Adam Savage Repairs His Giant Swiss Army Knife!
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Adam takes apart and repairs his shrine to the iconic swiss army knife--the animating display he picked up years ago off eBay and has refurbished a few times in the shop! This time, Adam breaks out some new chrome paint to test on the giant blade replicas and is quite impressed by the mirror finish!
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dont put the blade in backward like you did last time.
😁
Wet sanding with a fine grit?
When Adam sprayed all those chemicals inside his cave. How does he deal with the fumes? I have to go outside my cave, and in Norway, that's half the years i can't/ won't go outside my cave due the winter time. And using those awful masks is hard for my breath stamina 😢.
13:22 thanks for the shoutout Adam! Glad I could help!
You're a legend!
Kurtis the 👑 of blade display accuracy!
What a cool thing to do for Adam and us, the viewers! I hope that wait made for a great payoff!
Adam both remembering he received this and was able to find, it is pretty amazing
All you had to wait was 4 years 😂 could have been 10!
Now that's a format that works! Adam commenting on subjects while other Adam works! I love it!
"I don't need to take this all the way apart"
**proceeds to take it all the way apart**
Ladies and gentlemen, that's exactly how being a maker works. 😂😂😂
Right?!
Ssssh just trust the process...
Let the making flow...
Was my thought too 😅
Screw is a verb. Can't see one without wanting to turn it.
@@blairhoughton7918 .....drive it.....not, turn !
A little tip I've found helpful from time to time when small parts fall to the floor: place a small, bright flashlight on the floor and move it around. It seems that our eyes spot motion easier than static objects. As the light source moves, we may or may not spot the item, but its shadow will move as the flashlight moves. Has helped me many times. Hope it helps you.
Whenever I have broken glass on the floor I always use this trick, it works really well.
@@MrWhiteRabbitti just wanted to say this too xD
UV flashlights can be really useful for searching around in carpet, because a surprising number of a things have coatings and whiteners that will fluoresce.
Yeah the raking light makes long shadows and moving it side to side will move those shadows enough to notice easily
I've been doing this for years to the point where now, i have this LED strip (high power natural light with high density of LEDs) at the flat of the floor all around the shop behind a plexy shield. Whenever something falls, i pop the LEDs on, shut the overhead light off and just walk around the area and the little buggers show up instantly. Even with small stuff like (recently fallen and found) a case screw from an Asus laptop. They're tiny little black screws about 4 mm long. You could stare right at it and not see it if it weren't for the light.
Kurtis is such a badass, it's awesome that people like that exist.
Was glad to help!
The man, the myth himself! Kurtis....with a K. Good on ya mate! Need more like you in the world.
Please take this in the spirit of which I am intending it. It warms my heart to see other folks crawling on the floor looking for a teeny tiny piece that you knew you were going to drop and it was going to get lost in the Bermuda Triangle of the Shop Expanse. At 73, I have a preponderance of long skinny reacher-inners many with magnetic capabilities. I don’t necessarily worry about going down
to crawl around, it’s getting back up that I worry about. All to say, “I feel your pain!”😎
Yup, I hear ya on the getting back up off the floor, part. My back & knees are jerks. Too many years working in physical jobs moving heavy objects in warehouses or slinging food in restaurant kitchens where you're on your feet all day has wrecked my back & knees. I'm only 56.
Same here. One of the unfortunate consequences of a life time of manual work.
I have a telescopic magnet just for that purpose. Doesn't always find it, but it feels like fishing at least.
@LucidSystems Mine is on the floor of my garage, trapped behind my workbench. Need to buy another one to reach it (which, when you think of it, is probably part of the manufacturer's business plan).
I drop tiny screws all the time…drives me crazy
Curtis waited up to 1151 days for this video. He is a true hero and a trooper! Adam you are the best! Lots of love
Kurtis, the MVP. Not only does he make the parts, he ships the mold as well, because frak it, why not. :)) What a champ.
