The Hook Blade Trick - Swiss Army Knife modification - Victorinox custom & maintenance (20/25)
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- In this video i show you to grind the inside edge of a "Swiss Army Knife"- Can Opener to a useful hook knife. Please keep in mind, that as soon you change something on the knife body of your Victorinox Swiss Army Knife, you will lose the warranty!!
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So, almost every Tool is modified now.
Victorinox, it is time for an Immler-Edition!
Haa ha haa, i agree!
@@FelixImmler
Maybe, they name it the 'Felix'.
Not the worst name, i think.
@Karl O - I sent emails to Victorinox saying the same thing . Have sent comments to the Victorinox you tube channel as well . Make your voice heard and all the best .
I buy one... kaufe sofort so ein Messer... 👍👍👍👍👍👍🤗🇨🇭
@@QuantumPyrite_88.9
I also mailed them. No success.
They wrote me, that it is not easy to realize and too expensive for a small series. I think they will sell a lot of them, if the price is okay.
🤫Maybe a Chinese company steal the ideas at first. 🤭
Love this ! It works great & doesn't have any negative effects on the functionality of the can opener. This absolutely should be a factory upgrade! Way to go Felix !!
Thank you so much for this wonderful feedback. so far I have not found any disadvantages...
It may not affect its function for opening cans but it does eliminate its other function as a wrench. I'm not a fan of this mod. I'd rather be able to use it on oxygen or a garden hose valve in an emergency than have that hook blade. If you want to open packages use the knives, just be careful.
@@Thee-_-Outlier Interesting. Please expand more on your view
@@Thee-_-OutlierYeah right as if you will ever be in a situation where you will need to open a oxygen valve, 99.9%of people won't so i think that the hook is more useful and when it comes to the garden hose valve, I've never seen such type to fit the victorinox and if it would be there then i think that it could break the victorinox if the valve is old and rusty
@savedemperor8024 it was one example and even the ppl do have family members who need oxygen tanks. No? Also, I did say for water. You left that one out
That’s one of the best modifications ever 🤩
Thank you very much!
Ingenious! Don't know why Victorinox hasn't thought of this themselves. Going to break my tools out here in just a minute. Good show.
Yes, it would make sense for them to add an additional feature to the can opener since can openers are not as useful as they used to be (most cans have pull-tab tops nowadays). I use the can opener as an orange peeler more than for opening cans.
Checking in a year later. Did you do this modification, and was it easy with the described Dremel tools?
I'm sure anyone that is friends with Felix is 80% happier than the rest of the world
Thanks a lot!
Was viele nicht wissen: die Serie Mac Gyver basiert auf der Lebensgeschichte von Felix Immler.
Aber ich habe die epische Frisur nicht erfunden! 😁
Stimmt gar ned
I just did this on one of my SAKs and it works great! A must do mod!
Thank you so much!
Very nice modification! And the BEST is: "It costs not the world" :D
Vielleicht übernehmen die Amis eines Tages diese Redewendung 😁😁 ...dann werde ich berühmt!
@@FelixImmler "berühmt" bist Du doch schon... und ein super Sympathikus ❤️🤗
Another great video, Felix, but for the next time you find yourself needing to use a diamond bur against steel like that, I have two suggestions that will make your work easier: 1) add a tiny amount (literally, a drop) of dish soap to the water, or even just smear a little on your fingertip and stir in into the water before you begin. By doing so, you’ll eliminate the surface tension of the water - essentially making it ‘wetter’, and 2) if you’ll uses a thrusting/plunging/pumping action with the side of the diamond bur against the steel workpiece, the grinding will go faster and the tool will last much longer. Oh, also, (#3) once you’ve got a small divot ground into the steel as a placeholder, try using slightly more pressure at a slower speed. It seems counterintuitive, but a slower moving tool often gouges out more material than a faster one (and this is especially true when drilling)!
