u/whattowhittle

I pulled the trigger and gambled on these (came with some knock off multi-tools as well…I thankfully did not break the bank). I only had noticed the older, exposed rivets one and did not realize the other one was a bit older too.

Maybe not the best gamble over all… The exposed rivets knife has a chip in the blade, and the pen blade tang is chipped resulting in its nail nick sitting below the handle when closed.

The other knife is missing is missing its can opener…presumably from a DIY project and the blades have been roughly sharpened.

All in all they are neat pieces of Victorinox history, but are probably more work than I am capable of doing : )

Thought about sending out for service, but I am not sure I'd even use them all that much if they were fixed! Maybe they'd be best as "parts" for someone more inclined??

I carved a cheese wedge. For the Swiss cheese holes I used the newly modified bottle opener on my Swiss Army knife. This was a quick and fun project that can be done in less than an hour!

I followed a ‎⁨Felix Immler⁩  project and turned the bottle opener on my Swiss Army Knife into a small gouge. With this little gouge, it is the only tool one might need to do wood carving for items such as spoons while out in the woods. It is not that great of a gouge, but it definitely works.

I also modified the pen blade to have a straight cutting edge. This Camper knife with the modified blade, gouge, and saw makes for a complete tool kit!

I have done a few snails over the years, each in a different style. I really like the way this one turned out.

I tried to have the entire critter be from one piece of wood, but I split the eyes off accidentally. Making and adding eyes from seperate pieces of wood seemed to have worked out fine enough.

I thought y'all might appreciate this fire-making kit I made. Suffice to say with my skills, I will not be advancing to the final three. Below is a link showing how I made the kit and its testing.

https://youtu.be/iJKTDIUqjSY

Any whittler worth their sand desperately tries to avoid carving hands when whittling people. Most carvers hide the hands in pockets, which works well, but is a bit overdone. Whittling a figurine with crossed arms is fresh, new, and exciting and hides the hands!

Give it a try and see for yourself why this newest style is sweeping the globe!

Thank you!!!

https://youtu.be/ybYhGSmQcL4

I tried my hand at making plus plus scales. I have always favored the Camper model as the wood saw is very handy for a wood carver. I also do see the convenience of having scissor, BUT I find models like the Huntsman too thick for my liking (and do not necessarily want to carry a Classic as well). So, my solution was to add scissors to the scales of a Camper model. No, your hands do not have the best purchase on such small scissors, but I find that they are still more than capable of "getting the job done."

I first started with procuring some 58mm scissors (they seem to be after-market produced in Italy). You could also take apart a 58mm with scissors if you are willing to cannibalize. I then removed the tweezer-containing scale of a fairly beat-up SAK. I proceeded to widen and deepen the tweezer slot with a knife and files until it accommodated the scissors. This was a slow and steady process of removing material, checking the fit, removing material, checking…repeat. I made sure not too remove too much material and risk making the wall of the scale too thin. I also wanted to make sure that the scissors fit snuggly in their new slot.

Once the fit seemed right, I reattached the scale, and filed a small groove on the "handle" end of the scissors as a spot for my thumbnail to purchase. It seemed to work great! Since the prototype was a success, I decided to go all-out and purchase my first pair of plus scales (surprisingly expensive to do so here in the US). I also broke from the "norm" and went with yellow : )

These plus scales allowed me to do the same modification of adding scissors to the tweezer slot, but also made retaining the tweezers possible. As best demonstrated by Felix Immler, the plus scales have a "hidden slot" on the corkscrew side of the scales. Opening this hidden slot and cutting the tweezers to length allowed for me to keep the tweezers even though I stole their proper slot for scissors.

My Camper model knife now has plus plus scales which include toothpick, pin, tweezers, pen, and scissors all without adding any extra bulk!

https://youtu.be/MoOoroQNDeY

I tried my hand at making plus plus scales. I have always favored the Camper model as the wood saw is very handy for a wood carver. I also do see the convenience of having scissor, BUT I find models like the Huntsman too thick for my liking (and do not necessarily want to carry a Classic as well). So, my solution was to add scissors to the scales of a Camper model. No, your hands do not have the best purchase on such small scissors, but I find that they are still more than capable of "getting the job done."

I first started with procuring some 58mm scissors (they seem to be after-market produced in Italy). You could also take apart a 58mm with scissors if you are willing to cannibalize. I then removed the tweezer-containing scale of a fairly beat-up SAK. I proceeded to widen and deepen the tweezer slot with a knife and files until it accommodated the scissors. This was a slow and steady process of removing material, checking the fit, removing material, checking…repeat. I made sure not too remove too much material and risk making the wall of the scale too thin. I also wanted to make sure that the scissors fit snuggly in their new slot.

