r/victorinox • u/Zaddy_615 • 5d ago

Explorer mod

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My beloved explorer had the perfect toolset except the nail file so I sacrificed the small blade that never got used. Ground the edge off, broke the edges all around, and hit one side with a diamond bit to rough it up to about a 1200 grit and then superglued 300 grit on the other side. It’s now more functional than the factory nail file

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u/ClickyKeyboardNerd 5d ago

I have wanted emerald green trans scales for sooo long so that I can make my dream sak (being an explorer (i think) or a modified cybertool M) with them, but I CANNOT FIND THEM ANYWHERE, where are you all getting yours from?

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u/Zaddy_615 5d ago

I had a buddy with a bunch of sets red blue and green he wasn’t using, these have been on 10~ years or so.

Also I’ve been friends with Roger Remund (Swiss Bianco) for 20 years so I have access to more parts than the average person

Side note- I can’t wait to show him this at blade next week. He’s going to be furious since it’s not original parts

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u/ClickyKeyboardNerd 5d ago

Thats an awesome connection! Any chance your ''buddy'' is offloading or selling any of those sets? Or you know of anyone, also thats very cool you have access to loads more parts! (I dream of having tools and parts to make customs to my hearts intent, AKA the dream EDC sak lol)

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u/Zaddy_615 5d ago

I’ll ask him and check with Roger at blade next week.

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u/ClickyKeyboardNerd 5d ago

Thank you so much! I will await your reply!

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u/Amator Compact 4d ago

Any way we can twist his arm into getting a run of Swiss Bianco Yeomen?

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u/Zaddy_615 4d ago

I’ll ask. He’s very set in his ways. I drove from Atlanta to Las Vegas with him years ago for SHOT show and trying to get him to try a restaurant he hadn’t been to was like trying to talk someone into sky diving without a parachute.

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u/Amator Compact 4d ago

I appreciate it. It's got to be the most popular mod people order (I ordered a brass one from Fit2Survive) and at a $200 going rate from basic Etsy sellers, having a reasonably priced option from SB would be amazing.