119 Special custumization? HELP!

[dennis75]

hi

i'd like to modifie my 119 a little bit more to my needs, but i'm a little anxious just to get started on it, so i'd like to hear some advice of you guys. what i want to do is......:

-drill a lanyard hole in the pommel
-decrease the handle-thickness to make up for the assymmetrical guard

ok, here goes: is it save just to drill a hole through the pommel or would i damage the tang? second, can i simply scrape some material of the handle, so that the guard would seem more symmetrical (like a fighter-knife), since i'd like a little more protection from the guard than for just one part of my hand.

any advice welcome!

d75

 

[Don Luis]

I don´t know about the handle thickness but I have drilled the pommel of two buck fixed blades including a 119, I did it from back to front on the bottom part of the pommel. I used a simple hand drill, first made a small hole as a pilot (1/8") and then followed with a 3/16" bit.