I call it the Machinist

[u/JJYak695]

I built this as a gift for my best friend who owns 2 manufacturing businesses; mostly machining parts of aluminum. After watching him run CNCs for a number of years I choose a toolset I thought would be useful for not only for everyday tasks but to also run a business, and while inside the shop operating manufacturing machinery… his favorite color is also blue. Pretty proud of this one, outa the few SAKs I’ve built this turned out to be the best one yet.

4 layer, 91mm x 20mm, 3.74oz,
Layer 1:
Reamer/scraper - big blade - corkscrew
Layer 2:
Large metal file
Layer 3:
Scissors - parcel hook
Layer 4:
Bottle opener - package opener - awl
Plus scales:
Pen - pin - eyeglasses bit - toothpick + leatherman flatbit - tweezers + ruler
Accessories:
D-ring - lanyard - miniclip

[u/IWuzRunnin]

Very nice. I have one in my little spreadsheet to someday try to piece together that I also named the machinist. I haven't looked at it in a while, but I know one difference in mine is a Phillips. For the same line of work.

[u/JJYak695 → u/IWuzRunnin]

See, I thought about the Philips instead of the corkscrew too, I just don’t have too many of them left, with most already slated for other projects. Plus I wanted him to have the little corkscrew screwdriver for safety glasses and such.

[u/IWuzRunnin → u/JJYak695]

We came up with very similar ideas for the "machinist" lol, here's my tool list. Btw, I would still keep the corkscrew, but would want an inline phillips. I don't have one with the box opener? But I may be open to that over the can opener. For all I know, I may not even be able to make this combo work, as I've just started looking into modifying them.

[u/JJYak695 → u/IWuzRunnin]

Yea someone else mentioned the Philips magnifier layer. Can def see the utility. The can opener was what I had originally planned for but swapped to the package opener last minute.

[u/IWuzRunnin → u/JJYak695]

I'm honestly not sure the magnifying glass will be more than a novelty though, as they don't hold a candle to the magnifying glass and loupe I use at work.

[u/JJYak695 → u/IWuzRunnin]

This is exactly why I started building my own. Because some of the tool options and combos, while cool, I’ve just never used and don’t see myself using them. Like the saw for example, everyone loves the sak saw but in 20+ years of carrying various knives I’ve used a pocket knife saw maybe once. To each their own. I’m more about building and modifying things that I’ll use. So if you use a loupe for work then a magnifying glass is adding bulk (sometimes weight) and taking up an otherwise useful tool slot.