Making the Swiss army knife better

Making custom Swiss Army knife wood scales, can opener mod, and a brass thumb stud.
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Chapters
0:00 Deluxe Tinker
0:30 How to remove Swiss Army knife scales
0:57 Wood 91 mm Scales
02:40 Can opener hook mod
03:09 Adding a Thumbstud
05:21 Custom Brass veneer inlay
06:42 How to fix a laser cutter: circles, squares
07:14 Finishing the inlay

[@edwardfletcher7790]

There's a lot of great tips here and a staggering amount of effort👍

[@FelixImmler]

Super Video!... Thank you very much for mention me!!

[@Kayakatools]

Hey Felix, I’m glad you liked it

[@endlosz]

A few years ago, a customer of mine wanted me to build his iPod into his Swiss army knife, and I put it together with a wooden cover in such a way that it also functioned as a money clip, because I screwed and glued the part of the clip into the body.

[@Kayakatools]

An iPod in a SAK is crazy, that would be cool to see

[@thornekimroberts8502]

You should sale those scales to the public. I would buy one for sure!

[@Kayakatools]

I should do that, I need to finish the shield logo, I’m considering using wood instead of brass to simplify the process

[@thornekimroberts8502]

@@Kayakatools you do a fantastic job on them. Telling ya they would sell like hot cakes.

[@DoingMoreKustoms]

Good job, thumbs up from me.

[@korgan7779]

Very excellent work, a lot of ideas and tips! Thank you for sharing! And as someone who enjoys tinkering for the sake of tinkering, One, is never enough...

[@Ashton.everydaycarry]

Great job! That turned out amazing!

[@Kayakatools]

Thanks!

[@aliceimwunderland6345]

Beautifulwork mate

[@EdcSenor]

Another successful project, well done!

[@occasionalnick1000]

Pretty darn good. Thanks.

[@Bluenkight]

Nice work

[@georgegenius6517]

I like it!

[@AndyZE123]

Impressive!

[@davidkay1386]

Great job on the knife and the video.

[@Kayakatools]

Thanks

[@PMCKnivesAndTools]

Good job

[@leopoldbloom4835]

There isn’t any thought about the SAK Felix Immler hasn’t had yet.

[@EvilOtto580]

RIP Leatherman Crunch 😢 I hope that they are working on a new version of it.

[@Kayakatools]

Me too, although I kind of doubt it, most people aren’t looking for locking pliers, and the mechanism takes up space, maybe they will tho. I found mine in a small fishing store 2 months ago so there’re still a few out there!

[@owais146]

SPLENDID MAESTRO

[@stujo718]

Nice job. I would have liked the burnt edge, wood and brass. 👍

[@siavash1523]

that was a lot of work man :D But the result was satisfying. well done.

[@anothercoolchannel4528]

I liked the part when you expanded the hole ;)

[@wykoCH]

Sehr schöne Arbeiten. Grüsse aus der Schweiz 🇨🇭

[@RV-et2je]

just when you think of something, its already been thought of

[@tfwoodcraft]

this is awesome! I made a set of wooden ones but didn't think about doing 2 layers and cutting them out with my laser. Do you have a good place to source thin exotic wood like that?

[@Kayakatools]

Hey thanks, yep I got all the hardwoods from this website ocoochhardwoods.com/scroll-saw-lumber/ and the veneers I got in a pack from someone selling on Amazon

[@tfwoodcraft]

@@Kayakatools Awesome, just ordered some from them and mentioned your youtube channel in the comments section of the order. Maybe they'll throw you a discount on your next order or something! haha

[@misha-bredytuba]

Потрясающая, работа. Единственное замечание, я бы штифт однорукого открывания сделал на пару миллиметров длиннее.

[@Kayakatools]

Yes that would help

[@zachlyndeYT]

Yeah those scales are killer. Do you think if you expanded the relief around the thumb stud would help enable one-handed deployment? Either way, excellent work!

[@Kayakatools]

Thanks, that might work. Another idea I had was doing a thinner scale like the Alox SAKs

[@EdcSenor]

A thinner scale for a 4-layer SAK would be a good idea!

[@NoNameNomad1]

I'm wondering if installing the thumb stud was worth doing...

[@Kayakatools]

Not really, I like the way it looks but it doesn’t stick out enough to use one handed, and it shortens the usability of the blade. I prefer my swisstool spirit MX clip though anyways

[@coreystafford7008]

love everything but the thumbstud, anything that gets in the cutting path like that is less than ideal, love the work otherwise

[@Kayakatools]

Yeah It doesn’t make sharpening any easier either lol

[@viktor8927]

4:13 Клинок стал полтора сантиметра короче 👍...👎👎