Any idea where I could buy a *New* 74mm replacement nail file blade for my Executive?

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Mine still works but I once tried filing something a bit harder than the file's steel. It's a minor inconvenience and I have two unused 74mm Executives (I always bought SAKS in twos or threes) but I'd like to replace that file tool on my EDC. Thanks for any help.
 
Victorinox doesn't sell individual replacement parts. Sometimes you can find sellers on ebay who are selling individual parts.

You can send the Executive to Victorinox to have them replace the file. They may end up replacing it with a different style of file depending on what they have on hand.

Replacing the file yourself would require you to drill out the pivot and peen a replacement.

I assume you already know all of this.
 
Smart move. I've been using an Executive since 1969 and never found a more durable and versatile pocket knife.
Still can't figure out why they stopped making them.
 
elkcub said:
Smart move. I've been using an Executive since 1969 and never found a more durable and versatile pocket knife.
Still can't figure out why they stopped making them.
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I always buy backups. Done that for years. Problem is, I think I now have more backups than years left!
 
I opened a new 74mm Executive in my backup stash and sent this one off to Victorinox. We shall see what, if anything, they can come up with to correctly replace the nail file blade. I have a few Ambassadors which are great knives too but I always liked the two blades and file on the Executive as the back edge of the file does a great job sparking a fire steel. Can't do that with the more common file blade like on the Classics and most of the old 74mm SAKs.
 
Good idea! It will be interesting to hear what they say about replacing the file tool. :thumbsup:

PS. On a recent YouTube I saw that about ten years ago Victorinox experimented with replacing the long file on the Exec with one pebbled like the one on the Classic (which in my opinion isn't a file at all.) Apparently it didn't go over very well and was dropped. My conjecture is that the file is expensive to manufacture, in part because it's hardened more than the other tools. (I'm trying to find that YouTube again.)
 
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FYI. A month or two ago, I saw one of those pebbled files on an Executive selling for more than $1000.
 
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