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So yeah, it was so nice I just had to do it twice.

First peening went well until the middle layer (saw&blade) lost a fair bit of tension and started to droop. Well I moved the pliers to the middle (as u/fullmetalturtle suggested, thanks btw) and it works beautifully. Everything snaps suprisingly well together with only minimal fiddlyness and I didn't need any extra spacers or anything. The space for the long tools was made mostly by filing the liners down a bit and using an extra liner if needed and a standard knife-layer spacer for each.

About the width of a Huntsman and has all my most used tools. Next I'm going to make and glue some thin scales on. I'm thinking of using wood, but am taking suggestions

Both are a bit fiddly atm, don't have the cleanest snaps and can stick to the smaller tools, but with a little more filing and a tight peen everything should hopefully be ok.

I don't mind a bit of fiddlyness in the completed tool if I can have everything I want in such a tight package

It was suprisingly easy and with proper oiling should hopefully be pretty durable too. And now I have a nice smooth scale without the philips/corkscrew notch digging into my fingers.