Using a Leatherman to fix a Victorinox product in the thumbnail. This will definitely drive certain people nuts.
Well he needs to do real work 😂jkjk
You drive screws not nuts - they get tightened! 😜 Short trip vs quick twist?
Especially since Victorinox make a superior SwissTool!
Those people arent worth thinking about
My thought was you need to fix a multi tool with a multi tool.
Seeing Adam crawl around on the floor looking for a dropped part warms the cockles of my heart. We've all been there, Adam. We've all been there...
The "leather belt hole punch tool" is commonly called an "awl". More specifically, "Reamer, punch and sewing awl".
The one on the display doesn't have the hole for sewing, so it was just called a reamer back then.
It's known as a wharncliffe in the traditional slipjoints world. The awl that Victorinox uses has a hole in the blade to lace thread.
I like Adam's name for it better. I'm gonna start using it. (J/K)
I use it when I need to countersink a wood screw but don't care enough about appearance to do it for real.
Weirdly they were calling it "leather belt hole punch tool" when I was in Boy Scouts in the late 80s and early 90s. We tried and it didn't work as a leather hole punch and they straight up told us not to use it when they were having us do leatherworking projects.
"Plausible" plate in the background around 30:30 made me smile :)
As someone from switzerland (yes I did actually get a swiss army knife during service), I love the fascination Adam has with something every other touristy shop here has in their window. Love being reminded of all the mechanics behind such an object!
I remember seeing one of these displays in a department store when I was a little kid and I wanted it so badly. I'm glad you have one and you're taking care of it. What a cool object.
That knife he talks about at the end is the "Wenger 16999" - if you want to look up what it looks like. Which is both absurd and awesome.
And $9k on eBay, probably not coming down any time soon...
Karl Elsner the designer of the Swiss knife , patented 12 June 1897 , would be proud of the care you have taken with this large replica of said knife ..
As a victorinox fan, I really enjoyed seeing you repair this. I have my grandfather's 1957 model as well as many others.
Very cool!
For this weirdo, I say thank you. Your knife helps us thru alot of your time updated videos. Sometimes slo mo and sometimes super fast... those blades never stop. Sometimes it's the dangle of a paper that drifts in the shop breeze, other times a shop cord. But the knife always remained the staple. It hasn't been in the limelight lately so I didn't know... I am so happy it has a new blade now and is back up and running. You're a rock star Adam.
“I don’t want to take it all apart” immediately takes it all apart.
I love my Swiss Army knife. When I was old enough to turn my attention towards them, I bought the model newly developed for tech repair work. It's always in my travel gear and gotten me out of a few tough spots over the years.
I too love my Swiss army knife, and carry it in that little watch pocket at the top of my right jeans pocket. So much so, that I forget it's there, but can reach for it the instant it's needed. But airport security take a dim view, and will try to confiscate it if you forget to stow it in your check-in luggage for the trip. (You will - from my cold dead hands...)
I have the same knife, the Cybertool 34, and I dread losing it to TSA, so I checked and most airports have a kiosk where you can mail such things to yourself if it gets dicey. I'd rather go through the line twice than give up my utility belt.
Though it takes years of experience to truly master, Adam has demonstrated in project after project that he is the embodiment of the maxim, “Perfect is the enemy of good enough.”
Stephen Fry, another favourite person, has one of those displays, too. Said he loves it, could watch it for hours.
That thing is mesmerizing, isn't it? I think it's freaking cool.
That Culture Hustle Mirror really is something else, if you do airbrush it it's even better as expected. Cant wait to get some of their Black Mirror dark chrome too.
Definitely gives Molotow a run for its money!
Going threw cancer treatment in the hospital, this video was entertaining. Adam… I have been a fan for many many years.
Threw?
Years ago I had an acquaintance named Brian who worked for Ripley's, designing new locations. He always had great stories. I'm sure Curtis would too.
