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Cheetah-
The first one in that last post I did the scales for but I won't do it again. Apart from the checker pattern which I milled everything on mine was done by hand and it was way too time consuming. I have made the threaded pivots on a lathe, and cut the liners to go between the tools from brass sheet though. Bob uses a CNC mill to make his scales. Most of the parts he uses are factory Victorinox items, but he does get the springs custom made, the pivots he uses are stock items, and he makes a few unusual parts like the brass magnifier holders himself.
hiraethus
Nice. I've seen his work before, and it inspired me to have a go at my own:
