first time knife mod

Jmann8686

Jmann8686

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Well been a long time lurker of this site. Reading lots and learning. Have not posted much due to still being new and not knowing alot and having only a small collection. I have always like to tinker and mess around with things. I do leather work cause I like to work with my hands. Well I finally decided to do a knife mod. did some reading and some youtube watching and finally just did it. I have had a Kershaw leek that I carried every now and again just laying around that I got in a trade. I decided it was a good knife to try something on. It started Friday night around midnight. I took the knife apart and took the scale out into the shop and was took a round and triangle file to it. just did some filing on the edges of the scale. On Saturday I did some running around town and got materials to do an acid wash on the blade and the clip. I wanted to do a design on the blade and it turned out alright. Not exactly what I was hoping for but it worked. While the blade and clip were in the acid I did some file work on the framelock/clip side of knife to match the other side. I did end up leaving the blade in the acid a little bit to long and forgot to cover up the blade where the lock goes and now have just the slightest lock rock. It still locks up and holds just fine and you can't tell unless you actually hold the blade and look for it. It was a fun project to do and I had learned quite a lot. Thanks for looking. And what do you all think

also if this post doesn't belong here sorry. and please move to correct one.

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That looks reeeeeally nice!
Great job and sorry to here about your lock rock acid mishap.
I've seen people brush nail polish on surfaces they dont want etched by the acid and I discovered by mistake that even a black sharpie can work to a certain degree. On material with threaded screw holes I have been dropping candle wax inside to keep the inside tolerances from being etched out.
What did you put on the blade to mask it when etching to make the design?
 
brandoak said:
That looks reeeeeally nice!
Great job and sorry to here about your lock rock acid mishap.
I've seen people brush nail polish on surfaces they dont want etched by the acid and I discovered by mistake that even a black sharpie can work to a certain degree. On material with threaded screw holes I have been dropping candle wax inside to keep the inside tolerances from being etched out.
What did you put on the blade to mask it when etching to make the design?
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Thanks guys. I used nail polish on this one. I covered the pivot hole and the hole for the spring. Just forgot about bottom of the blade where the lock sits. It was a learning experience.
 
gonebad395 said:
Looks great man is there a guide you went with
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Thanks. When you say guide what do you mean. Everything I did was free hand. I didn't draw anything out I just winged it. to test the acid I put the clip in first. And while the clip was in the acid I did the nail polish on the blade and did the file work on the clip side of the knife. after the clip was done the blade was dry and I put the blade in and I did a little filing on the plastic back spacer as well.
 
Jmann8686 said:
Thanks. When you say guide what do you mean. Everything I did was free hand. I didn't draw anything out I just winged it. to test the acid I put the clip in first. And while the clip was in the acid I did the nail polish on the blade and did the file work on the clip side of the knife. after the clip was done the blade was dry and I put the blade in and I did a little filing on the plastic back spacer as well.
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have you tried increasing the bend of the lockbar to take up the slop?
 
That's a great start! Knife modding can become addictive.
 
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