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[Helvetica Bold]

That’s a couple of lovely mods there Barba. That Tourist is a Sportsman… it has the file instead of the small blade ;0)

Just gotta echo Aloha and agree there are some crazy good, very imaginative and attractive  mods coming out recently.

Keep ‘em coming 

[Don Pablo]

 
Those bolsters look really nice!

[BarbaBaba]

That’s a couple of lovely mods there Barba. That Tourist is a Sportsman… it has the file instead of the small blade ;0)

Just gotta echo Aloha and agree there are some crazy good, very imaginative and attractive  mods coming out recently.

Keep ‘em coming 

Yes. off course you are right. Sportsman with the file, Tourist with penblade

[BarbaBaba]

 

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I decided to do something crazy... Brass liners and home made canvas micarta on a vintage model
 

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[Aloha]

   That came out very nice looking. 

[BarbaBaba]

 

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I have done this lambs foot on the pen blade a few times. I find it very handy on the small blade when cutting leather or against a ruler
Top- Moose horn and brass liners. Bottom- Desert Ironwood and titanium liners

[pfrsantos]

  That came out very nice looking.

+1

[pfrsantos]

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Top- Moose horn and brass liners. Bottom- Desert Ironwood and titanium liners

That dual scale combo is 

 

[BarbaBaba]

That dual scale combo is 

 

Maybe it´s me who missunderstand what you mean, or you missunderstod my pics... It´s two different knives
The one with Ironwood and titanium is not finished in the pic, just took a pic while putting it together
 

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here is the finished knife

[BarbaBaba]

When I started my SAK-mod-building, I started with single layer Alox models. I wanted them to have a feeling of old early 1900 century knives
 

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Brass or nickel silver bolsters with bone or wood scales. Brass liners and pins. They get a fair bit heavier than the original aluminum and celidor

[Enginears]

When I started my SAK-mod-building, I started with single layer Alox models. I wanted them to have a feeling of old early 1900 century knives
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Brass or nickel silver bolsters with bone or wood scales. Brass liners and pins. They get a fair bit heavier than the original aluminum and celidor

Those, and all your others posted here are beautiful. 
The moose horn has a very classic look to it, reminds me of something my grandfather had.

[BarbaBaba]

Those, and all your others posted here are beautiful. 
The moose horn has a very classic look to it, reminds me of something my grandfather had.

Thank you so much! I will take a fresh pic of it with all tools out, and showing how I finished the moose horn. My initial plan was to have it bone-white. It had some nice patina in it, so I enhanced that instead

[pfrsantos]

Maybe it´s me who missunderstand what you mean, or you missunderstod my pics... It´s two different knives
The one with Ironwood and titanium is not finished in the pic, just took a pic while putting it together
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here is the finished knife

Nope, my bad! I thought it was just one. The good thing is that I get to  two knives instead of just one!

 

[BarbaBaba]

 

Nope, my bad! I thought it was just one. The good thing is that I get to  two knives instead of just one!

 

[BarbaBaba]

My latest little build. 84mm Sportsman with brass liners and pins. Acid washed tools and African Ebony scales.
 

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Polished inside. Just waiting for the oil to dry before final polishing of the ebony

[pfrsantos]

My latest little build. 84mm Sportsman with brass liners and pins. Acid washed tools and African Ebony scales.
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Polished inside. Just waiting for the oil to dry before final polishing of the ebony

[Helvetica Bold]

When I started my SAK-mod-building, I started with single layer Alox models. I wanted them to have a feeling of old early 1900 century knives
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Brass or nickel silver bolsters with bone or wood scales. Brass liners and pins. They get a fair bit heavier than the original aluminum and celidor

These look great. Am I right in thinking the bolsters are connected under the wood to form the outermost liner and the wood just sits in the dish formed by the connecting plate?

[BarbaBaba]

These look great. Am I right in thinking the bolsters are connected under the wood to form the outermost liner and the wood just sits in the dish formed by the connecting plate?

