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Question re Wood Handled SAK

2manyknives

2manyknives

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I recently acquired a Wenger SAK with timber scales. I am not familiar with this model and don't know how common they are. What is a bit different, apart from the scales, are what appear to be the two brass screw heads on each scale.

Does anyone know what they do - whether they are part of the pivot pins or just hold the scales on? I was reluctant to mess around with them without making a few enquiries. Has anyone played around with one of these models?

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I don't know about Wenger, but I have seen a website that specialises in producing buffalo horn/bone, stag and wooden scales for Vic's SAKs.
Sadly I'm using someone elses PC at the moment so can't remember the site's address; but if you Google 'Swiss Army Knife+horn handle' you should find the address.
 
That sure does look like an EKA to me, but I don't know the model you have shown, closest I see is the Swede 90


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Are you sure its Wenger? While I have seen a number of wood scale SAK mods, something about hte proportions, or maybe the tool shapes, make me thing its not vic/wenger.
 
Cool knife. Its definitely not a Vic. Looks like a modded wenger to me. I only have 2 wengers (and 24 Vics lol). The main blade/ corkscrew/awl/canopen/bottle opener follow the wenger pattern and dimensions. The small blades on my wengers are not spearpointed like yours though. On your knife the screws look to be located where the pivots pins are. What about the other side of the knife handle, are there screw heads there also?
Where did you get it? From an dealer or an anonymous ebayer?

If you can't get answers here you should also go to SOSAK/knifeforums site and ask there.
:)
 
I have seen that Wenger and others such as full stainless steel scales, they appear every once in a while around here.

I have felt they were a bit too expensive and have never handled one so I don't know about the screws/pivots, IIRC the steel handled one has no visible rivets or screws.

Luis
 
Well, then you put a screw driver in them and lightly turn do they move? if not i would not turn hard, but they may just be decorative with the pins inside of the scales. Nice knife, does look like a wenger, the part that makes me almost 100% sure is the large blade and can opener, they look like a wenger for sure.
 
Buck268 said:
Are you sure its Wenger? While I have seen a number of wood scale SAK mods, something about hte proportions, or maybe the tool shapes, make me thing its not vic/wenger.
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The blade is tang stamped with W symbol standing for Wenger. My Wenger has the same mark.

Also it has the Wenger pattern can opener rather than the Vic combo can opener/standard/Phillips.

Yup, it's a Wenger.:)
 
Beautiful work but very expensive. Custom modders at SOSAK can do scales in almost any material much less expensively.
 
Buck268 said:
Are you sure its Wenger? While I have seen a number of wood scale SAK mods, something about hte proportions, or maybe the tool shapes, make me thing its not vic/wenger.
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Hi folks - thanks for the responses. The knife is definitely a Wenger. One side of the main blade is marked "Wenger" and has the big W. The other side is marked "Wenger Delemont Switzerland Stainless". The knife is listed on the Wenger website:

http://www.wenger-knife.ch/scripts/modules/Wenger_Products/page126748

so I guess it is not particularly rare, although it is the first of its type I have encountered

I picked it up on Ebay but was not able to get any more info. The knife is unused and in a Wenger cardboard box.
 
tholiver - you are right re the positioning of the pins. Thanks for the pic. I tried the screw heads very gently and they did not turn with fairly modest pressure applied. I didn't push the issue as I don't know how soft the brass is and didn't feel like marring the screw slots.
 
2manyknives said:
tholiver - you are right re the positioning of the pins. Thanks for the pic. I tried the screw heads very gently and they did not turn with fairly modest pressure applied. I didn't push the issue as I don't know how soft the brass is and didn't feel like marring the screw slots.
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You are welcome. Yeah brass can be soft i probably wouldn't mess with it either. The knife is nice the way it is anyway.
:)
And you could always email Wenger, you never know they might reply with some relevant info.

A bit of trivia- A trick for not scratching screw heads when screwing is to cut a tiny piece of thin mylar the size of the head. Then put it on top of the head and push the screwdriver tip into the slot. Usually this will protect the thread from getting scratched.
 
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