Do you (like to) wave mod your knife? Post your pics!

brucekent711

brucekent711

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I have an obsession with the wave mod, love modding any knife I can. I'd love to get other peoples' feedback on the wave mod. What you think of the innovation, and photos if you have them. I have attached a photo of some knives that I've modded.

Once again, I'll emphasize, I'd love to see other people pictures too!

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I was thinking about doing one of my knives, care to speak to your methods?

I was thinking possibly drill a hole w/ a carbide or HSS bit and cut, file, sand out the remaining material.
 
NJBillK said:
I was thinking about doing one of my knives, care to speak to your methods?

I was thinking possibly drill a hole w/ a carbide or HSS bit and cut, file, sand out the remaining material.
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I pretty much rely on just a dremel, and then sandpaper. I wrap the knife pretty extensively with low adhesive tape to protect it, then use the heavy duty cut-off wheel #420 to carve out my wave. Be careful with the dremel, because the blade can heat up pretty hot, and I wouldn't want to ruin the temper on it.

After that, I finish it off using 220 grit sandpaper, which is pretty slow to remove, but I find that coarser sand paper leaves grooves that are diffcult to remove afterwards. If it's a shinier knife, I might even finish with 400 grit. The ultra-flexible sandpaper sheets are really nice, since they can roll up and get into the inner parts of the wave, to get a nice polish. I roll them around a cake tester, which fits really nicely into the inside of the wave.

I have tried it yet, but I'm going to purchase some abrasive cord to really get into he inside of the wave and even out the harder to reach spots.
 
The only knife I have that can be waved is a Delica. I got annoyed by the the zip ties and took them off
 
Zip ties may very possibly work, but they really make the knife look like a hack job.
 
I dont think that the temperatures you reach with a dremel will have any effect on the heat treatment, I may be wrong, but I don't think so
 
Grandmaster said:
I dont think that the temperatures you reach with a dremel will have any effect on the heat treatment, I may be wrong, but I don't think so
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When using a powered cutting tool, as long as you are pushing into the material you will be building heat. The thinner the stock, closer to the edge, or harder the blade stock, the longer it will take due to slower material removal and care needed.

Any powered cutting (dremel, angle, belt sander/grinder) will Very likely induce enough heat to blue a blade, if not make it too hit to touch.
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Bruce:
Thanks.
I tend to use differing sizes of wooden or low carbon steel rod or tube stock from Lowes or home Depot and wrap my sand paper around that.

I will be taking a long look into this. Thanks again.
 
oh ok, so using a dremel on a knife will affect the heat treatment, I've polished some blades and didn't think it would matter, thanks
 
The finer the abrasive the faster the heat build-up. I would be Very careful, especially around the edge.

On top of that, the small surface area of the wheel will likely cause uneven patches of polish due to it being hard to reliably give even pressure, time and number of passes over a certain area of a blade without overlapping.
- I tried to polish a Becker BK2 with a dremel and I ended going with a satin polish, 800 grit belt then to a Very Fine Scotch-Brite belt.
 
NJBillK said:
When using a powered cutting tool, as long as you are pushing into the material you will be building heat. The thinner the stock, closer to the edge, or harder the blade stock, the longer it will take due to slower material removal and care needed.

Any powered cutting (dremel, angle, belt sander/grinder) will Very likely induce enough heat to blue a blade, if not make it too hit to touch.
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Bruce:
Thanks.
I tend to use differing sizes of wooden or low carbon steel rod or tube stock from Lowes or home Depot and wrap my sand paper around that.

I will be taking a long look into this. Thanks again.
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What knife are you planning on modding? I'd be very interested in seeing your results. You'll probably need a very small diameter tube, as my waves are generally 2mm and under.
 
brucekent711 said:
I have an obsession with the wave mod, love modding any knife I can. I'd love to get other peoples' feedback on the wave mod. What you think of the innovation, and photos if you have them. I have attached a photo of some knives that I've modded.

Once again, I'll emphasize, I'd love to see other people pictures too!

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Do all the modded knives work equally well (as a factory wave) when waving or can one detect a difference?
 
BladeScout said:
Do all the modded knives work equally well (as a factory wave) when waving or can one detect a difference?
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Some work as well. Others are a bit more difficult. My ZT 0450 gives me a lot more difficulty, since there's much less available material to remove, so the wave is much harder to catch on my pants. The other blades all work just fine.
 
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