*On the amber bone model in the pic. The bolsters are nickel-silver and are soldered to the brass liners, the amber bone scales are glued and peened to the brass liner.
*The white model have black G-10 liners and white G-10 scales. Glued and peened together

[BarbaBaba]

@Helvetica Bold
Here is another one with nickel-silver bolsters and stained Ox-bone, also with brass liners and pins (except for the pin in the bolster wich also is nickel-silver

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[Don Pablo]

Didn't think this deserved it's own topic, I'm pondering whether to add a cybertool to my bladeless mod.
Obviously I need to decide for myself if it's worth it, but what's your opinions on the proposed toolset for an urban SAK?
Whilst I'm at it, also considering taking off the saw, because again, urban SAK.
Pros: Cybertool!
Cons: Extra thickness?

 

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[Annihilator]

What would be bothering me personally, is the redundancy of the philips and the cybertool. I would probably need to remove the magnifier/philips layer to be happy with the added cybertool.

[Tasky]

I carried my Cybertool Lite for a while, expecting to be securing and/or unscrewing everything in sight... But mostly I encountered either standard Phillips screws, or allen and torx bolts that were larger than any of the bits in the Cybertool range, for which I have a pocket ratchet set.
I still use teh Cybertool, but only when working on electronics, but even then I tend to have a far wider range of dedicated tools already on hand. It's more of a showpiece than anything else.

[Don Pablo]

What would be bothering me personally, is the redundancy of the philips and the cybertool. I would probably need to remove the magnifier/philips layer to be happy with the added cybertool.

That's a good point. I definitely see what you mean.

I carried my Cybertool Lite for a while, expecting to be securing and/or unscrewing everything in sight... But mostly I encountered either standard Phillips screws, or allen and torx bolts that were larger than any of the bits in the Cybertool range, for which I have a pocket ratchet set.
I still use teh Cybertool, but only when working on electronics, but even then I tend to have a far wider range of dedicated tools already on hand. It's more of a showpiece than anything else.

Thanks for the carry experience!
Yeah, maybe I'm not going to find many opportunities in which a cybertool is needed.


I realized that this bladeless mod has most of the tools from a swisschamp, except for the pliers, fishscaler, and of course the blades. Right now it's significantly thinner than a swisschamp, but there wouldn't be much thickness difference if I added on the cybertool. At which point I might go "maybe I should just use the swisschamp" if I end up thinking the cybertool isn't very useful in practice. 

[eugenewee89]

Hi gents, just got into modding SAKs and this forum has been a beacon of light for me as a beginner. Not to forget Cody at Fit 2 Survive's Youtube channel for the awesome tutorials.

I'm presenting my personal custom Roadman. Inspired by one of Cody's creation with includes the Spyderco Roadie but in a 84mm frame. Started out as a Tinker Small, adding a scissors from a Wenger. Added the Roadie blade and used 2 X Recruit backspring and custom spacer.

 

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[Annihilator]

That looks really nice I have asked myself what an impact the acid wash has on the sharpness of the tools like the can-opener and the scissors. Would you share some experience?

[BarbaBaba]

 

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I built my first 3 layer 84mm . I prefer  2 layer 84mm´s when it comes to pocket carry, so I tried to make it as thin as possible. I used 0,5mm brass for liners and home made jute micarta for the scales. Unfortunately it turned out a bit on the thick side anyway, so I sanded the scales down a bit more (and needed to peen it again). Now it´s about the same thickness as a 2 layer, but the nice pattern is gone...

[BarbaBaba]

That looks really nice I have asked myself what an impact the acid wash has on the sharpness of the tools like the can-opener and the scissors. Would you share some experience?

You will need to sharpen them again when they are done. I do my washing in a plastic jar with shards from broken coffee cups, and ceramic shards will dull the sharp edges

[Annihilator]

You will need to sharpen them again when they are done. I do my washing in a plastic jar with shards from broken coffee cups, and ceramic shards will dull the sharp edges

I figured, but how do you sharpen the round edge of the can opener, the edges of a wenger scissors or a woodsaw? I'd imagine that is an extreme pain in the a**.

[eugenewee89]

I figured, but how do you sharpen the round edge of the can opener, the edges of a wenger scissors or a woodsaw? I'd imagine that is an extreme pain in the a**.

For the can opener, I took the ceramic rods from my Sharpmaker and just resharpen it. It doesn't have to be razor sharp. As for the Wenger Scissors, they are self-sharpening so no resharpening required. The saw probably would be definite pain.. but you can protect the teeth with nail polish before acid-etch.

[Tasky]

Woodsaw would be sharpened with the appropriate sawfile, just like any other woodworking handsaw.