Cold Steel Carbon V SRK--Custom Modified!

[John Frankl]

I am selling a Cold Steel SRK that I have customized.

My thinking was as follows:

This is an older, unused SRK in Carbon V with a very good heat treat. But the saber grind was low, making an obtuse cutting angle, and the black coating covered up some pretty rough grinding.

So I removed the handle, reground the blade with a very high flat/convex combination grind. It is actually pretty close to a true convex since I finished it on a Beaumont Rotary Platen. The edge geometry is now very good, IMHO. I also ground the clip so that it is clean and makes the point, well, pointy, and dropped the choil for ease of full sharpening. I then fitted a guard in 416 stainless, and added an octagonal handle in African blackwood with a matching 416 stainless pin.

You can see that this is still a user, but with some nice custom accents. The sheath is the Cold Steel original and still fits fine.

First $100 takes it, and I handle shipping CONUS and PayPal fees.

http://i872.photobucket.com/albums/ab283/johnfrankl/Ebay Jan 2011/SRK2.jpg

http://i872.photobucket.com/albums/ab283/johnfrankl/Ebay Jan 2011/SRK3.jpg

http://i872.photobucket.com/albums/ab283/johnfrankl/Ebay Jan 2011/SRKChoil.jpg

http://i872.photobucket.com/albums/ab283/johnfrankl/Ebay Jan 2011/SRKClip.jpg

http://i872.photobucket.com/albums/ab283/johnfrankl/Ebay Jan 2011/SRKGuard.jpg

http://i872.photobucket.com/albums/ab283/johnfrankl/Ebay Jan 2011/SRKPlunge.jpg

Sorry about my poor computer skills. I had trouble attaching thumbnails, but photos are available at photobucket.

 

[Brules1]

I believe that is a Cold Steel, not Benchmade.

 

[John Frankl]

Thank you for catching my silly error. Corrected now.

 

[fishface5]

nice work! does the pin go through the tang?

 

[John Frankl]

Thank you. Yes, the handle is a single piece of African blackwood (as opposed to two slabs that have been mortised to accept the tang and then glued together). The tang goes about 3/4 of the way down the handle. And, finally, the pin goes all the way through the handle and tang to provide a mechanical bond.

 

[bull4242]

I'll take it-- Looks like a great user--just can't turn down a great user ya know Please email me your paypal info at nickabninf8@aol.com

thanks
Nick

 

[John Frankl]

Nick,

Mail sent. SPF. Thanks.