Victorinox Spirit mods - to comply with Swedish law

While looking for new multitool, to substitute my well used and bitten Victorinox Spirit, I stumbled upon this video: Knivar - ny lag
It turns out that Sweden has adapted the same draconian law principles for bearing knives as UK or Canada recently.

Two years ago, in 2020, I went to Police station in my town (Norrtälje) to get their opinion on interpretation of Swedish knife law (knivlagen) . After all it will be the Police who will, in the first hand, decide if I commit a crime by having it on my belt. At that time Swedish Police webside contained information that multitools are NOT considered to be knives in law-sense and having them was not considered a crime.

Officers in Norrtälje, at the Police Station, judged without objections that my Victorinox Spirit is no problem at all and that I can bear it with no problem.
I intentionally picked this tool as its knife, contrary to all other on the market, was not pointy and you really could not stub anyone with it. It is purely a tool and this is what I wanted. Not a potential weapon.

Well, we have year 2022 and the law has changed. Police has taken away their interpretation of the Knife Law and do not mention anything about multitools being OK to carry. The law has been sharpened, apparently after a few murders with knives.
I’ve read Swedish Supreme Court (Högsta Dömstolen) sentences and interpretation of the law and got scarred.
To carry a knife one needs to have a REASON.
Like: carpenter, painter, electrician. Reason being understood mostly as work. Or goig for pickninck or picking mushrooms.
Being a person who wants to have tools to be prepared for life challenges is not a good reason. The penalty was increased to be between 6 months - up to 2 years of prison. Just for having it on you OR in the car in public place. Which means everywhere.

I understand the reason for this law. I don’t like the way it is implemented but I have no choice. I need to comply. While I was having multitools with me my entire life - and I find them extremely useful and needed in everyday tasks - I no longer can have a knife on me.

This is fine.
Kind of.
A compromise - as everything is a compromise.
But I want to be able to have other tools on me. To fix small problems encountered everyday. To mend a car while on the way. To free my kid from public toilet when the door-lock got stuck. To open a packet, a can of fish, peel an orange. These tasks.
Multitool as a weapon is a stupid idea and there are better knives for that. I’m OK to not have them with me in the city.

So back to my favorite Victorinox Spirit. There are two blades which could, potentially, be considered “knife” according to the Law: a knife blade itself and a saw.

As my tool is already worn out I felt no regrets in modifying it. Castrating it from sharp edges, to comply with Swedish Law.

First went the saw. I hardly used it anytime during last 20 years so taking it out was no problem (mentally).

I filed away most of saw teeth, leaving just a few at the beginning of the tool. In case I want to start a saw kerf with it. The tool got sanded and rounded (no sharp edges!) and I filed the tip to a fine screwdriver. Never enough of these, especially while working on typewriters or fine screws found on precision machines at work.

I filed it to match the size of Brownells 180-3 tool tip which I used mostly when working with typewriters.

Then came the knife blade itself. It was blunt and damaged after all these years (and I have another, brand new Spirit for outdoors activities) so I bluntly removed serrated edge and grinded it round & smooth. I’ve left a tiny bit of sharp edge at the base of the knife, to be able to peel oranges or cut ropes but that cannot be considered knife anymore!
The tip became yet another precision, flat screwdriver.

It corresponds to Brownells 340-3 bit which is the second one I mostly use.

So there we go: instead of carrying Brownells screwdriver tips I have now my Spirit multitool capable of working with precision screws found on industrial machinery (at work) and on typewriters (hobby). It will be handy when working on-site with my friends (or customers) who have problems with their typewriters.

I took the opportunity to clean and lubricate my tool.
Pliers - the most useful tool for me and the main reason I need to have multitool at the belt - got some grinding to slim them down and remove marks from years of service.

Leather carry case got very ugly, with brown paint flaking away and Velcro strap loose and no longer grippy. I removed the entire paint by soaking the pouch in acetone and scraping away the outer, painted layer. Velcro got removed and substituted with good-old mechanical pin.
The result is a modest, suede pouch still fit for purpose but no longer boasting Victorinox cross on the front.

So there it is: my adjustment to Swedish knife law.
I want to comply and I want to be able to still carry essential tools (without sharp blades) in everyday life. As I have done for the last 30 years. I feel pity for my Spirit but if that was needed to be done then it was necessary.