Victorinox Swiss Army Knife scales 5

I've been doing a lot of this lately. The star of today episode will be a Victorinox Solo. I made my first pair of scales for this model. They are made of industrial linen micarta - REZOTEX.

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91mm Carbon Fiber scales... Yeah I can do that too! One pair is bead blasted, second is polished.

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84mm neon green scales. First pair is beadblasted. Second one is beadblasted with a diamond pattern.

Another new color. Red transparent G10 for 91mm SAK with toothpick and tweezers. It looks like a strawberry ;)

Oh, and one orange pair I forgot last time. 84mm orange G10 with my own 'crocodile back' pattern. Very grippy...

VAULT OPENER Titanium Prybar

About two month ago, encouraged by David Bowen from multitool.org, I decided to design a pocket prybar for my regular offer. As a base, I used the projects I made last year, and in short, that is how the VAULT OPENERS were created :D. VO is 11cm long pocket prybar, which gives a lot of prying power. They are milled from over 4mm titanium sheet so are probably one of the toughest in the market. I made them in two versions: for metric and imperial size hex nuts. Metric size is for M5 and M6 screws and imperial ones are for 10 and 1/4 screws. Both versions have a slot for 1/4'' hex bits. For the first series I made four pieces. All of them are stonewashed. Two are heat anodized for tan and blue (violet?) color.

As you see in the pictures they can be dress very fancy ;). I am adding a pack of colorful orings to each tool, including silicone GITD ones (don't let the picture fool you, they are not glowing as bright - magic of exposition!)

Victorinox Swiss Army Knife scales 4

Below you will find several sets of scales that I finished lately. As you can see, I am showing scales not attached to a knife. It is because I decided to sold the scales separately, so they can be attached to the knife you want. I also decided to start a gallery with my custom scales for SAK, so everything will be always in one place. You will find the link in the right part of the blog or you can just use this link .

Lets start with mall orange ones... Scales for SAK 91mm, orange G10, beadblasted.

Scales for SAK 91mm, orange G10 with my first attempt to make the reptilian patter.

Scales for SAK 91mm, brown canvas micarta, polished.

Scales for SAK 91mm, black G10. Stonewashed titanium with gentle grooves.

Scales for SAK 91mm, black G10. Grooved for a better grip.

Something special in the end. Scales for SAK 91mm. Jade and black G10 and GITD 'ninja' as a lanyard. Custom order with Mount Blanc map.

Titanium ENTRY TOOL for Maciej

   I have just finished another titanium project for Maciej. Titanium tool made according to his guidelines for a pure fun of having ;). It is hard to say what kind of tool it is but I it makes me think of 'pocket size' entry tools so I will call it this way. It is the thickest titanium ever milled on CNC - over 5mm. I have bead blasted the surface, then heat anodized it for a brown color and use a little bit of stonewashing technique to get that old, rusty look.

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Survival Kits Project (Part 3) My first pouch for a survival tin

My first pouch for a survival tin. Made with 2.5mm thick veg tanned leather. I have used a swing bag clasp from Tandy as a fastener. I've read that it is the best solution for such a pouch and actually it works better than I expected. Very practical in use. Pouch was dyed with Fiebing's Pro Oil Dye, and is finished with SNO Seal. There is enough room for a tin and for example 83mm Victorinox SAK or a small flashlight.

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New PROTOTYPES

Hi! I have been working on those desings for almost a year and finally I started to make prototypes. As usual, I am making them in cooperation with my brother on our CNC milling machine. My idea was to design a couple of knives which will be my regular models. I decided to design two size of friction folders, and two necks: three finger with scales and skeletonized one. For the friction folders, I have used the concept of knives that I made in the past: WAR Squirrel and small Squirrel. I don't have a prototype for a small squirrel yet but I hape to make it soon. As those are just prototypes, I have used black G10 for the scales - it will be different in finished models. A prototype of the two finger neck knife (I have to think of a name for it) is made only with G10 but it is just to check how it fits the hand.

I think of this neck as a some kind of Pocket Survival Knife. It is a hidden tang construction so it is very light but steel durable as it will be 2.5-3mm steel.

Two finger neck. For sure I will make a titanium version of this knife with carbidized edge. It fits to Altoids tin, which was one of my priorities during designing. Another priority was a paracord wrap option.

WAR Squirrel is back! I've got many requests to make more of this folder. There was only one piece of it in the whole world but soon there will be more ;).  I have changed the original design a little bit and now it will look even more like a folding cleaver.