If you could swap a layer…

[315]

I’ve been thinking about this for awhile, especially after I had Travis, Spikediesel , do a scissors delete on an Explorer to make me a Passenger. If you could take a currently made SAK and swap 1, and only 1, layer, what would you do? I really like a saw and I think the ultimate scout knife would have one. So I think I would take an Explorer and swap the scissors for a saw.

What would you swap?

 

[hsherzfeld]

Hmmm...I like that idea, but I'm not willing to give up the scissors. They're just too darn useful. Can I just add a layer? Because in that case I would add the wood saw layer to the Explorer, or, to put it another way, add the magnifying glass layer to the Huntsman.

If I have to swap a layer, I would swap the Explorer's hook for either the chisel or the 3mm screwdriver.

 

[Hickory n steel]

Swap layer one between the Cadet and recruit, really just putting the pen blade onto the cadet since the blades are the same.

 

[315]

If I have to swap a layer, I would swap the Explorer's hook for either the chisel or the 3mm screwdriver.

I wouldn’t mind seeing an alternative to the hook.

 

[Spikediesel]

The awl will work in the hooks place and I have replaced the corkscrew with the chisel, however with a different back scale. I would add scissors to an 84mm Walker!

 

[jackknife]

If I could swap a layer, I'd dump the semi functional 'orange peeler' on the executive for a small combo tool with a real Phillips, or a third knife blade fully serrated like on the Victorinox twine knife.

 

[Grateful]

I would replace the parcel hook on my Compact with a awl.

 

[yablanowitz]

Why would I stop at one layer, especially since one you get it apart, swapping and deleting layers is pretty simple.

 

[315]

If I could swap a layer, I'd dump the semi functional 'orange peeler' on the executive for a small combo tool with a real Phillips, or a third knife blade fully serrated like on the Victorinox twine knife.

Carl, I like the idea of the little cap lifter/Phillips like the Rambler has.

I would replace the parcel hook on my Compact with a awl.

I keep looking at a Compact, and the is one thing that sorta keeps me from grabbing one.

Why would I stop at one layer, especially since one you get it apart, swapping and deleting layers is pretty simple.

Cause them are the rules…

 

[315]

The awl will work in the hooks place and I have replaced the corkscrew with the chisel, however with a different back scale. I would add scissors to an 84mm Walker!

Travis, I posted something a couple years ago about the most efficient SAK with the fewest tools. If I remember right I talked about the walker and then later about adding an awl to it, maybe even a corkscrew too.

 

[Grateful]

keep looking at a Compact, and the is one thing that sorta keeps me from grabbing one.

I really want to like mine, its close, just falls a little short. Replacing the hook with the awl would make it more outdoorsy, that would probably do it. I’m a sucker for outdoorsy.

 

[jmh33]

Scissors to the Walker. I am in!!
John

 

[evenkeel]

Assuming we’re limited to current-production models and swapping only (not adding), I’d swap the saw on the Walker for scissors. If adding a layer is allowed, I’d put scissors on a Waiter. For EDC I think a Voyageur-type mod with corkscrew, T&T would light my fire. I like the 91-111mm saw but that normally only comes out on weekends.

 

[evenkeel]

Scissors to the Walker. I am in!!
John

Great minds

 

[allenC]

I would swap the can-opener for an Explorer style Phillips on my Farmer X.
It would be dang near perfect!

 

[yablanowitz]

I would swap the can-opener for an Explorer style Phillips on my Farmer X.
It would be dang near perfect!

The Explorer style Phiilips is too thick to ride on the can opener spring. You can add a second spring and let the layer Phillips ride on two springs, though.

 

[Lee D]

I’m not sure what I’d need to swap out to make it happen, but I’d like an Alox model that included pliers.

 

[evenkeel]

I’ve seen this mod a few times and really like the two openers opposite the inline Phillips. Clever stuff if you don’t want the magnifying glass/flashlight.

 

[tiguy7]

I added a saw to a Waiter. Now I can open just about anything.

 

[315]

The Explorer style Phiilips is too thick to ride on the can opener spring. You can add a second spring and let the layer Phillips ride on two springs, though.

That is a pretty slick set up

I added a saw to a Waiter. Now I can open just about anything.View attachment 1618667

And that’s where I think a corkscrew and an awl to a Walker would be one nice 84mm little package to carry!