Customized My Dodo!

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Hi folks. I have been itching to customize my Dodo since I got it last week.

Here's what I did:
1)Shortened grip to make it more pocketable.
2)Filed off the pointy part of the rearmost finger groove because when I choke up on it with my skinny fingers my pinky would sit right on that little pointy part.
3)I had to move the clip screw forward since it would be lost in the shortening. I tried to put it as close to the middle ofthe handle to eliminate flexing.
4)Lightly fileworked the handle because a little of the clip grooves was still showing, and just for fun.

Here's the link to the photos.
http://www.hunt101.com/showgallery.php?ppuser=13907&cat=500

So you're probably thinking man he actually accomplished the impossible. He made an ugly knife even uglier!

How does it feel? For me with my scrawny fingers it feels incredible. And it fits in my pocket very easily. So I am calling it a success.

What's next? Well, I still need to countersink the clip screw, like the pivot screw comes from the factory, for strength and so it won't stick out so far. And I might try and mill in some slots so the wire clip can still be used. So what do you think? Anybody else customize a Dodo? I think this is one design that really lends itself to customization. It was one of my favorites before and is my new favorite now!

Take care, Heath

P.S. I wanted to say thanks to Eric and Sal for such a great design and sorry for butchering it.
 
Hey!! I'm going to do that also.I just posted about it on Spydercos site.

I like it.I too want to lose the the point on the handle.I would like to change mine to a Meercat style handle though. :cool:

Just can't seem to take a saw to the knife yet...

Plus I think I would like to use a differant type of back spacer,but don't know of sources.

Thanks for the photos.
 
I love it! It looks kinda like a big blue cricket. :)

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Thanks guys for the nice compliments. This was very easy to do. The only tools needed were drill and the appropriate drill bit (can't remember size, I know I should've used a drill press but I was impatient and the regular drill worked out just fine), hacksaw, 8" bastard file, dual side sand sponge with coarse and fine grits, triangular needle file and a V shaped needle file for the file work. I think it took me maybe an hour and a half to do the whole thing. I was going kinda slow to avoid screwing it up too bad.

Lone Hunter- I like the idea of the meercat handle, please post about it if you do it.
DaveH- You're right it is like a big, blue cricket. Thanks very much for posting the photos. I need to pay to get my gold member status renewed, so I can attach files again.
GarageBoy- I think the tail was designed for pressure point control, but I didn't figure I needed that function.

Thanks again guys for all of the compliments! Take care, Heath
 
I think it looks excellent! I really like the small grooves you've made in the G10. I might have to try that on my Chinook. Great job.

I would really like to get one of those, but I just don't have the budget right now. Enjoy yours enough for the both of us.
 
Strange, although I'm not very fond of the Dodo, I really like the way you modified it.
 
DaveH said:
I love it! It looks kinda like a big blue cricket. :)

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Nice looking job you did on the Dodo.



I REALLY like the idea of a blue handled Cricket! Perhaps a blue anodized titanium handled Cricket. :D
 
Just to be clear, I didn't do the mods, I just pulled the pictures into the thread. However that being said I'm tempted to but a dodo and try it.
 
I added several more pictures if you guys want to check them out. Thanks again for all of the compliments. Anybody else felt the urge to customize theirs yet?

Take care, Heath
 
Good job on the mod. I had been thinking about this basic idea when I first got my Dodo. After seeing your pics, I went ahead and did mine. I'm really pleased with it!

I'd like to see Spyderco do this modified Dodo handle with a wharnecliffe style blade. It would make it much easier to sharpen and much easier for me to want to make it a daily user.
 
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