Spartan Built at the Vic Shop London (a few Picks)

[Ross]

So today I went to the Victorinox shop London to build my Farther's Day Spartan 

This was a great experience and for someone who does not mod and gave me a great inside in to whats involved and how a SAK fits together 

They actually let me have two goes as the on the first attempt the second layer spring came un-alined when hammering the rivets down, the affect this has was then the cork crew opened it shut with no tension and was lose - then when I opened the main blade it locked the cork screw in place.

Then on the second attempt everything fit together like I had made 100 of them  - I then asked the lady if I could keep the failed attempted and she yes 

I have added a few picks for you all - sorry about my ugly boat race -


Oh and I decoded on the see through scales as you can then see my handy hammer work on the rivets.

[Ross]

More actions shots

[Ross]

nearly done

[Ross]

Oil and final Spartan

[kirk13]

Nice one mate,glad you had a good experience there

[Ross]

Failed attempt and my special Father's Day Knife.

[colt 1911]

That's so cool, wish they did that here in the States. I would be broke though !

[396988]

Sweet, what other choices of scale colours are there?

[Ross]

Sweet, what other choices of scale colours are there?

Translucent Red/Blue and Standard Red and Black.

I was all for Standard red but me partner said it would be best to get translucent so I could see my handy work lol

[Gareth]

Very cool mate.

[digitaldave]

Great stuff - I'm going there next week to make mine! Glad there's a couple of scale options, I might go with one of the translucent ones...

[Jailbird]

So cool! That looks great.

[ColoSwiss]

A neat experience and a great gift! 

[Nhoj]

Very cool!

[nuphoria]

Very groovy indeed

[Cupboard]

That's a fantastic feature for the shop to have.
Is this a one off special for fathers' day* or is it a permanent thing? And will they let you do anything other than a Spartan?

*my dad's awesome, he threatens to disown me if I send him anything for "a creation of the card companies and marketing departments"

[Syph007]

Neat to see the tools they use, thanks for the pics!  So how does it form the rivet, is it manual hammering, or powered?

[Grathr]

If I go to London again I will have to try that!

[Ross]

Neat to see the tools they use, thanks for the pics!  So how does it form the rivet, is it manual hammering, or powered?

its all a manual hammering process - the hammer has a criss cross design (a little like a meat tenderiser but not as raised).

I have some video of this process if you like

Thinking about it I should have taken some close up of all the different elements but I am sure when I go back I can take some more pic.

I love the fact they let me keep the knife did not turn out so well - she said that sometimes she can make up to three knives with people as the springs don't always stay put and come lose during the hammering process (there is a correct place to hold the knife during this step)

 

[Ross]

That's a fantastic feature for the shop to have.
Is this a one off special for fathers' day* or is it a permanent thing? And will they let you do anything other than a Spartan?

*my dad's awesome, he threatens to disown me if I send him anything for "a creation of the card companies and marketing departments"

Its permanent thing as I understand - At this time you can only make the Spartan - I did suggest that a swiss champ should be available to make but its all about how long it takes and their time spend with you I suppose.


I was there just over an hour.

[3rdpig]

That is really cool.  Congratulations!  I would really love to do that.

[FolderBeholder]

Adds more sentiment to the gift, very cool! 

[Cupboard]

Presumably you have to pay though?

Turn up with some parts and ask to make a Scientist...