Camp/Survival With G10 scales

Mike Turner

Mike Turner

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Just finished this one this morning and delivered it in time for Christmas to a local customer. The customer wanted something that could go camp/ survival and saw this one drawn in my sketch pad and said that is what she wanted. So we made it so :D.

Blade is A2 steel 1/4" thick, 1 1/2" wide, 8 1/16" tip to plunge, 13 3/4" overall length. Scales are black G10 with stainless screws.

This is also my first Kydex sheath so go easy on me ;).

Thanks for looking.


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Looks great! I like the design. I have never done Kydex; have a friend who does it for me. Yours sheath looks very good.

How did you cut the lanyard hole (file or other)?
 
Thank you all for the nice comments :D.

David, on the lanyard hole what I did was scribe out what I wanted and drilled holes in the corners and then I used a jewelers saw to cut along the line staying just inside the line. I then filed it till I was happy. If you are going to try this you will want the work piece high for the sawing. I have a tall bench so I just clamped it to that and was sitting in a chair so the blade was about chin level. This will help you cut straight and square, well at least for me it does ;).
 
I was curious about that crazy lanyard hole too. However you did it, it looks cool and adds a nice touch.

The kydex sheath looks great man!
 
Thanks Mike; I have done similar but with files to connect the dots. Your explanation explains how crisp yours looks.
 
I really like it Mike, even the kydex sheath looks good. I have yet to do my own Kydex but threaten to quite frequently! I like the index finger well (Don't know what to call it).
 
Thought I would post this here instead of starting a new thread.

Well about a week ago I got a call from the customer regarding a problem they were having with this knife that they were wondering if it was my fault. All they could say was the steel was getting blotchy black marks all over it. Since the customer was a local I went and picked it up and when I unsheathed it I could tell right away the owner was not caring for the knife as he was instructed. The knife was filthy and I could tell he was getting it wet and sheathing it wet. The black blotchy spots appeared to be he was cutting something acidic and not cleaning the knife. I basically chastised the customer and let them know it was not my fault for the problem with the knife but rather it was his fault for not maintaining the knife properly.

Since he now realizes it was his fault, he asked if we could do something about it as he wanted to minimize the chance of this reoccurring in the future. I suggested having the blade coated with Cerakote as I understand it is the toughest coating out there and he liked the idea of that. So the customer picked a color and and we had it coated. The guys at Rogue Tactical Coatings did a great job for me and even dropped the knife off at my home which was really nice.

I had some time this morning so I sharpened the knife up and reassembled the scales and snapped a photo before delivering it this afternoon where the customer was very happy.

Hope you all like it, I know I do and it sure changed the look of this knife. I will be utilizing this Cerkote finish on my Camp/Survival/Tactical knives from now on that are made from CPM 3V, and Semi Stainless like this A2 blade because I really hate refinishing knives because customers don't want to maintain their knives.

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Cerakote is some good stuff; the knife looks better now, IMO(and, I liked it before, too). :)
 
Thank you guys for the kind comments.

Hope the translator works OK,
Claudio, gracias por el comentario amable y siempre he admirado su trabajo y se han inspirado en su trabajo.

Saludos cordiales,
 
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