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huugh

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Hi,
camillus cuda edc has the blade like this:
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I would like to create choil on it. (I haven't seen many folder with choils. Is there any problem with that or why don't they have them?)
Similiar to this, but little bigger
SwampRat-RatTrap-01.jpg


Any ideas how could I do it? Preferably without special tools and without ruining the blade or temper :)

Thanks in advance.
 
...and just dip the knife in water every once in a while to keep the heat down a bit. Grind a little off, dip, grind more, dip, etc. Shouldn't be too hard to do.

Next thing you know, you'll end up saying things like "... I'll bet I could make a blade with a different style of grind for this folder" or something to that effect. After that, you're asking questions about what belt grinder to buy, and how do you heat treat 'x' type of steel, then you're screwed like the rest of us in this section of Bladeforums!!!
 
Depending on how hard the blade is, you might be able to do it with a chainsaw file. Some people like the little cut out because it makes it easier to sharpen your blade but others complain that it just creates a place to snag things you're cutting. Personally, I wouldn't bother on that Cuda, but it's all a matter of personal preference.
 
If you happen to have a rotary tool, Dremel makes a carbide 1/8" "Tile-cutting bit". Works great for this application and a new bit won't generate enough heat to matter.

Round diamond file out of one of those cheapo $10 import sets will work, too.
 
MrPurple said:
Next thing you know, you'll end up saying things like "... I'll bet I could make a blade with a different style of grind for this folder" or something to that effect. After that, you're asking questions about what belt grinder to buy, and how do you heat treat 'x' type of steel, then you're screwed like the rest of us in this section of Bladeforums!!!
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ahahah thats how it happened to me i wanted a different blade shape and thought about a custom folder
then saw the price and said hell i could get all the tools to make it i bet i can do it how hard can it be:D
now im here and spending a ton having fun making sharp things
butch
 
It looks to me like the Camillus has one only behind the edge hidden partially under the handle.

I guess you could easily add another . I'd use a small cylinder shaped diamond bur in a dremmel.

STR
 
I know it's been said before, but if you decide to go with a powered tool of some sort for this, go slowly and keep it cool. Personally I'd try with a small file first. It's a LOT easier to recover from a slip with a file than a slip with a dremel...

Either way you decide, tape the blade up good to avoid slipping and slicing yourself open.

Welcome to the slippery slope :D

-d
 
Id go with a small file, too....depending on the RC of the blade, you might be able to just file it in with little problem and no heat issues whatsoever. Otherwise, dremel all the way. If you really are tool deprived, chuck up a nail in a drill and wrap sandpaper around it, and use that like a dremel. There are no limits to how difficult you can make this on yourself! :)
 
MrPurple said:
Next thing you know, you'll end up saying things like "... I'll bet I could make a blade with a different style of grind for this folder" or something to that effect. After that, you're asking questions about what belt grinder to buy, and how do you heat treat 'x' type of steel, then you're screwed like the rest of us in this section of Bladeforums!!!
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So true. There should be warnings on knives that tell users not to do anything but use the knife, because the result of even one single, simple modification will most likely translate into a 2000$ tool bill and a million hours on BF searching archives on every topic around.
 
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