DIY knife mods (Pics inside)

Very nice Begg! Now it's truly yours... :thumbup::D:cool:


Some of mine.

Wave mods:

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Opi handle & blade mods:

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Scale mod:

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Stripped & hand rubbed (LOL!) sating finish on this double edge dag, cut the double hilt off and sanded/polished:

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Choil mod on the 511, plus a strip job to remove the remainder of the coating, then cold blued:

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.45 Cal LBS on a ZT 301st:

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Heat anodized the clip on this SNG then blew up the pic in a photo app for kicks:

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That's it for now... ;):thumbup:
 
I have a recon 1 in XHP on the way, and I plan to do something like this with it. I will call it the "Sheepcliff mod". This is not my first mod; I have modded two voyagers to wharncliffes, a manix 2 XL to more of a "ParaManix", and refined the blade shapes of my endura, and resilience. But this Sheepcliff knife is going to be my perfect knife, I think. You know, the one knife to end my buying of more knives.... ;)

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But I seek advice on which taps to get in order to move the pocket clip; I have never tapped before, let alone tapping G10. And if anyone has any ideas on how to blacken the spine after my grinding and polishing is done, I would love to hear suggestions.

Thanks, Dave.
 
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slicecream said:
I have a recon 1 in XHP on the way, and I plan to do something like this with it. I will call it the "Sheepcliff mod". This is not my first mod; I have modded two voyagers to wharncliffes, a manix 2 XL to more of a "ParaManix", and refined the blade shapes of my endura, and resilience. But this Sheepcliff knife is going to be my perfect knife, I think. You know, the one knife to end my buying of more knives.... ;)

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But I seek advice on which taps to get in order to move the pocket clip; I have never tapped before, let alone tapping G10. And if anyone has any ideas on how to blacken the spine after my grinding and polishing is done, I would love to hear suggestions.

Thanks, Dave.
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I'd suggest Ferric Chloride or, if you can't find that Muriatic Acid & Hydrogen Peroxide should work. :thumbup:

Great looking mod ideas BTW.
 
dcmartin said:
Whoa! Nice mods all around Czechmate! The Wave mods look great and the GB orange scale looks awesome!

And thanks, yes the Bodega feels like it's truly mine now:)
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Sorry I did not see this sooner; thanks for the compliments. :thumbup:
 
Czechmate said:
I'd suggest Ferric Chloride or, if you can't find that Muriatic Acid & Hydrogen Peroxide should work. :thumbup:

Great looking mod ideas BTW.
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Thanks for the advice and encouragement. I really like your Voyager and Endura wave mods. Also, the orange scales on the Stretch (I think it's a stretch, anyway).
 
slicecream said:
Thanks for the advice and encouragement. I really like your Voyager and Endura wave mods. Also, the orange scales on the Stretch (I think it's a stretch, anyway).
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You're welcome and thanks for the compliments. :thumbup:

TravisH said:
It's a Gayle Bradley.

Oh how I wish the Stretch came in M4! Guess I'll have to settle for HAP40. ;)
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Yup.

I'd like a stretch in zdp, m4 or superblue; gotta say I don't know anything about hap40 whatever that is LOL. ;):thumbup::D Edit: just did a quick read, sounds interesting. :thumbup:
 
Pics of some of my past work.. :thumbup:

Refined the wave a bit on my endura a couple weeks again by grinding and polishing the spine to open the hook up a bit.

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Bamboo scales on a BM 586:
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Blue G10 on my TUFF:
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Three of my four waved knives:
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Blue/Black G10 scales on my Gayle Bradley:
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The old orange scales (got rid of em!)
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Future thought (one of many LOL!)
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Good idea on the Matriarch! It should come like that from the factory.
 
i mod a lot of my knifes,mostly scales and clips are the things i like changing out,and polishing the liners/screws as well,makes it so i can call the knife my own!and feel its really mine.:cool:
 
razor-edge-knives said:
That's an interesting wave on the ZT... can't tell if it's just the lighting but it looks straight there? Does that actually work if so?
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It is straight; I contemplated rounding it similar to the sng & endura but like how clean it looks as is. Because of the forward angle towards the tip it works perfectly and catches the pocket seam nicely. :thumbup: My 561 has a heavy detent too. :D:cool:
 
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Czechmate said:
It is straight; I contemplated rounding it similar to the sng & endura but like how clean it looks as is. Because of the forward angle towards the tip it works perfectly and catches the pocket seam nicely. :thumbup: My 561 has a heavy detent too. :D:cool:
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Very cool. I've got a 0561 en-route as we speak... not sure exactly what I'm gonna do w/ it yet, but it's gonna be a major overhaul of just about everything!
 
slicecream said:
I have a recon 1 in XHP on the way, and I plan to do something like this with it. I will call it the "Sheepcliff mod". This is not my first mod; I have modded two voyagers to wharncliffes, a manix 2 XL to more of a "ParaManix", and refined the blade shapes of my endura, and resilience. But this Sheepcliff knife is going to be my perfect knife, I think. You know, the one knife to end my buying of more knives.... ;)

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But I seek advice on which taps to get in order to move the pocket clip; I have never tapped before, let alone tapping G10. And if anyone has any ideas on how to blacken the spine after my grinding and polishing is done, I would love to hear suggestions.

Thanks, Dave.
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I would like to make something like this, use the thumb stud screw to hold it on.
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Kybosshog, thanks for the suggestion. The recon 1 arrived a few days ago. Most of the work is done, and I ended up cutting a wave into the spine forward of the thumbstud. So I have three opening methods. Wave, thumbstud and flick. I might still consider making something like that if I can find a piece of metal suitable for it and if I can figure out how to bend and shape it. I am still pretty new at knife modding and metal working in general (aside from sharpening). I am at work right now, but will post a pic of my recon Sheepcliffe when I get home. I think I achieved close to the perfect balance between utility and pointy, more of a wharncliffe now, though, since I have refined the blade shape a bit more.
 
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