Help with spydiechef mod?

William1990

William1990

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Has anyone ever tried grinding titanium? I am left handed and the opening on the spydiechefs scale to push over the lockbar is too far down the knife that I cant close it left handed. But if I was to grind or file a slight gap to make the show side scale slightly lower than the lockbar I could close it for sure. Any ideas or advice?
Along the blue line in the picture is what I am talking about.
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William1990 said:
Has anyone ever tried grinding titanium? I am left handed and the opening on the spydiechefs scale to push over the lockbar is too far down the knife that I cant close it left handed. But if I was to grind or file a slight gap to make the show side scale slightly lower than the lockbar I could close it for sure. Any ideas or advice?
Along the blue line in the picture is what I am talking about.
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Titanium grinds pretty easy, you could do it with a Dremel.
 
William1990 said:
Thats kinda what I was thinking of using. taking off the gray finish shouldnt affect its rust resistance should it?
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Ti will not rust so no worries there.
I forgot to ask what tools you have at your disposal. If you have a hand drill or drill press you could use any size sanding drum that gives you the radius that you are looking for. Sanding drums can be pretty inexpressive and you can pick them up at most hardware or Harbor Freight type stores.
Lay out is very important, you can't put it back once it is ground away. Take away just enough to make it work for you.
Take the knife apart to do this. When you have it apart look closely at the mechanics of things and make sure you don't grind away something important.
Tape the part that you don't want scratched. Rinse off parts with water rather than wiping. Sanding grit gets everywhere and that nice finish on the Ti will scratch easy.
The part that you just ground is going to be shiny and not match the original finish. You can soak the scales in hot water and Oxi Clean to get it close to the original finish.It will probably be a little darker.
 
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After looking at your pic more closely, I think that grinding that part away could cause problems with the lock. With that part gone, it looks like you could put unwanted pressure on the lock bar that could cause the lock to disengage unexpectedly.
 
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flatblackcapo said:
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After looking at your pic more closely, I think that grinding that part away could cause problems with the lock. With that part gone, it looks like you could put unwanted pressure on the lock bar that could cause the lock to disengage expectantly.
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How so? I dont see how it would since I would just be widening the gap just slightly. Do you mean when gripping the knife it might push the lock bar to disengage?
 
William1990 said:
How so? I dont see how it would since I would just be widening the gap just slightly. Do you mean when gripping the knife it might push the lock bar to disengage?
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Yes, when gripping the knife, any twisting while cutting could cause the lock to disengage.
I can't be sure that it will, I don't own a Spyiechef, but I thought it worth mentioning.
Hopefully someone with that model and some knife mod'ing experience will be able to offer an opinion.
 
I have one. I've used it a lot. I wold contact this guy because he designed that knife and ask about having him customize it for you.

https://www.instagram.com/marcins_knives/?hl=en

It's a relatively expensive knife. If you go trial and error with a Dremel drum sander it will be a lot of Trial, a lot of Error and you'll notice that phrase doesn't contain the word Success anywhere.
 
I dont own spydiechef but after some practice I have no problem opening and closing all my framelock knives with my left hand. So my suggestion is to practice more instead of modify.
 
sharp_edge said:
I dont own spydiechef but after some practice I have no problem opening and closing all my framelock knives with my left hand. So my suggestion is to practice more instead of modify.
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Im obsessed with Ti frame locks so I own a ton of them and close them all with absolutely zero problem. Until the spydiechef. I can do it but it is extremely uncomfortable. The access to the lock bar is so low from the spine of the blade. If you ever get a chance to handle one I promise you will see what I mean. Looking at it I would never guess it would be a problem.
 
sharp_edge said:
I dont own spydiechef but after some practice I have no problem opening and closing all my framelock knives with my left hand. So my suggestion is to practice more instead of modify.
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Im obsessed with Ti frame locks so I own a ton of them and close them all with absolutely zero problem. Until the spydiechef. I can do it but it is extremely uncomfortable. The access to the lock bar is so low from the spine of the blade. If you ever get a chance to handle one I promise you will see what I mean. Looking at it I would never guess it would be a problem.

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I've yet to find a right handed frame lock that gives me issue, I'm left handed and prefer right hand knives, the few dedicated lefties I've had did not stick around. I realize this is a very individual thing but the Chef gives me zero issue closing it. I prefer to flip it in hand as pictured, but using my index finger without flipping is fine as well.

The way I manipulate may not be for everyone, but its smooth and quick for me.

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Sharps said:
I've yet to find a right handed frame lock that gives me issue, I'm left handed and prefer right hand knives, the few dedicated lefties I've had did not stick around. I realize this is a very individual thing but the Chef gives me zero issue closing it. I prefer to flip it in hand as pictured, but using my index finger without flipping is fine as well.

The way I manipulate may not be for everyone, but its smooth and quick for me.

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I def agree with that way. Thats how I close all my frame locks but for me the spydiechef is just uncomfortable like that. The cut out just feels so much lower that having to put my thumb tip on that sharp edge of the lock bar and extend my index so much is a pain after a couple times. And the lock bar stick doesnt help matters much. But maybe your index is a little longer than mine
 
sharp_edge said:
I dont own spydiechef but after some practice I have no problem opening and closing all my framelock knives with my left hand. So my suggestion is to practice more instead of modify.
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I agree. I have tons of knives and with a little practice I can open and close them all with little to no problem... except the spydie chief. I can finger flick it just fine but for some unknown reason closing it left handed is a bit of a struggle. Don't really know why but it is. Traded mine to a friend. He loves it. I did to but couldn't see keeping something I was struggling with. If the OP has success in getting his modded and posts that it has helped . I'll pick one up again and try the same mod.
 
flatblackcapo gave good how-to advice. I have ground down a few titanium handles. Here I would recommend making sure that you don't remove any material on the scale that is at the same level or higher up than where the lockbar touches the tang on the opposite scale. You want to start as far below that, and as shallow as you can, and then remove more material only as strictly necessary -- because you can't add it back!
 
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