Quote from: Pablo O'Brien on September 18, 2017, 10:03:35 PMQuote from: Syph007 on September 18, 2017, 09:58:48 PMNice! Ya you cant just delete the blade layer or you get an ugly backscale with that cutout. The only other thing that works is to put the scissors layer on the back and put the corkscrew on it. Thats the only way Ive gone bladeless and kept the corkscrew. That's another good option, what do you have to do to make the Corkscrew fit, besides adding washers?I dont even add washers, the gap isnt enough to matter. All I do is bend the backspring a bit to give the scissors better closed snap. If you dont its pretty weak. Other than that I dont change a thing.If the scissors dont rest quite right after, sometimes its necessary to grind the scissors rest down just 1 mm or so so the scissors go down inside the sak further. This isnt always needed though and I think depends on how hard or at what point I bend the scissors backspring. You'll see what I mean if you try.
Quote from: Syph007 on September 18, 2017, 09:58:48 PMNice! Ya you cant just delete the blade layer or you get an ugly backscale with that cutout. The only other thing that works is to put the scissors layer on the back and put the corkscrew on it. Thats the only way Ive gone bladeless and kept the corkscrew. That's another good option, what do you have to do to make the Corkscrew fit, besides adding washers?
Nice! Ya you cant just delete the blade layer or you get an ugly backscale with that cutout. The only other thing that works is to put the scissors layer on the back and put the corkscrew on it. Thats the only way Ive gone bladeless and kept the corkscrew.
Something to watch out for when doing it syphs way, is that you need an pre-2004(?) old style outer liner with no stamped indent.
Great information. Thanks,Pablo (and Syph too)!Is the purpose of the bend to push the middle of the spring up towards the scissor or down towards the corkscrew?Anyone know any tricks for identifying SAKS with the old style liner?
Thanks man. I'm thinking about attempting: scissors with corkscrew, metal file with technician driver, openers with awl.The skeletool is one of my favorites, and I feel like this 3-layer would be a great companion. I prefer the blade,pliers, drivers, and bottle opener on the skele to the SAK equivalents (and I added a little tap hammer to the carabiner that I can't get with an sak), and I think the sak scissors and metal file are best of breed and the awl/corkscrew/technicians driver are the 3 best backtools. I'm going back and forth about including the saw instead of the openers, but leaning towards the openers so that the awl can be added without any additional work and because the bottle opener ground down to a chisel and can opener as a pry tool might ultimately be more useful to me than a saw. One of the openers and the saw on the same layer would be ideal but doesn't sound possible. I know the saw is a thin layer, but a huntsman is to big in the pocket for my tastes, so I think 3 layers is my max. In terms of the mod, I think I have a grasp on everything except bending the blade spring so that it can accommodate the scissors. Think there's a pretty good chance of me smurfing this up, but we'll see. Preening should be interesting too. Was originally going to sacrifice the new craftsman (too big in the pocket for me, and can't justify carrying it instead of a PST2 or skele) but now I'm thinking of just using the old ranger and dealing with the fact that the tools are beatup...at least initially.