419 Folding Kalinga

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Picked up the 419 last night to clean it up and put it away. I had taken it with me to the hunting camp this past season and maybe made a couple of cuts when quartering up a deer and quickly saw that it was going to be too heavy to my liking. So back in the box it goes. And fwiw, I had stuck it in a 110/112 transition nylon sheath that is both vertical and horizontal carry.

So, as I started polishing it up, I could see that it would be easier if I pulled the grips off. Since I hadn't ever really used it, I was kind of surprised at the amount of dirt. What was kind of interesting was that the frame had been polished some.

And, it was interesting that the backsides of the grips weren't sealed with whatever they use on the front side.
I had already cleaned some of the frame and the right side grip before I thought about doing pics



So for the grips, I drug out the tru oil and saturated the back sides. And then saw where I had used the cleaner in the screw grooves, that groove wasn't finished out as well either. So a dab of the tru oil on a small q-tip (read the thin cheap ones from the dollar store) and a swab down the groove fixed those right up. And no, I didn't bother steel wooling the back sides.





So after a lot of polishing with the old can of brasso, I dabbed a little locktite back on the screws, as Buck had blue lock on them, and put it back together.

I had to very carefully put those tiny screws back in as they had a tendency to want to go in crooked.



So it is all purty again! Here it is in a lousy pic (I got tired of running up and down the stairs to go outside for pics) with an old 110 for those of you that may not have seen one up against something for size comparison.

Now I have to decide what I am going to do with it.:rolleyes: The 419 that is...lol.

 
Here is what I did to my Kalinga folder to make it lighter.....with S30V.
Swaped frames and got better grips for dressing use.Deer fat sticks in the grooves of
the rubber handles but comes out easy with a brush.
 
Don't laugh. I still rotate my 419 - in it's sheath - as a pocket EDC. I 'accidently' had it at a Christmas party a year and a half back - it had just come in that day. It proved it's worth trimming the fat from the ham slices - without piercing the styrofoam plate. Yep, nothing was too good for the in-law's in-law's... and their double-wide. Okay - it is larger and a lot nicer than my little house. The guys there were all 'good ole boys' - firemen/EMTs, welders, etc - and I'm older - and a yankee (Brooklyn!) - and educated - and a retired college prof. Yet, I'm the one with the huge pocket folder... not to mention the .44 Special AirLite in the other pocket. I said - don't laugh!

Seriously, once you get past the shocked look when some one asks if anyone has a knife, usually to open a bag or box, and you present it - it's okay as an EDC. The handle is large - but comfortable - my second favorite 'feel' for a folder (110 is numero uno!). The blade cuts well - but, although it hasn't 'nicked' me yet, that curved blade just looks unsafe - actually inappropriate - for bushcraft uses. For woods stomping, last year's 005 Gen5's are great. I don't hunt anymore, so I don't have use for it as a skinner, but I 'had' to have it - and, oddly, I still like it. I asked you not to laugh!

Stainz

PS Thanks for the heads up on the scales being unfinished on their backside - guess I'll remedy that soon!
 
Stainz said:
The blade cuts well - but, although it hasn't 'nicked' me yet, that curved blade just looks unsafe - actually inappropriate - for bushcraft uses. For woods stomping, last year's 005 Gen5's are great. I don't hunt anymore, so I don't have use for it as a skinner, but I 'had' to have it - and, oddly, I still like it. I asked you not to laugh!

Stainz

PS Thanks for the heads up on the scales being unfinished on their backside - guess I'll remedy that soon!
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It's an excellent skinning blade for deer size game. Took a lot less strokes to peel a hide. I just wasn't used to it and kept picking the 110 back up.
 
Evil Eye Earl said:
Here is what I did to my Kalinga folder to make it lighter.....with S30V.
Swaped frames and got better grips for dressing use.Deer fat sticks in the grooves of
the rubber handles but comes out easy with a brush.
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So you just swapped the S30V blade out of the 419 into the 415 frame?
 