You know. I'm still fan of the old Wenger ones, I really hate the can opener from the victorinox. Wengers have a "hook" can opener, you pull it, it's way more comforable than the push can opener, safer and can do many of the things the hook one you modified here. Love your channel, subscribed!
Felix, another great video! I'd love to see you opening a can after this modification so you can show that this function hasn't been compromised. Thank you for another great video.
Да, я тоже хочу увидеть crash-test! И я думаю, стоит использовать инструменты меньшего диаметра.
I'm so happy I've found this channel! I've leaned so many skills, techniques and modifications on this beloved tool. By seing what you've done, you've help me get so much more service from my swiss army knife. Thank you for all your content!
Thanks a lot for this wonderful feedback!
For anyone who doesn't have a dremel at hand, you can do this with circular/oval diamond files! Just tried it and it works exactly the same! Cuts rope, cordage and boxes!
Thanks for your super interesting hint!
@@FelixImmler THANK YOU SIR FOR SHARING YOUR WISDOM, AND FOR INSPIRING US ALL! PROST!
This is how it should come!!!
I thought of this modification recently, but you had already done it! this is probably the single most useful modification one could make to a SAK, and I’d imagine most everyday users would end up using his more than the knife blade itself… I’m surprised Victorinox hasn’t stolen this idea already!
Thanks a lot for this comoliment!
Hallo Felix,
definitiv eine schöne Idee.
Danke fürs Zeigen.
Liebe Grüße und ein schönes Wochenende
Joe
Danke Joe!
Looks like Victorinox watched your video and re-designed the can-opener ;-)
I don't think they do that...
@@FelixImmler yeah, the new box-opener seems to lose all the advantages of the can-opener-hook
If you do this modification you can no longer use the can opener as an oxygen wrench. That’s what the 90 degree flat part is for. Also works if your garden hose valve (metallic valve yokes only) breaks, you can unscrew the valve handle and use the can opener as a handle. I leave my front yard valve handle off so transients don’t get water and leave the valve leaking.
Good point! However, I believe using a hook blade for opening packages seems much more likely on day to day basis.
I have a seperate keychain tool with a O2 wrench….but I’ve yet to come across an O2 cylinder without a wrench
This should be standard on all SAK, another great share mate, cheers 🤙🏽👍🏽
Thanks 👍
Hello Felix. I told you this was a good modification. Glad you like it. I use this all the time, more than the main blade. All the best.
was it you who wrote to me on the last video?
@@FelixImmler Yes i suggested this a few videos ago.
@@rhino5419 Excellent suggestion!
@@archivist17 Thanks, and also it does not frighten any body when used.Which is important here.
Im more of a "camp knife" kind of guy who likes large knives and hatchets. Then I realised that I carry about 5 things that could all be replaced by one Swiss Army Knife. Then I stumble across this channel where some dude tells me how to modify the Swiss Army Knife so it can do even more. Ever get that feeling that things are working out just fine.....? (subbed)
OMG ... This is AWESOME .. THANK YOU ... I have got to try this on at least one of mine ! ! ! !
You probably know what I’m going to ask: Will this tool still open cans after you do this to it?
Yes, no problem!
I concur. I did this mod with the can opener on one of my Victorinox Multitools about 20 years ago. I still use it for both regularly.
TH-cam stopped sending me your classes. You're back! Only a few weeks ago I bought two Fieldmaster SAK's for two kits I am putting together. Keep us enlightened, O Wise One!
Welcome back David!
@@FelixImmler thank you. I should make a summer weight anorak out of a large beach towel and a mosquito net hood, now that it is getting warmer in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia! Lol! One day I should just visit Switzerland. It was 50 years ago when I both got my own Swiss Army Knife while in Germany. It's good to be back online. 😊
I work at REI. The other day a representative from Victorinox knives came in. I told her about you and your incredible bush craft skills with just a Swiss Army knife. She seemed rather impressed.
