buck vantage pro handle mod

[jimnolimit]

before:

opening and closing the knife is much easier now.
after:

 

[brets-ftw]

looks phenomenal, great job

 

[Resist]

Well done! Looks good aesthetically as well as functionally

 

[jimnolimit]

looks phenomenal, great job

Well done! Looks good aesthetically as well as functionally

thanks guys.

i have fairly large hands and it was very uncomfortable and difficult to thumb-flick the knife open. im surprised buck didn't design the knife with a little more clearance.

 

[Seanifred]

maybe a bit too deep for my taste, but good idea nonetheless. great job

 

[JD Mandrell]

Nice, I'd like to reduce the liner lock on the other side of one, I'm left-handed, and it sticks up just enough to cause me problems thumbing open the blade with the hole.

 

[jimnolimit]

maybe a bit too deep for my taste, but good idea nonetheless. great job

thanks man. i made the cutout that way to perfectly fit my thumb.

 

[jimnolimit]

Nice, I'd like to reduce the liner lock on the other side of one, I'm left-handed, and it sticks up just enough to cause me problems thumbing open the blade with the hole.

if you look through the hole in the blade you can see the liner. use a sharp pencil to mark the part of the liner covering the blade's hole. then grind that small notch. i doubt a tiny notch would compromise the locks strength.

 

[bigasswiteboy]

looks like it would work mush better and i like the way it looks

 

[StretchNM]

What I like about it is you took a nice knife and modified it to fit you. That's something I rarely do with a production knife (though I have done it with a couple of fixed blades). I don;t do it because of a "fear" maybe...no, fear is no good...a "timidness" about modifying something that I paid a good deal of money for. I accept it as is, usually. That's something I should strive to overcome.

It's commendable. Good job!

 

[Zuchus]

Very nice. The great thing with the Vantage Pro is that it is a good quality knife, but at only $50, one can be courageous about modding it. I've posted these pics before, but I modded mine because I did not like the look of the flipper. I removed the blade, used my Dremel to cut off the flipper, then filed and sanded it. Who knows, modding a stock production knife could be your first step towards becoming a knifemaker!

 

[JD Mandrell]

if you look through the hole in the blade you can see the liner. use a sharp pencil to mark the part of the liner covering the blade's hole. then grind that small notch. i doubt a tiny notch would compromise the locks strength.

Found a much easier solution last night, put a small zip tie on the blade at the top of the thumbhole and made a thumb "stud".

Not original idea, but it works like a charm!

 

[jimnolimit]

Found a much easier solution last night, put a small zip tie on the blade at the top of the thumbhole and made a thumb "stud".

Not original idea, but it works like a charm!

the ghetto wave trick .

 

[jimnolimit]

What I like about it is you took a nice knife and modified it to fit you. That's something I rarely do with a production knife (though I have done it with a couple of fixed blades). I don;t do it because of a "fear" maybe...no, fear is no good...a "timidness" about modifying something that I paid a good deal of money for. I accept it as is, usually. That's something I should strive to overcome.

It's commendable. Good job!

thanks man. most of my knife fixing/modding experience is with the blades, i very rarely do any modding to handles. i figured, "what the hell, it's a $50 knife and im going to enjoy it alot more afterwards".

 

[ono724]

Nice, I'd like to reduce the liner lock on the other side of one, I'm left-handed, and it sticks up just enough to cause me problems thumbing open the blade with the hole.

:thumbup::thumbup: lefty here too, that's the only complaint I have with the Vantage Pro.