One of my all time favorite outdoors tools is the Swiss Army knife. Not only does the look and feel of it bring me back to childhood, but also because it is a very handy knife to carry. While not as sexy as a big fixed blade survival knife I definitely find myself pulling out my Swiss Army Knife Huntsman model way more often, almost daily. Right now I carry the Huntsman model. I like this one because it is one of the few that has both the saw and the scissors.

This is a simple upgrade that you can do to your Swiss Army Knife. Swiss Army Knives are known for having all sorts of tools and gadgets hidden in them. Here is a simple way to hide one more tool in your Swiss Army Knife – a sewing needle and thread.  I’m using my Huntsman model to illustrate.

If you lift up the corkscrew and look you will see a small hole in the scales of the knife. This is the perfect spot to store a small sewing needle.

I find that using the SAK tweezers is a great way to take the needle out and put it back in.

Here’s another picture showing you where to store the needle (you should push it in just a little further than what is shown in the picture. You want the corkscrew to close without hitting it, but you also want to be able to pull it out easily.)

One last touch is wrapping some sewing thread around a lanyard. (I tied a Snake Knot as my lanyard – video tutorial below). 

 

Snake Knot video tutorial 

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