Cutting the belly skin of an animal with a hook blade does help to prevent injury to the person cutting, but that's easy to avoid with a little skill; the main reason is to avoid cutting too deep and piercing the organs of the animal being skinned.
Moin Felix. Wird an meinem Outrider sofort nachgemacht. Coole Idee. ;o))
Danke Peter!
@@FelixImmler can you do tips and tricks about fish scaler
Seems like Victorinox could make even more tools within the same footprint that they have going on and this gave me many ideas. For instance the can opener could also have a few holes that are shaped like a hexagon in different spots that could be used for small nuts. I’m thinking about like the way that many key chain pry bars have them along their surface that you could use for different sized screwing jobs. Obviously it would have to be done right so that the blades would still be strong. I’m not quite at the end of the video yet but I’m wondering if it can still open a can without any problems or if there would be a chance of breaking it by opening a can.
I have tried this method and it works fine. However, I also tried another solution and it works better without risking the integrity of the can opener. Using a fine flat needle file, I filed a small flat bevel instead of a round curved bevel. Then followed by wrapping a high grit sandpaper 2000 around the file to then polish the blade, Its like a small knife and it cuts through packaging. This way it still has a flat side for when using the can opener and it is super sharp without compromising the tool.
Woww, this sounds interesting! Do you have a picture of your modification?
flip the bevel to the other side instead then you can use the flat side to easily touch up the edge when needed .........
Thank you!!! I used my dremel and did this 2 days ago...wow! Its fantastic and just what I wanted for Cadet - a second blade for opening boxes! Perfect!
Great to hear!
Also: why does Victorinox not make a whittling pockeknife? I think, it would be very popular.
I agree with you. Please let this know Victorinox direct! www.swissarmy.com/us/en/My-Victorinox-Product-Idea/cms/my-victorinox-product-idea
@@FelixImmler wow, i did not know of such an option. Thank you. I submitted the idea, i hope others will also submit the same idea so the Vic people can see, that it's a popular concept.
super cool...und das Video ist doch gut geworden, freut mich das ich helfen konnte! machs gut mein freund
Danke mein Freund!! Deine Hilfe war Gold wert...
Can you make a video about surviving tricks with sak?
Thanks for your idea!
The video looks great buddy! We don't watch for the video quality, it's your happy face we love 🙂
Thank you so much 😀
And the can opener function still works as it should??
Best trick ever
Thank you very much!
If the can opener came like this, I basically wouldn't need any other blade on the knife. Packages is about the only thing this city slicker needs to cut. :-) (Though I'd keep the scissors.)
Thanks a lot for your interesting feedback!
Victorinox should watch and learn
say Felix & co, hope ur doing well. Have u done a video about the different types of SAK grips? I just bought my first evo. take care
-b
Thanks a lot for this idea!
Very timely video! I was watching someone open a box earlier, and thought that what the SAK needs is a hooked blade if some sort, but I couldn't think how it could be done. Within twelve hours, I have the answer!
Absolutely brilliant mod! Thank you, Felix!
BTW, I'd be interested in a Victorinox 'Felix', should they ever have the good sense to make one!
Thank you very much.
Let that Victorinox know..that you wish a Felix Edition...please :-D
The old Wenger can openers work well as box openers. But then you lose the screw driver.
Is there a meaning to the choice of side that the bevel is on?
Great idea... This will be my one day project for tomorrow 😁
Super idea!
Very nice modification! ;)
Thank you very much my friend!
Thanks for the video Felix, very useful
Glad it was helpful!
Hello Felix !!!
You keep showing me things for my SAK's that I didn't know I needed.
Always a surprise. Keep those ideas coming & thank-you.
Thanks a lot for watching!
Thanks Felix - nice mod. How about a video showing your top 10(?) mods?
Super idea!
Great tips on storing the ferro rod behind the philip screwdriver. BTW, what if the Forester M Grip version which has a corkscrew, can use the same method to store a ferro rod?
