The "Handy Explorer": My First SAK Mod

[hsherzfeld]

Behold...the Handy Explorer! (Victorinox Handyman with the pliers layer replaced with a Phillips driver/magnifying glass layer)

 

[Sawl Goodman]

Yebbut, pliers practically define the Handyman, I reckon. Here we have a Ranger with the inline Phillips/magnifier layer. How about Exploranger?

 

[Enkrig]

It is also a Champion without the de-scaler, so a "Scaled Champion"?

 

[hsherzfeld]

It is also a Champion without the de-scaler, so a "Scaled Champion"?

Or, since the fish scaler also has the ruler, does that make this an "Unrule-y Champion"?

 

[Lee D]

I love the pliers lol
On my deluxe tinker the tips mesh together so well they’re like a heavy duty pair of tweezers. They grab the smallest objects perfectly, you can even pluck a hair with them.

 

[hsherzfeld]

Well, I usually carry a Leatherman Wave. I prefer full-size pliers.

 

[hsherzfeld]

So the story behind this knife is kind of complicated. I had a Handyman with an over-sharpened main blade that I planned to replace with one from a donor Tinker. At the same time, I had ordered a used Explorer on Ebay and it showed up with blades that were basically unusable (somebody had pried with them!!!). But I wanted to make some use of the Explorer, so I added its magnifying glass layer in place of the Handyman's pliers. I went through the entire re-assembly process twice to get it right.