"What dropped... I need to find it.." I felt that deeply 😂
Its fun to see you take this apart. I really like the display. Fan of Swiss Army knives. Nicely made, iconic.
You're always a joy to watch but today I was so in need of something to lift my spirits, and this did the trick perfectly. Thanks so much for being who you are and letting us come along for the ride.
I am sure I’m repeating someone in the comments. The fixed component is called an awl. I would have expected Adam to have the ability to chrome finish the replacement blade with all the resources he has available rather than paint it. Finally, I love the points toward the end when Adam keeps touching it and the knife stutters every time. It got me raging “STOP TOUCHING IT!” 🤣🤣
Thanks, Kurtis! Also that paint looks stellar. I was doubting it when you started painting it, but it looks so good!
I love the watch, I'm totally amazed how noticing the time through out the video increases my admiration for your abilities and thought processes. Huge thanks to Kurtis for helping with the missing piece. Makes this build/repair just that much more interesting.
I remember you working on it years ago 😅
Very, very much appreciate the Adam PoV for painting - its a skill I've been trying to build, and that shot is super, super helpful! Hope to see more of these in the future!
I'm so happy that the display knife made a comeback! Looking forward to watching the video!
I’ve always loved everything you do sir, but I truly love when you drop the phone while recording. Just makes me giggle. Thank you for a little light in my day Adam.
I've been binging knife making videos. You guys timed this one perfectly.
I enjoy how thick the tape is on the clap board 😂😂😂😂😂😂
I find it amusing, too! 😀
Just waiting for the episode where he makes an articulating retention arm to keep it in place.
This is wild, it feels like a few months maybe since you posted the video where you remade the broken blade.
Exactly what i thought
Agreed, at first I was thinking that this was a reposted video
So this time, Adam went all the way with the work needed to restore it! Perfect!
Its soooooo satisfying watching paint cover a surface, especially black paint.
I absolutely love the simplicity of your videos which demonstrate amazing skill.
Thank you to Kurtis (I'm not sure how it's spelled, so my apologies) for doing so much for Adam! Awesome video as always! Thank y'all for doing what you do and have a fabulous weekend! Smile - it makes people wonder what you're up to! 😁🌎❤️🕺🏻🐶
Kudos to Kurtis for making the blade copies/molds, thats not an insignificant amount of time sacrificed.
Oh my goodness, I remember seeing these in shopping malls and tourist shops as a kid. It's so cool you have one and keep it running. I still have SAKs (not as many as some people but a good dozen of them) and still love them.
Adam knows that after telling that story, someone is going to send him one. It wouldn't surprise me if he ends up with a few by the end of the year.
I remember seeing one of these when I was a kid in the 80s. I want one so bad!
I love that you have the joy of having a shop fitting display. I have a 1000 unit chupa chup bucket that I trash picked many years ago. It was my waste paper basket at work and now I’ve retired, It’s used a a recycle bin. Gives me similar joy.
I have a couple of victorynoxes and I always admire this display piece in the background in your shop..... I saw those a lot back in the early 1990-2000s in the shops here in Germany....still remember the last repair you did to it.
I never thought I'd see adam paint things like I would.
I remember watching you fix this display the first time and its awesome to see you fix it again.
I’ve always loved those big display Swiss Army knife and have always wanted them
I remember my dad would take us to the outdoor/fishing store on the weekend as kids and was always mesmerised by it.
@@Gecko88 thank you I edited my comment
You are the master builder.. but I found using a mixture of baking soda and epoxy in slow layered increments (though tedious) can bind the cracks (I found my skills were not as strong using my hot tools and would sometimes just make more of a mess 🙄)… thank you to you and your team for all the informative building tips, tool suggestions, and techniques!
Love that mirror paint
I know that mirror paint bottle! Some of the best art supplies I've ever recieved. Glad to see you've found them as well!
