Sewing needle storage

[Lynn LeFey]

This isn't some ground-breaking idea, I don't think, but I came up with this way to store a Sewing needle in a Sac (with a corkscrew).

This is just an eraser from a mechanical pencil, with a spiral grove roughly cut into it. I then drove the needle through the eraser, and used another little piece to cover the needle tip. The needle is just a little too long to fit in the Wenger pictured here, but the idea seems reasonably secure. A shorter needle would obviously work better.

It MIGHT be possible to run a needle through a bit of eraser and put it into the pin hole on a 91mm Vic, but I'd be more concerned about losing it that way.

Nothing Earth shattering here, just a thought.

[kkokkolis]

I keep a sewing needle under the fish scaler and wood saw. It  is magnetized  and that  helps to  stay in place when I deploy the blades. The tip came from the Swiss Army Owner's Manual of  Mr Young. I keep two  more on the pouch, under the belt compartment. All three needles are long, one fine, one wide and one curved.

[Taxi Dad]

 
i used to carry a fairly large needle under the 'saw blade' on my old vic camper (looks like it would be ok on my 'champ'). never had a problem with it falling out in pocket. just need to remember it's there when deploying the saw, and find somewhere for it while using the saw.

* SNAP ! lol

[J Mackrel Jones]

That looks good Lynn.  Good old corkscrew...
I discovered a peculiarity of the construction of my Vic Executive when after storing a sewing needle down the toothpick hole I would find a similar one on the carpet - next time I saw the needle fall out of the end of the knife between liner and divider!  Turns out this model's liner has a slot down the middle under the scale - the needle migrates from the toothpick hole into the space behind the back-spring and just slides out.  So I am still wondering how to grant a Tailor's abilities to an Executive.  Not to mention surging the odd splinter.

[nuphoria]

That works

You can also use the pin hole on plus scales to fit a smallish one

[Mitch-O]

Topic Re-animation:
If anyone wonders if the camo scales has the "needle" hole below the corckscrew...    yes of course 

[Tinner]

i used to carry a fairly large needle under the 'saw blade' on my old vic camper (looks like it would be ok on my 'champ'). never had a problem with it falling out in pocket. just need to remember it's there when deploying the saw, and find somewhere for it while using the saw.

* SNAP ! lol

 I too keep a sewing needle under the saw. I carry a Fieldmaster daily. To retain the needle in the space between the liners I wrapped it with thread until it was snug enough but not impossible to remove. I use my toothpick to retrieve it. I can deploy my saw and use it vigorously with no fear of the needle disappearing. 

[Aloha]

Very cool.  Having that extra tool is great.  If you work with wood or spend any time outdoors you're gonna get a splinter. 

[Tinner]

I’m sheetmetal worker by trade (hence Tinner). My splinters are metal and the straight pin in the scales or the sewing needle are deployed if scraping it with my blade doesn’t snag it.

 Plus I like to spend lots of time outdoors. One area I ATV and also hunt is full of dogwood which has two inch long thorns as well as wild rose. Dug out many a thorn too. Lol

[Aloha]

Yikes,  I worked in metal fabrication in receiving.  Jeez I recall those metal splinters,  .