Organizing my SAK collection.

[Chako]

I finally got around to semi-organizing the SAK collection. I am still not happy with the arrangements, but I am mostly there.

Instead of having the Wenger collection stuffed into one drawer, I now expanded the space to two drawers. The first will now hold the 120mm knives along with the 65mm knives.



The second drawer will now have the 85mm and 100mm Wenger knives.



My utility knife collection keeps expanding. Probably because they tend to be dirt cheap and everyone seems to make them. I expanded into another drawer. For now, it holds only the Canadian Tire Mastercraft brand. On the right, is my meager knife grouping.



Next is the main utility knife drawer. Seeing that I have plenty of room, I decided to display those special military knives that I won off of EDCGear in style.



Next up are a series of Victorinox dedicated drawers. The nice thing now is that I have expansion room…plenty of it. I was able to spread out the knives so that they are not literally on top of each other. The first drawer is dedicated to the 58mm and 74mm knives. I decided to place the baker knives here also.



Next, a drawer dedicated to 111mm, 108mm, and 84mm knives, along with some custom Vic knives.



The 93mm knives now have their own drawer.



Next up is the 91mm group with a few 100mm gardener knives.



A whole drawer to display the giant display knife.



These two drawers, I haven’t organized yet. The first is a medium deep drawer that holds a bunch of Victorinox kits, books, parts kits, etc. The second is the deepest drawer full to the top with special collector SAKS. I think I may have to expand that bottom drawer so that I can find items when I am looking for them. Right now, it is a real mess.

[Smitty44]

Great lay out,glad to see you like utility knives also.

[cerbera147]

Looking good sir 

I read the title and thought 'that must be a helluva job  '

I'm guessing you have them catalogued somewhere as well

I'm sure I missed it from earlier but what's the story of the giant display knife? Is it from one of the large store displays?

[Turnstone]

Looks good! How long did it take you to organize this?

[richs2891]

Wow nice collection, not thought of using a tool chest as a lockable display cabinet.

Richard

[Sea Monster]

If you just kept them in Archive boxes you could have spent the money for the tool chest on more SAKs!

[cerbera147]

The red tool box is a popular method of storing 

Even for me

http://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,22161.0.html

http://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,20403.0.html

[Reinier]

Great collection and I love the tool chest

[Chako]

Cerbera, no I don't. Not yet. I know what I have with my multi-tools, but I will admit, SAKs tend to look a lot alike. Now that I have them semi-organized, it should be easier to ID them and make a master list. As for the Display knife, I have no history on it other than it is very well made, heavy, and big. The tools have no back spring tension, even though there are metal pieces that look like back springs. The tools are just rounded and thus don't lock. The bottle opener doesn't close due to a slight thickness to accommodate a small threaded hole. My guess, it is meant to attach to something there, or it is meant to be like it is in my drawer, splayed out on a flat surface to catch the eye in a display case.

Turnstone, it took about an hour, and I am still not done. I really need to clean those two deep bottom drawers. I am not 100% sure what I have down there anymore. I recall doing a photo thread about my bottom drawer contents once, but that was some time ago. Maybe I might do another one someday soon. Hmmm. if the weather is rotten, I might even do one today and finish the organizing job. Shrugs.

richs2891, once you go tool chest, there is no going back.

Sea Monster, what is the point of spending on more items when you can't display and secure them properly?

[cerbera147]

Cerbera, no I don't. Not yet. I know what I have with my multi-tools, but I will admit, SAKs tend to look a lot alike. Now that I have them semi-organized, it should be easier to ID them and make a master list. As for the Display knife, I have no history on it other than it is very well made, heavy, and big. The tools have no back spring tension, even though there are metal pieces that look like back springs. The tools are just rounded and thus don't lock. The bottle opener doesn't close due to a slight thickness to accommodate a small threaded hole. My guess, it is meant to attach to something there, or it is meant to be like it is in my drawer, splayed out on a flat surface to catch the eye in a display case.

The display SAK looks pretty special and distinct  Not sure why but I didn't think they were made from metal 

Sea Monster, what is the point of spending on more items when you can't display and secure them properly?

+1    I agree Chako. No point in having these pieces of art and engineering and tuck them away in their boxes out of sight. Whether you are user or collector the tool chest works for both. A place for everything and everything in its place

It was actually Mrs. C who pushed me to go for my tool chest  Think she was sick of finding my stuff lying around the house 

[Chako]

Here are a couple new photographs just taken to put the display knife into perspective. That small knife with it is a SwissChamp.








And I just tidied up my 93mm knife drawer for now.

[ryan1835]

do the tools fold on the super climber?

[Chako]

They all fold away except for the bottle opener which is a tad too thick to occupy the space left over from the can opener...and it is a very big Super Tinker.

[ryan1835]

oops i didnt notice the phillips...

and its a shame its not fully functional

[Chako]

I just finished organizing that last drawer into two drawers.