Anyone else individualize your knives?

[sceva]

I, for the most part, use my pocketknives. Usually carry one for a couple of days then rotate to the next one. Since I use them and use them as a fidget toy I feel evert sharp edge or corner so I generally make little changes any time I pick up a new one. Bolsters, if square I take a file and radius the corners. The scales, usually bone, are files along the edges to radius the corners. If the jigging is a little ragged I'll smooth it a little with scotchbrite. If necessary I'll file the kick so the point is just slightly buried ( Surprisingly this is needed quite often) any other sharp corners like the back corner of the blade or ends of the back springs and the edges of the liners get hit with a stone a tiny bit, just enough so it's not sharp enough to cut you. After I lightly fine sand any file marks I finish by giving the knife a quick polish with Autosol, flitz or similar. I then touch up the edge as I want my using knives sharp. I know that most of the makers pride themselves on nice square corners but I have a habit of taking whatever knife I'm carrying out and use it like a worry stone or fidget and I feel every nick or sharp corner when I do. I don't go overboard, just enough that you can feel a difference. I realize that a collector will cringe at this but for the most part my knives are not collected to just look at.

Some before and after photos

Before





After

 

[SteveC]

Yes, I do a lot of those the same things on my knives.

I also add swedges on the newer A. Wright Lambs since they don't do it anymore.

 

[mrknife]

one of the first things i generally do is get the secondary blades deleted

 

[waynorth]

If I really love a knife, I might add my initials!!

 

[Modoc ED]

Work in progress!!! Blade and spring positioned for picture only. Not the way they go when assembled. Thought I'd round filed (trash canned) it long ago but ran across it in a tool box a while back. Might just have a go at reassembling it in the future.

 

[mrknife]

Work in progress!!! Blade and spring positioned for picture only. Not the way they go when assembled. Thought I'd round filed it long ago but ran across it in a tool box a while back. Might just have a go at reassembling it in the future.

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adventurous, i reached out the glennbad right away after i got that 48 apart

 

[Obsessed with Edges]

I've made changes to a few of my knives to suit my preferences, as seen below.

Changed the tip profile on my Buck 301's spey blade to more of a spearpoint. I didn't like the look of the factory spey profile, which also left the point at the tip somewhat proud above the liners. The new spearpoint profile lowered the point just enough to make it nest completely within the liners. I also reground the edge profile to a polished convex at thinner edge geometry:

Reshaped the handles, added lanyard tubes and refinished these Opinels with urethane glue ('Gorilla Glue'). Some time prior to that, I'd also thinned the full grind on the lower two knives ('Carbone', and the 'Inox' in walnut) as well:

Applied a satin finish to the previously high-polished frame & bolsters of the knives seen below, using a green Scotch-Brite pad. High polish looks good only if it's completely clean and unblemished. But any scratch, scuff or fingerprints really stand out against the polish. All of those things are better concealed in a satin finish instead.

 

[sceva]

I see this is pretty common. I like all the ways you made your knives suit you.