamond bits along with needle files. It takes a steady hand and some clean up with sandpaper...especially if you slip.

[Gareth]

That's about as simple a layer mod as you can do.  All you need to do is get a Hiker, pop off the scales, drill out the pins, gently tap them back (but not all the way out) so as to remove the opener layer only, put the outside liner and bushes back in place, peen it over and stick on the scales.  Easy.  

As to the small blade I just used a series of diamond stones to first make the profile I wanted and then re-do the edge bevel.  Again, as the small blade is so thin, this really is less work than you might think.

[ICanFixThat]

I think/hope it's his fingers 

Lovely mods... I like taking the opening layer out too as it's mostly redundant in these things.

How does one go about getting lovely mosaic pins in a SAK scale then? They look 

There is a mosaic pin article at SOSAKonline - you need to log in to see it.

OK I'm slow.  So are the Mosaic pins then just decorative and not really holding the knife together?

[Freudian Frog]

I think/hope it's his fingers 

Lovely mods... I like taking the opening layer out too as it's mostly redundant in these things.

How does one go about getting lovely mosaic pins in a SAK scale then? They look 

There is a mosaic pin article at SOSAKonline - you need to log in to see it.

OK I'm slow.  So are the Mosaic pins then just decorative and not really holding the knife together?

Aye.

[Sean]

Spork,

Have you ever thought of putting together a 4 bladed SAK with just whittling blades?  Just curious
because you do such a great job of your mod's. 


Gareth,

I have that book on loan from our Library and just love it.  The branches around here are plentiful.
Nice job on your woods!

[Spork, Lord of Lime Jello!]

I suppose it's possible on the 84mm frame. Personally I would put the saw between the blade layers make it easier to access the nail nicks. I built a "Doublesport" that way.

You could use the cleaned backed-springs from the MFV or Recruit for the blade layers and the woodsaw spring is also clean-backed. It would be necessary to use an older thick-tang main blade...or make a spacer for the additional blade layer.

I've done a couple of 2-layer, 3-bladed whittlers...

[Sean]

those are really nice.  I love the 3 bladed ironwood unit in the bottom pic.