Very interesting.... been reading up on the 415 and one place says it weighs a full ounce less than a 110 with the rubber handles. The 419 is only .5 oz more than a 110. Just seems heavier.

ok....now back to my normal state...of cornfusion. :o
 
Stainz,

No laughing from me, I had a Prof. who was the hardest huntin' coon hunter I ever met. He could run through the pitch black night woods like a deer. He trained mules and drove a 15year old pickup with mud grips. One other one could dip and never spit the whole lecture....
More power to ya.
My big knife is a 121, I may handle a Gen5 sometime, looks lke an elk knife to me.
300Bucks
 
Stainz said:
Seriously, once you get past the shocked look when some one asks if anyone has a knife, usually to open a bag or box, and you present it - it's okay as an EDC. The handle is large - but comfortable - my second favorite 'feel' for a folder (110 is numero uno!). The blade cuts well - but, although it hasn't 'nicked' me yet, that curved blade just looks unsafe - actually inappropriate - for bushcraft uses. For woods stomping, last year's 005 Gen5's are great. I don't hunt anymore, so I don't have use for it as a skinner, but I 'had' to have it - and, oddly, I still like it. I asked you not to laugh!

Stainz
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You kiddin Stainz, I think the greatest part of carrying a big honkin folder is when someone asks you if you have a knife and I get to pull out my knife(usually a 110-still waitin to expose my Vantage Pro) I was at the Allegheny Co courthouse pickin up an extra doe license one time(after 911) and didnt leave my 110 in the car cause I wasnt going into a courtroom and didnt think I would encounter a metal detector. I was wrong. Just inside the door was a portable detector and 2 officers. I emptied my pockets, telling them I had a knife at the same time, and when they saw the 110 they both reached for thier side arms and said :whoa!!! whats that? dont ever bring that in here again. I thought it was kind of an extreme reaction and that being police officers, they would have been familiar with the most popular knife on the planet. Anyway ,I got a kick out of it.:D
 
The blade on the 415 is heavy enough for a one hand opening or a flick of the wrist. Just taking it out is the first shock, the second is flicking it open.
 
Pack Rat said:
Whats snow tires???? :D
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Dodge used to market a version of their 4WD pickup truck ["Power Wagon"] that was called the "Sno-Commander"...up North here... :D

I don't know what it was called back in the South... :p

Just out of curiosity...Do they sell trucks in Texas with hydraulically raised & lowered curved blades on the front??? Maybe for pushing "mud"...
 
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Mud grips??? Are they like snow tires??? Big knobby block treads???
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Trax you need to get ya'self a set of these. They're pretty good in mud.

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Pack Rat said:
Whats snow tires???? :D
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You ain't foolin' this old hoss... :)

There was pics of the DFW airport being plowed last Winter after a freak storm hit Texas... :p

It's funny how the tree-huggers are screaming about Global Warming but last year was the coldest year in the last 50 years...and this year is on track to break that record...

A pic of one of my homemade conversion's... :D



(Doesn't have anything to do with the OP's thread...) :p
 
chickentrax said:
You ain't foolin' this old hoss... :)

There was pics of the DFW airport being plowed last Winter after a freak storm hit Texas... :p

It's funny how the tree-huggers are screaming about Global Warming but last year was the coldest year in the last 50 years...and this year is on track to break that record...

A pic of one of my homemade conversion's... :D



(Doesn't have anything to do with the OP's thread...) :p
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Thats a good looking mudgrip Flats. I like the open edges that will push mud out the side and not trap it in the threads.

Nah Trax... no snow plow attachments way down this far. DFW must keep some on hand for rare cases of that white stuff.

Nice job of keeping the old small scale pins on the conversion.
 
Pack Rat said:
Nice job of keeping the old small scale pins on the conversion.
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Brass brads w/head on the inside; ends peened slightly on the outside. Black linen Micarta; good example of what not to use for scales on a slab-side 110 (the laminations don't show up)... :rolleyes:

...But the 426 blade looks real good in that frame... ;)

The DFW plows may have been flown in by the Air Guard; our state flies plows all over the state during blizzards*...States Rights; the Governor can activate the NG Engineer Battalions and then activate the Air Guard to fly them...

*(Blizzard: large accumulation of frozen rain)
 
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