Used Sak-classic toothpick replacement/ alternative

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buendia518

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Hello forum, I just bought a super inexpensive lot of 5 Victorinox Classics and I now see the used toothpicks as a bit of an issue. Any opinions? I'm torn between replacing them with new toothpicks or putting something else in place of a toothpick, at least in the one I'm going to put on my keychain.
I didn't find anything with the forum search function but google had some leads; I believe sewing needle was the only good idea I saw and I'm thinking a paperclip would also be handy, but I'm still not sure how best to seal things in there.
I'd love to gather some ideas, please share.
 
You can get a six pack of replacement toothpicks for less than four bucks.

A few jumbo paperclips can ride in your wallet, or hang from your keychain.
 
I don't know much about replaceing the toothpick. You can hold a sewing needle in the tweezers. If the toothpicks are in reasonable shape, a good alcohol soak should kill anything in them (and a drop inside the scale to kill any bugs in there). I don't have any ideas beyond that.
 
You can also carefully pop the scales off and manually clean the cut-out with a q-tip and alcohol. But you don't want to do that too often because the scales are a press-fit on the chassis and eventually will no longer stay on there.
 
I don't know about other folks, but I wouldn't use a SAK toothpick that had been
carrried in my pocket in my mouth :-( I find it much more useful (and sanitary)
to use the toothpick as a nail cleaner.
Rich S
 
Thanks, folks. I think I'll grab a few replacement picks and try removing the scales to clean; otherwise I'll never consider them clean enough to use the toothpicks. I'll still put a cut-down/folded paperclip into one and see how that works. I bet I could cut the end of one of the toothpicks and use it as a plug. Anyways these were about $2 a piece so I can learn as I go.
 
If you need to replace the scales sometimes SwissBianco has replacements for sale. I just missed out a double set of yellow for the 58mm classic on evilbay from SwissBianco Canada.
 
I guess I'm lazy- I would soak the whole knife in alcohol or hydrogen peroxide (with the toothpick and tweezers out of their slots).
 
buendia518 said:
Hello forum, I just bought a super inexpensive lot of 5 Victorinox Classics and I now see the used toothpicks as a bit of an issue...
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I buy plenty of lots. I take the toothpicks out and soak them in a solution of 1/4 bleach and 3/4 water overnight. They come out looking new and are absolutely sterilized at that point.
 
The "toothpick" is not good for your dental hygiene, but it is useful for small jobs where you need a slim, flexible, non-conductive probe: for example, changing batteries on Casio's Marine Gear watches. With AMW320 and AMW340, the dead battery has to be pushed out from under a retaining bracket. There is a YouTube video of someone doing this with a pen knife blade. It is easier for me with Victorinox's toothpick.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qXeiQhdhhE
 
Piso Mojado said:
The "toothpick" is not good for your dental hygiene, but it is useful for small jobs where you need a slim, flexible, non-conductive probe: for example, changing batteries on Casio's Marine Gear watches. With AMW320 and AMW340, the dead battery has to be pushed out from under a retaining bracket. There is a YouTube video of someone doing this with a pen knife blade. It is easier for me with Victorinox's toothpick.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qXeiQhdhhE
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I hear this from time to time and while I do not particularly agree or disagree I do know one thing. Having a piece of food stuck in between my teeth can drive me insane and I would use a rusty nail to dig it out if it was all I had. :D
 
Capt. Spaulding said:
Having a piece of food stuck in between my teeth can drive me insane and I would use a rusty nail to dig it out if it was all I had. :D
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Try this

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Black is for dental technicians, better contrast = easier to see what you're doing. White is good enough if you don't watch yourself floss.
 
I'd buy replacement toothpicks and scales. They're not too expensive and you get a set of nice Classics as a result. I do this regularly for used SAKs that I buy.
 
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