How to disassemble a Swiss Army Knife

So you have to destroy the knife to take it apart. So pretty much do not take tgese knives apart ever.

Thanks for this video! I´m have en Explorer too and need to push out a part of needle that I try to put on the cavity on corkscrew's base (not a great idea...). The needle broke and I can´t put it forward even push it out.

The red plastics on sides of knife are glued or fixed only with pression?
If glued, what type I can on it?

Thanks again!

They should just use Chicago screws instead of pins.

So Josh, where can you find replacement parts like liners and tools? Tom KC3QAC

Needed to know how to take scales off so that didn’t help

Sent my knife to victornox the scissor broke. They sent me a new knife after 2 weeks. I got the droken knife (now in peices). I have all the parts except the pins. I want to fix.

I'm gonna try this to see if I can restore my dad's old Huntsman. If I can't do it, someone's gonna a get a new Victorinox for Christmas 😂

Would help greatly if you would have explained how to get the scales off... I stopped watching immediately... terrible video

Are there any rules to consider? I want both kinds of phillips 0/1 and phillips 1/2. The only one that has that is the hercules and workchamp. But those are hideous and bulky lol no offense to those who like those models. I like my huntsman lite. I just need to add the phillips and swap out some other stuff.

I once tried to disassemble a nintendo ds gave up and ended up getting rid of it. lol. Not sure if I can do this. It is so annoying. I bought huntsman lite and a swisschamp and then I realized it defeats the purpose if I need to carry both. Need to find a way to do it lol

So step one, get it wet and the scales just slide off?

Great video. I have to disagree on the bit though. High speed steel (HSS) is fine for soft metals and mild steel. You really only need cobalt for stainless steel and hardened steel.

Just remember that apart from replacing the scales, dissembling your SAK yourself will most likely invalidate the lifetime warranty

I wish they would use better steel with the knife blade , they will not keep sharp!

This is awesome. I have thought about modifying my Fisherman model by taking out the fish scaler, and adding scissors and the saw. Now I know it is possible, I may attempt making the perfect (for me) swiss army knife.

I wanted to add a Damascus steel main blade for literally no reason

I think the bushings are called cup washers. Btw there is a tool called an optical center punch, I suspect it would be very useful to get the center punch right on those pins!

Where can I buy 91mm scissors, rivets and pins?

Thank You!! 👍

Is there any way you could show a reassembly? Id like to see what you use for the pins. I have seen people use small nails and stuff, but not sure what you would use or how to make it hold the bushing once done.

Hi, I'm definitely not a pro at restoring knives, but I've worked on a few. I've never run into one with pins, only screws. Is there a way to remove the pins without having access to power tools?

What are you soaking the knife in at the start?

Very useful, thank you.

My dad has an old pocket knife he found and I want to take him T apart and sharpen/ de seize it and make it useable for him would this vid help me to do that?

You didn’t need to disassembly the knife . On ebay they sell the loose tools cheap

Will they fix pearl scales if they don’t make them anymore? I have 5 pearl 3 champion and 2 Swiss champ . Was always curious the warranty on the pearl scale if it breaks

Victorinox really should start to offer (at least limited) customisation of their knives for customers. Everytime i look in their eshop and want to buy their knife, there is no model, that fits perfectly to what i want. Everytime there is one tool, i do not want and one tool, that is missing.

Excelent instruction, but I like to see a video on how to assemble the kinive, and where can I get the new pins?

I wish I took a photo after I disassembled my little one (it has a blade, nail file, scissors, flashlight and tweezers). I had 2, so I wanted to add an extra layer, and swap out the file for a better one from another off-btand knife. I also wanted to add an awl.. I let it go and now it's just a pile of pieces I have somewhere. I may try to reassemble it now that I've watched your video. Thanks.

Do you think ot would be possible to replace the hook in a 91mm with a finger nail file from a 54mm classic or something like that?

This is a really great tutorial, thank you !

You helped convince me to send my knife to Switzerland rather than try to fix it myself 👍

Wonderful! You are a master! I would have the courage to bring you a knife to fix it for me. Bravo!

Will this work on the mariner

Very good job!!!