I guess that works too...
Good one! I'm sure Victorinox will do this next. They should credit you with this mod.
You actually have the hook blade on the Mini Champ ! I wonder why its not standard by now !
Thanks a lot Philippe!
I am totally going to try this, thanks!
Ja himmu he da isch eiifach genijau u klewer u eiifach zmache.... merci! 👏👏👏👍👍👍👍👍👏👏👏🤗🇨🇭
Merci!!
Everything you do is amazing! Thank you for everything you do!
You are so welcome!
Felix, I love the positive energy you put in your videos, very communicative. And this video was nicely shot and edited :) Thanks for your great work !
Thank you very much. Your feedback makes me happy!
What kind of mind is even capable of surpassing Victorinox R&D ??????? :0 Maybe you and Taro can help get Vanessa out again soon ; ) Great innovation on the can opener !
It was a very good video, my friend. Your filming and editing skills are just fine! I also really like the modification, quite useful. The water trick to keep it cool was also a good tip. Thanks again. Have a great week and be well!
That edge looks factory made! ,🤯
Thank you!
Felix you have to be the #1 SAK salesman in the world. I love your videos. Keep them coming. Awesome job.
Wow, thanks a lot! Greetings from Switzerland
Hallo Felix, erstmal Hut ab für deine tollen Videos! Eine Frage hab ich zu diesem "Hook Blade" Trick, kann man danach den Dosenöffner ganz normal weiterverwenden?
Liebe Grüße von dem wunderschönen Bodensee! :)
Ja, der funktioniert immer noch wie gewohnt. LG auch vom Bodensee :-D
That was a genius idea, Mr. Immler. As always, another great video! Very well executed mod and the editing was just fine buddy. Thanx again 👍👍✌️
Thanks a lot Don!
Great tip my friend. As always formidable content from your channel :)
Thanks a lot Danilo!
Great Video. Thanks Felix. going to mod mine.
Good luck!
The video quality doesn't matter so much when the substance of the video is so good. I'm gonna do this mod eventually! I don't have the equipment yet, but after the holidays. Thanks!
Thanks a lot and good luck!
Don't give MacGyver any ideas, *cause he already has more than enough of them*
Actually, speaking of MacGyver, Felix have you seen it? Not only does it have cool action, but one of his most trusted tools is of course a Swiss Army knife!
Awesome mod. Oh boy, my Victorinox Fishermen doesnt know whats coming lol
Haa ha haa! 😁😁😁
Lieber Felix finde deine Videos übertrieben krass
Did it. Not so nicely as yours, but it's cool. Needed this!
Thanks a lot Jessi!
Bravo Mr.Felix, Excellent Tips, and very good video.
Thanks for another lesson.
P.D. Your cameraman its in trouble, JAJAJAJAJAJAJAJA. Nice work I really enjoy.
I love the swiss accent ;) mach witer so!
You are a genius. You need to be working for Victorinox research and development team. I have my Grand father's old Swiss Army knife. After watching many of your videos, I'm going to take a closer look at that old knife
Гениально!!!
Привет из Украины, друг мой :)
Genius!!!
Hi form Ukraine, my friend!!
Вам нужно срочно идти работать конструктор- дизайнером на завод Victorinox и тогда ножи станут ещё более функциональными 🤔👍👍👍
спасибо за красивый комплимент !!
Твердость открывашки меньше твердости основного клинка, на долго не хватит. Но идея прикольная. И мужик позитивный, приятно смотреть.
Eine lustige Idee aber aus meiner Sicht nicht wirklich notwendig. Alle gezeigen Arbeiten mit der Veränderung kann man natürlich mit der gebührenden Vorsicht, mit der Klinge machen.
Absolut richtig. Aber um die Hauptklinge zu schonen ist jede zusätzliche Klinge willkommen :-D
Perfect modification...Victorinox should definitely adopt this. Dear Felix, I wanna buy a Victorinox for the apocalypse: )) and carry that with me...Which one would you prefer, which one would cover more real-life cases? workcamp or swisstool spirit?