I have some experience with brush-on chrome paint using Molotow Liquid Chrome for mini painting, you really want a THICK layer to get that full mirror finish. Like, let it fully pool to 0.5-1mm deep. It's a little counter to your normal Fast As Possible workflow, but I swear it gets better and more consistent results.
Amazingly captivating watching someone as entertaining as yourself working away in a well equipped workshop.
The motion of that thing is almost a video by itself. The way it achieves opposite motions from a single rotating wheel. Add in a tangent about how you'd design/plan something like that, and you've got a solid 10-15 minutes of content.
The Scout Shop in Ottawa had this! Lots of happy memories ogling the display knives longingly 🖖🇨🇦
This is so cool! I've seen the knife in some of Adam's videos and wanted to see it up close and personal!
That squeak at the start reminded me of the squeaky cabinet door (which I just fixed), and, how, when a stubborn squeak that just keeps coming back (like a door jamb, wooden drawer slides, etc), no matter what (lubricant, etc) is tried: I find that solid paraffin wax works very well as a lube, and lasts.
I even use it on the base of my snowboard bindings so they don't get clogged with snow, and it can keep tools from binding in sticky hardwoods- mortise chisels, hand-saws etc, (rubbed with a very light coat of wax, except for the edge/teeth).
Anyway, good vid, as usual!
I have such a vivid memory as a kid of seeing one of these displays moving at a duty-free shop at the US-Canada border and being absolutely amazed by how huge it seemed to me back then! The only other one I have seen is in the background of Adams shop and seeing him stand next to it makes it seem so much smaller then it looked to me back then hahaha glad its back in action!
I used to collect Swiss Army Knives as a kid, I still have a bunch of them. I remember the shop I used to go to in Chestnut Hill, MA had one of these displays and I was always fascinated by it.
I'm very lucky to have one of the Swiss champs, got it used for around 80$ missing some loose parts. Amazing quality tool, every blade is super sharp, the saw is amazing.
It always puts a smile on people's faces when I show it to them.
Thanks for the great video, Adam. You did an amazing job at fixing this. As a kid, I've always been in love with those huge, animated display knifes found in souvenir shops in Switzerland (and all over the world). I couldn't help but notice that the shape of the small blade isn't quite right, although that shape has been used in very early models for the main blade afaik. But cool item to own anyways 😊
One suggestion for shining your plastics. I saw you using Armor All, a fine product. I prefer a product called SC1. It retains shine longer, and it smells really great. I use it on my dirtbike at its amazing at how it hides the crash scratches, especially on the black plastics.
That is sooo cool. Thank you for the fun video.
Hearing Adam verbally out loud working out what kind of knife it was had me laughing :D
I love you telling “I don’t now how much I want to take it apart” and then take it apart completely.
I like every single frame of that looped animation. Someone must have really sat down and looked at the composition of the whole thing at every point of the loop.
I've always wondered how this thing works. Neat!!
I love just looking around his shop. I’m older and I can value the “time” not so much money. That it took to acquire all his tools. I just sometimes feel envious of him. Not a good way to be. I think probably more for his ability to fix things. And how his mind works. He has probably forgotten more than I will ever know. I love learning though and will continue to do so. Each day my shop grows. Yet I started late in life building it. I think the whole “you do you” is extremely important to learn. ❤
Love the video , love the knife , love the way he presents , brilliant just brilliant .
I loved the first person POV painting. I felt like I was playing a video game. lol
I have some original Wenger knives. One bought as my first army knife ever on holiday in Switzerland. Will cherish that forever
I will always be excited to see a video about this thing XD everytime I see it it brings back memories of being a little kid and just watching one of this at the knife area in fedco, I would go look at all of the swiss army knives with my dad everytime we went, was always right after looking at what new VHS' they got in. I always wanted one of those ridiculously silly swiss army knives that had everything on it lol this year I finally got a SwissChamp (33 function), its not the biggest but its got the works well still being practical :)
A note, the pliers in it blew me away! They are 100% usable and useful lol
Tip: If you melt a little piece of fine stainless steel mesh into the back of the plastic crack (heat up the steel mesh with the soldering iron, which will allow it to sink a little bit into the plastic surface), it will be a much stronger repair than just using the soldering iron to melt the crack! You can buy sheets of stainless steel mesh in many different "grit" sizes.
