Advice needed: Removing thumb stud

Overgaar

Overgaar

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Hi

Due to the local knife laws (Denmark) which ban all one-hand operated knifes, I am contemplating on buying a good folder and then have the thumb-stud removed. The ideal solution would be to have the stud ground down to be level with the blade. Leaving a hole in the blade might be interpreted as a thumb hole.

Does anyone out there have experience in doing that on e.g. Al-Mar SERE 2000?

How would I go about the task? Sawing, grinding, drilling? How can I protect the blade from scratches during the operation?

Thank you in advance.


Regards
Overgaar
 
You might have better luck taking a short section of aluminum rod thats a couple thousandths smaller than the diameter of the hole in the blade. Clean the hole and the rod well with alcohol and cover the blade with scotch tape, leaving about 1/8" of the blade around the hole exposed. Then super glue or epoxy the rod in the hole. Once the glue is set up, place the knife on a hard surface covered with cloth and take a sharp wood chisel and preferably and dead blow hammer and shear the pins off flush to the blade. If theres any pin that needs to be trimmed off or cleaned up after shearing you can use a fine file and with care avoid scratching the blade.
Take care Overgaar!!!
 
L6's way is as good as any but.....there are a lot of fine folders out there that don't have thumb studs. Why not consider one of them. Look back at some of the folders that the builders show here. I'm sure any one of them would be happy to make a knife to your specs for not much more than you would pay for a good factory folder.

Gewtting so you can't carry nail clippers anymore!:grumpy:
 
Thumbstuds just are screwed and lock tited in to the blade you should be able to unscrew it with vice grip's
 
Thank you everybody for your answers.

These forums are a joy. You allways get answer or advice if requested.

Thanks
 
Tumbstuds generally will twist out. You might need a soldering iron and 2 pairs of pliars because of the loctite though.
Once thats done there should just be a very tiny hole left. Probably only 1/16" or less. If it bothers you, you could take a peice of brazing rod or pin stock, and clip it with wire cutters so that its just a hair longer than the thickness of the blade. Then using a small hammer, and a vise or anvil or a similar hard surface, peen the pin into the hole.
 
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