Hello uncle Felix !!
What's your experience with the Evo series? They are pretty damn good with the locking blade and functional grip.
Cheers
I was thinking... You know what, the can opener of my Vic can easily accomodate a sharp edge on the inside for opening packages and those tedious clamshell plastic retail packages, and was undecided if giving to it a hook shape or a straight edge, maybe with a negative angle to... Hook into stuff. I figured... Let's see if anything similar on the internet, and... Boom, Felix already did this! And... So beautifully! Is there ANY mods that you still did not think about?? 😃 Great video as always, thanks!!!
Bastard! How many people here end up having to buy more Swiss Army Knives just so they can copy the modifications ?!?!?!
Its like a hobby in itself lol.
still open cans well with the modification?
Yes. No problem.
@@rhino5419 Thanks for your answer! :-D
Hi Felix!
I love your videos!
Greetings from a Swiss man in America!
Liebi Grüessli über dä Teich!
Felix Immler 👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻
Victorinox might make more money if they sold custom Swiss Army Knives instead of the preset SAKs. A lot of people would pay more money on custom SAKs especially if they can choose which tools to include on one knife. Ex. I would want a SAK that had the magnifying glass, awl, needle, scissors, pen, ruler, and the big knife for sewing projects.
I think, my "Waiter" will ok do do it!
Haaa ha haa, go for it!!
This is a really good idea.
Does it stay sharp long? Wouldn’t it need to be hardened to stay sharp?
Hello Natan. This is hardened... on 54 Rockwell i guess.
How do you resharpen? Just with polishing compound? Great video, even without Jill!
Felix, please help me 😁 I just did it, but it's not nearly as sharp as yours. I would say it's pulling instead of cutting what it's supposed to cut. Any tips on how to really sharpen the hook? Danke schön once again!
Felix immler . Will the modification still open tin food ? 👍🇬🇧🐾🦊
No problem..the tin opener still works
Yes!
@@FelixImmler wow cool I give it a try 🇬🇧🐾🦊
Really very cool I thought if the point is ground too sharp it might weaken the functionally of the tin opener.😁👍
Hello Mr Felix
I like this video but I wondering if this modified opener can open a tin can after modification. Please let me know because for me it is very important. With all my respect: Csaba
How do you resharpen? Just with polishing compound? Great video!
goddman why hasn't Victorinox done this already? They should hire you or pay you a consulting fee! This would make this tool so much more useful!
Great project! How have you found the performance of the can opener afterwards?
It was the same as before... on my opinion!
yep I'm doing this one this weekend for sure ... on both of my SAKs! thanks felix
Felix this is a fantastic idea - i never would have thought if it - great use of unused surface and not effecting the original use - bravo !
Danke schön, I think I will try this on my Ranger. Maybe I'll look at how this mod might be modified for the other style of can opener.
That´s better than the new Open Box tools
Thanks a lot!
I did it just now. It does not look nearly as good as your results, but I am happy with it. If you market the Felix or Immler SAK model, I will buy it.
Hi Felix that is a great instructional video. I would like to try this too. Can you advise how many grit for the sanding drill bit? Thanks in advance.
Felix, I plan to try this out, as soon as I get a chance. I looks like it may be the very thing for opening the clam-shell packaging that's such a pain. Let you know how it works, unless someone beats me to it! Thanks.
I like it a lot! I shall do this!
Very good presentation!🇧🇷
Thanks a lot!!
Supercool lieber Felix! Die sollten ein Messer mit all deinen Modifikationen rausbringen und wir hätten ein Bushcraft Vic! Beste Grüße, Sepp
Ja, aber dann müsste sie erst jemand aufwecken! 😁😁 Danke mein lieber Freund!
This trick looks to me a very useful one. Thanks man.