Considering how inanely well-stocked his workshop is (my dream workshop... drool...), he probably has some, somewhere.
I was in a shopping mall about 30 years ago when there were knife shops and they had the same giant display knife in the window. A woman and her little boy were walking by when the boy spotted the big ol’ knife and his eyes got really wide and he exclaimed “Wow Mom! Can we get THAT for Daddy for Father’s Day?” He was soooo excited! I wonder if he still remembers that.
21:55 anybody else who's in love with that vice?
I thought the same thing the moment I saw it, I’d love to buy one
Great job. Thank you 😊
Its very interesting watching these videos and seeing roughly when it was made based on the current shape the shop is in
I feel like time is a flat circle.
One of the first videos of Adam Savage I remember seeing....is him fixing the Victorinox display. :)
A tip - use a TRASH tip for your hot knife/soldering iron, or make one (a long rivet head works well if it fits in your iron). A blunt wide tip is best when fixing cracks using reinforcements - ordinary office paper staples should work fine for thinner plastics, place them across the crack every few mm and heat THEM until they melt into the plastic a bit, then wipe the plastic over them.
Iirc in the video he mentioned the guy tested several methods. Office staples were only better than the plastic welding rods in the kit (which gave no strength). The best was screen mesh plus steel wool.
If you made another mini-series where you spent the time to organize and then construct the "Literally All-In-One" Swiss Army Knife, I don't think anyone would complain
What you have there is a collection of Four-Bar mechanisms driven by a central crank. They are found in most machines. It's amazing how many different types of motion can be generated simply by changing the length of the bars. With names like crank-slider, crank-crank, crank-rocker, quick return and my favorite, the Trammel of Archimedes which is used to draw an ellipse. ✌🏼
It's a realy awesome piece, that would fit so well on display, in every workshop 👍
Repairing it again :o
That thing is freaking AWESOME!
That was an awfully nice gesture to go to all the trouble of making sure Adam had the right part.
I have had a victorox Swiss Army knife ,since the late 80’s . Officers Suisse is the one I carry all the time. Also have a couple small around. They are great and very durable.
It's so funny watching you take a part and fix big knife I am having flash backs of the leg lamp from Christmas Story.
The Editing is awesome!
At the 9:30 mark I was yelling "Use your flashlight trick to find what dropped!" It has literally helped me 20+ times so far.
I would 100% watch a “One Day” build of Adam making that giant Swiss Army Knife. Just putting it out there hoping to let it be fulfilled, lol.
the display stuttering and freezing at the end killed me lol
Ooh, that jerky, slipping motion of the blades would drive me nuts Adam. I would be taking it apart and rebuilding it until the mechanism flowed like butter!
I have literally lusted after one of those since I first saw one in a shoe repair/key cutting shop in the mid-eighties
Great vid Adam you should make your own , I would definitely watch you do it 😊👍🏻
You know it's going to be a good episode if Adam sports the "crazy hair"... 😁🤟
IMHO, the most practical SAK is the Ranger model. It has all the common tools of a Camper, two blades, can opener/screwdriver, bottle opener/screwdriver, scissors, awl, bag hook, toothpick, tweezers, corkscrew, and wood saw. But it also has a metal saw (with files) and a chisel. It's the perfect width, weight, and almost the perfect number of tools. The only improvements it could get is to include the eyeglass screwdriver (the little one that fits in the corkscrew), the straight pin (it has the hole for one, but is not included in the basic purchase), and the pen (which I'm able to add by buying replacement scales).
This is my favorite "oddity" that you have shown.