Swiss Army Pick

[Dodgy_Dodgerson]

OK, so I searched for this topic but could not find anything...

I had the idea to use a Swiss Army Knife and following pyro's instructions on pick making, develop picks out of the knife and file. My question is has anyone ever done this before? If so, how did it turn out? I made a protype and will post pictures as soon as I can barrow a digital camera, but so far the perfomance has been above my expectations, but the feedback is a little poor. I attached a tension wrench key chain, but I need an idea of what to do with the scissors (besides just letting them be).

Anyway, advice is welcome and I will try to post the pictures as soon as possible.

Thanks

[digital_blue]

You could keep the scissors to cut open the packaging of the commercial set you end up buying when you get frustrasted trying to use a jackknife.

In all seriousness, I have found that, aside from the unargueable "coolness" factor of the jackknife picks, the practical applications are limited. I most certainly would not make this my primary tool for practicing. Might be a decent idea to throw something like that in your glove box for those unexpected moments where you get to be the hero, but that would be about all I would do (read all I do do) with a jackknife set.

But hey, it's probably fun to make and cool to own when it's done, so good on ya!

db

[omelet]

glove box isn't the best idea if you're planning to get locked out of your car....

i think one of the biggest problems with the jacknifes seem to be that there are too many picks made with them, which leads to needing quite a large handle to them. The more mass in the handle, the more dampening of vibration. I have a homemade jacknife with only 2 picks that has excellent feedback simply because the pivot is very tight, and there is not much material on it at all.

concerning the swiss army knife, i imagine that you will have to thin out the blades quite a lot with a grinder. To me this doesnt seem too great since you'll lose that nice polish (not to mention ruining a knice knife) and it seems alot of work that would be difficult to do well. Also, since the blades aren't locked into place, you might find if the pick gets stuck or something, it wanting to snap closed.

[David_Parker]

Check it:

http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/locksports/vwp?.dir=/&.dnm=Ultimate+Knife+Designs.jpg&.src=gr&.view=t&.hires=t


Thats my design, more to come when scanner is up.

-Dave.

[master in training]

it seems like you have to be a member of that group or something to view the pictures, any chance you could post it somewhere else or tell us how to access it?

[Dodgy_Dodgerson]

Yeah, so in hind sight as I compare it to my set of petersons I realize that it is not even comparable... But it was fun to make and that is what counts.

Anyhow.... Dodgy

[DeadlyHunter]

Sounds like to much work with the swiss army knife, why not use a auto feeler gauge?

[Dodgy_Dodgerson]

The knife fits alot better in my pocket or on my key ring, while my feeler gauge set is large, clunky and the handle isnt as comfortable... And actually it only took about an hour to two hours to make two knife picksets, so not that hard... Just patience is needed when grinding the file part (oh and water )

[JasonIblier85]

yup! I done that, first I try to use the knife but it's not working and for my second attempt I used the scissor and i couldn't believe it with my own eyes i open the door.