Fingergrooved LB7's

tobyrogers

tobyrogers

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I asked about one of these a few months back and now since I have two I thought I'd ask again.Both are customs ,the one with the sheath is crudely done.The one without the sheath is very well done,probably by a pro.One is from the northwest,the other is from Texas.Has anyone ever seen these done by a knifemaker and if so who was doing the work.Thanks Toby
 
Toby.....now that looks nice. Maybe a new project for a folder to go with my 152OTFG.
The one may be from the Northwest........but I didn't do it. I haven't gotten up my courage to tackle the folders yet. I keep bidding on parts knives when LT has them for sale so I can take some apart and see how they work..... but someone keeps out bidding me. :grumpy:

I assume these are all custom jobs and not from the Schrade factory. I have never seen a reference to them (for what that is worth) in any of the Schrade catelogs.

Buck, on the other hand does offer them through their Custom Shop as an option which adds $4.00 to the price of a new 110. I dropped a 110 off at their factory after New Years and got it back in about 10 days with a brand new BG-42 Blade. Let me say, they do nice work. Good people to deal with.

Dale
 
Thanks.Your post on the FG152 was what made me ask.Who ever did the older of the 2,a 4 pin,didn't take the knife apart to cut in the grooves.Thats the reason I said it was cruder than the other.Toby
 
I have heard or read somewhere that back in the 60's and 70's it was popular among Motorcycle fans (Hell's Angels and others) to make this type of customizations, I have seen a similarly done early Buck 110 somewhere (maybe at the Buck forum?), Buck probably took the fun out of it when they came out with the finger grooved model.

Is that one of those sheaths that opens the knife as you draw?, looks like sort off, maybe????

Luis
 
No it's a very well made three way carry sheath.that tells me who ever made the knife cared alot about it.See I like my shiny NIB examples of knives,but I care more about my users and their history.It comes from years of being on an archeological site,picking something up and wondering who used it,how ,why this material,when they used it,and why they left it where they did.The great thing about these knives is I buy them.I keep them.On sites you should not keep or move anything.Sorry about the ramble,must be the lime in the beer.Toby
 
tobyrogers said:
Thanks.Your post on the FG152 was what made me ask.Who ever did the older of the 2,a 4 pin,didn't take the knife apart to cut in the grooves.Thats the reason I said it was cruder than the other.Toby
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I can't imagine how they did it with out taking it apart. If he tried to polish both the Derlin & the brass at the same time I imagine he probably melted the Derlin. I have had no luck in polishing Derlin as it seems to want to melt with a Dremel tool and a felt wheel, even at lower speeds. Maybe I haven't had the right wheel on my Dremel.

My favorite folder with finger grooves is one that Al Mar made early on. I can't remember the model number. I was raising 6 children, so I could never afford one when I was in the cutlery business. But, it is a NICE knife.
He also designed one when he worked for Pete Gerber that was nice. Kershaw had a decent one also.

Dale
 
Toby, I saw both of those knives when they were listed and I also thought the first one looked crude and the second one looked more professionally done. I've seen others listed from time to time, but never one where it was stated that it was done by Schrade. I have an LB7 custom done by Schrade with finger grooves molded into the rubber handles, but not cut into the liners or bolsters. This is by far, the most comfortable large folding knife in the style of the Buck 110/Schrade LB7 that I have ever held:

 
redshanks said:
Toby, I saw both of those knives when they were listed and I also thought the first one looked crude and the second one looked more professionally done. I've seen others listed from time to time, but never one where it was stated that it was done by Schrade. I have an LB7 custom done by Schrade with finger grooves molded into the rubber handles, but not cut into the liners or bolsters. This is by far, the most comfortable large folding knife in the style of the Buck 110/Schrade LB7 that I have ever held:

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Very nice! :thumbup: Is that Pachmeyer on the handle?
 
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