Nathan,

Sounds like you've taken apart the layers on an SAK and re-assembled it. I've taken the scales off a couple and replaced them, and MAX has custom-made a very useful replacement scale. What I've observed scale-off agrees with your description, but I haven't had the heart to disassemble an other-wise perfectly good Victorinox yet.

It just so happens that I'm holding one with a damaged blade tip - and the shape of the main blade is one of my few dislikes of Victorinox SAKs. I re-shaped the blade back to a functional blade, but after reading your post... <shrug> off with the blade! I'll make a better (to my desires) blade, install it, and see how the process goes. Don't have any suitable stainless steel stock on hand, so this attempt will be hardenable carbon steel and I'll hand shape the critical areas as I've disassembled my mill to upgrade its capabilities.

Thanks for the report - if you would post some assembly/dis-assembly pictures as a follow-up, I'm confident that we would all be interested.

Regards,

Tom