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AD10 Mods... anyone?

Dimitros said:
Let's wake this thread up.
Recently I've won my very first CS knife. It was AD10 in S35vn and black G10.
I liked this knife from the very begining. Reminded me my ZT 0200 by how it feels in hand. At a first glance I was extremely satisfied with build quality, construction/design and materials. But then I'd noticed that black "plasticish" backspacer. I was 100% sure that it was some sort if plastic and thought - "how could it be? Such a tank-built knife, excellent mechanics and ergonomics but why is there that" plastic" backspacer?
So, regarding to that this AD10 folder is meant for hard use purposes I thought that backspacer should be made out of titanium + exegerate it functionality by adding glassbraker. So, the next day, I sent my CS Demko knife to a knife master. In 4 days I got it back with new VT5 titanium(ussr made grade of titanium) backspacer equiped with glassbraker made from ceramic bearing ball.
And about that "plasticish" original one backspacer. It was kinda surprise - backspacer was actually made out of alluminium alloy but was so thickly powdercoated that it felt like plastic when touched.
Anyway here is what it's like now:
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Yup, backspacer is aluminum-- even though it's not plastic, it's still not hard enough for breaking glass haha

I love your mods. Kudos for making it truly "yours" now. I'd venture to say there's not another one like it in the entire world!

Your craftsman did a fine job. I like how he elongated the lanyard hole. Thank you for sharing and explaining everything!
 
PeteyTwoPointOne said:
Yup, backspacer is aluminum-- even though it's not plastic, it's still not hard enough for breaking glass haha

I love your mods. Kudos for making it truly "yours" now. I'd venture to say there's not another one like it in the entire world!

Your craftsman did a fine job. I like how he elongated the lanyard hole. Thank you for sharing and explaining everything!
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Glad You've liked it!
Try to take a guese how much that Ti backspacer cost?
It was created from a scratch.
P. S. : next thing I will mod will be the clip. Like in first posts of this topic.
 
Dimitros said:
Glad You've liked it!
Try to take a guese how much that Ti backspacer cost?
It was created from a scratch.
P. S. : next thing I will mod will be the clip. Like in first posts of this topic.
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I'd wager a custom piece that nice probably cost more than the entire knife itself.
 
PeteyTwoPointOne said:
I'd wager a custom piece that nice probably cost more than the entire knife itself.
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Well! You ain't gonna belive this, but total cost with all the shipping was ~28$, shipping itself was ~5$.
Wellcome to Ukraine!
P. S. : this particular craftsman lives in 80km away from battleline(frontlines?) and he is still working, creating and producing custom stuff!
 
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