Modded SAK

[juttle]

Well, what else do you do when held captive by the inclement weather!

I've been meaning to do this for a while now, but finally got round to doing it! This is my, now legal, EDC, what used to be a locking SAK. I removed the sideplates and the lock and replaced the red plastic with laburnum.

The other knife is a small antler and pewter neck knife with a 70mm lauri blade.

Hope you like them!

 

[RichardIT]

Looks lovely. Love the wood

 

[Dannytsg]

very nice work.

 

[bikebum1975]

Now that is classy

 

[mace242]

That's really nice. Been meaning to do something similar to my sak for a while. What glue did you use to fit the scales? Just epoxy or similar?

 

[Shambling Shaman]

That is very nice.

 

[juttle]

Just the old favourite, Araldite Rapid.

 

[Paulm]

That's interesting, how did you go about removing the lock, was it quite easy ?

I like those larger saks as the blade and saw are a good size, but don't like edc'ing them due to the lock, didn't think about removing it. Rescaling I've done before on smaller saks and is great fun.

Cheers, Paul

 

[juttle]

Dead easy!

When you remove the scale with the sliding lock mechanism in it, you've removed the lock. The external sliding bit has a spring loaded locating pin built on to it that locks the blade through the inner plate. Once you remove the side scale, and with that the locking slide, you've de-locked it! Just replace the red bits with something a bit prettier and don't even consider the lock, as without the slider it doesn't exist!

 

[HillBill]

Nice one mate.
I've done tons of SAK mods for members here. Everything from carbon fibre to brass, most woods etc. They certainly benefit from it aesthetically.

 

[Barn Owl]

Nice one.
I rescaled my sak explorer on a whim one afternoon,very easy.

 

[Paulm]

Dead easy!

When you remove the scale with the sliding lock mechanism in it, you've removed the lock. The external sliding bit has a spring loaded locating pin built on to it that locks the blade through the inner plate. Once you remove the side scale, and with that the locking slide, you've de-locked it! Just replace the red bits with something a bit prettier and don't even consider the lock, as without the slider it doesn't exist!

Great, didn't realise it was that easy !

Now to look out some nice bits of wood

Cheers, Paul

 

[Dreadhead]

nice work makes it shine

 

[hairyhippy]

How do you remove the old plastic bits? Preferably without breaking them so I can use them as templates.

 

[juttle]

Just put something thinbetween the inner side plates and the red bits and lever gently. I used a craft type knife. The red bits are only located on the three body pins that run through the knife, so they'll just 'pop' off!

If you change your mind after removing the original scales, I would imagine that you could easily replace them with just a smear of epoxy on the pin ends and leave the whole lot in a vise overnight!

Hope this helps.

 

[macem]

Cracking job on both knives, juttle.