fishface5
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I'd post this in the Kershaw subforum IF IT WERE STILL HERE, but since it's not alas it goes to General, where I know a lot of Kershaw afficianados still hang out. Anyway, I liked everything about the knife except the blade-to-handle angle, it is set as a whittling knife I guess but I preferred a more acute angle. No point ruining a good knife with experiments . . . until I saw that Kershawguy was selling blems for $20 shipped!! Opportunity knocked.
These pics are prior to any cosmetic work, which will include satin-finishing then blade, new handle scales, etc. I planned on getting more done today, but since almost immediately I sliced open the back of my thumb and had to splint it, the slowed my productivity a bunch.
At first I thought I'd just add a stop pin, but then realized that the design wouldn't allow it - no flipper clearance. So then I thought up this idea, which was to dremel out the base of the pin-stop slot, add in a chunk of brass via JB-weld + press-fitting, then dremel a path into the brass stock that was not quite as far as original, to prevent the blade from travelling as far when open. Next step was to use the grinder to grind away some of the tang so that the liner-lock would seat properly. Then I had to remove a bunch of the flipper, that was now protruding into the index-finger cutout when open. Of course, that meant almost no flipper left, so then I had to grind away some of the handle to permit access to the flipper with the blade closed.
Phew! That was a lot of problem-solving for one afternoon, especially with my thumb in a splint. Opposable thumbs, you really miss them when they're gone. Anyway, it's pretty ugly in the crudely-finished state it's now in, but it works and feels great!
These pics are prior to any cosmetic work, which will include satin-finishing then blade, new handle scales, etc. I planned on getting more done today, but since almost immediately I sliced open the back of my thumb and had to splint it, the slowed my productivity a bunch.
At first I thought I'd just add a stop pin, but then realized that the design wouldn't allow it - no flipper clearance. So then I thought up this idea, which was to dremel out the base of the pin-stop slot, add in a chunk of brass via JB-weld + press-fitting, then dremel a path into the brass stock that was not quite as far as original, to prevent the blade from travelling as far when open. Next step was to use the grinder to grind away some of the tang so that the liner-lock would seat properly. Then I had to remove a bunch of the flipper, that was now protruding into the index-finger cutout when open. Of course, that meant almost no flipper left, so then I had to grind away some of the handle to permit access to the flipper with the blade closed.
Phew! That was a lot of problem-solving for one afternoon, especially with my thumb in a splint. Opposable thumbs, you really miss them when they're gone. Anyway, it's pretty ugly in the crudely-finished state it's now in, but it works and feels great!
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