Once the fit seemed right, I reattached the scale, and filed a small groove on the "handle" end of the scissors as a spot for my thumbnail to purchase. It seemed to work great! Since the prototype was a success, I decided to go all-out and purchase my first pair of plus scales (surprisingly expensive to do so here in the US). I also broke from the "norm" and went with yellow : )

These plus scales allowed me to do the same modification of adding scissors to the tweezer slot, but also made retaining the tweezers possible. As best demonstrated by Felix Immler, the plus scales have a "hidden slot" on the corkscrew side of the scales. Opening this hidden slot and cutting the tweezers to length allowed for me to keep the tweezers even though I stole their proper slot for scissors.

My Camper model knife now has plus plus scales which include toothpick, pin, tweezers, pen, and scissors all without adding any extra bulk!

https://youtu.be/MoOoroQNDeY

I tried my hand at making plus plus scales. I have always favored the Camper model as the wood saw is very handy for a wood carver. I also do see the convenience of having scissor, BUT I find models like the Huntsman too thick for my liking (and do not necessarily want to carry a Classic as well). So, my solution was to add scissors to the scales of a Camper model. No, your hands do not have the best purchase on such small scissors, but I find that they are still more than capable of "getting the job done."

I first started with procuring some 58mm scissors (they seem to be after-market produced in Italy). You could also take apart a 58mm with scissors if you are willing to cannibalize. I then removed the tweezer-containing scale of a fairly beat-up SAK. I proceeded to widen and deepen the tweezer slot with a knife and files until it accommodated the scissors. This was a slow and steady process of removing material, checking the fit, removing material, checking…repeat. I made sure not too remove too much material and risk making the wall of the scale too thin. I also wanted to make sure that the scissors fit snuggly in their new slot.

Once the fit seemed right, I reattached the scale, and filed a small groove on the "handle" end of the scissors as a spot for my thumbnail to purchase. It seemed to work great! Since the prototype was a success, I decided to go all-out and purchase my first pair of plus scales (surprisingly expensive to do so here in the US). I also broke from the "norm" and went with yellow : )

These plus scales allowed me to do the same modification of adding scissors to the tweezer slot, but also made retaining the tweezers possible. As best demonstrated by Felix Immler, the plus scales have a "hidden slot" on the corkscrew side of the scales. Opening this hidden slot and cutting the tweezers to length allowed for me to keep the tweezers even though I stole their proper slot for scissors.

My Camper model knife now has plus plus scales which include toothpick, pin, tweezers, pen, and scissors all without adding any extra bulk!

https://youtu.be/MoOoroQNDeY

I tried my hand at some amateur chip carving. I do not have a chip carving knife, so I used a Swiss Army Knife. I attempted a starburst design.

While using stains is not normally my shtick, this project seemed like a good fit!

https://youtu.be/dHQncvuhQgE

I had to follow the last ACME style TNT clock with a different approach. This one is more modern, digital. Both were quick and fun projects!

https://youtu.be/GNL9z40TSkg

Made ya look! : )

Great project for when you need to give someone the finger!

https://youtu.be/-UVwfzyZkec

I finally followed through with a project idea I had as a child. I am sure this idea was born from watching Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote when I was young.

It is a very simple project requiring the minimum of wooden dowels, red paint, and a clock insert. The wires and fuse were just a little something extra.

https://youtu.be/mwzGmpdv1Iw

Here is a little skull and crossbones I whittled with my modified Swiss Army Knife!

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https://youtu.be/PSEm04Hq0uc

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Another pipe using only a Spartan Swiss Army Knife. This time, instead of using wood with a soft pith for the stem, I drilled the stem out with the awl.

Here is another Spartan-only wooden pipe. I used to awl for creating the stem instead of using wood with a soft pith u/AV8R01

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https://youtu.be/aj3IDwnPJY4

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Here is a little rocket I did.

Not much more to say!

I wanted to see what I could do with the factory edges (as I typically reshape the smaller blade for whittling). Unsurprisingly, they performed quite well! I was impressed to see that the edges were still in perfect condition when finished. I expected some chipping given how hard the honey locust was and the process of hollowing out the bowl!

Even more proof that with Victorinox whittling has no barriers : )

https://youtu.be/pwxn6OlqCh0

I wanted to see what I could do with the factory edges (as I typically reshape the smaller blade for whittling). Unsurprisingly, they performed quite well! I was impressed to see that the edges were still in perfect condition when finished. I expected some chipping given how hard the honey locust was and the process of hollowing out the bowl!

Even more proof that with Victorinox whittling has no barriers : )

https://youtu.be/pwxn6OlqCh0