Wowbagger
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MODERATORS : It seemed to me this belongs more in the Traditionals Forum than it does in the Tinkering Forum . I hope you can please be flexible.
So maybe you don't remember me but my favorite folding knife out of the six hundred or so in my collection , mostly modern Super Steel This and Titanium That is . . .
the Case Trapper .
About forty some of those in the collection (they are all users showing at least a little hazing from use on the bolsters) .
A good majority of them I completely ruined the resale value on by removing the Spay blade (not a fancy job / just cut off the blade and folded the stub). I don't spread a lot of peanut butter with my folder (or do that spay thing ) and the blade is just in the way of my grip.
So that explains the mod on the Spay blade on this one . I use the Spay blade on this knife exclusively to cut meat / food on ceramic dinner plates while eating . Sure it's CV . It is high plains desert where I live (I don't need stainless) and I like patina . And I like CV blades when I can get them.
The cut out mod in the image above on the spay blade is so that when the blade is closed the spine of the blade does not interfere with my grip on the handle when using the Clip Point blade . See image below .
And if you thought that was weird there is more :
Here is the really weird part :
I have been meaning to do the mod shown in the image below for some time and finally started on it and got it mostly done . . .
I'll switch to non diamond water stones to finish the job tomorrow .
I flattened the left side of the blade ( as one holds the knife to cut downward ).
Like a single bevel kitchen knife for a right handed person .
Before the mod it would cut unintentional curved slices off an apple due to the hollow grind and the thickness at the spine pushing the blade out of plumb.
Now it should cut straight down (on apples and other more critical slicing cuts ) due to the flat left side of the blade . Full flat on one side .
Secondarily it was a chance to "break in " some coarse diamond stones for my Edge Pro Apex : Atoma 140 , 600 and 1200 . They have been leaving scratch marks in my polished edges on high vanadium blades (think 9 % vanadium) . Maybe they will calm down now .
Anybody else do this to their knife ?
PS : the marks along the longitudinal center line of the side of this blade is all that is left of the hollow grind .
So maybe you don't remember me but my favorite folding knife out of the six hundred or so in my collection , mostly modern Super Steel This and Titanium That is . . .
the Case Trapper .
About forty some of those in the collection (they are all users showing at least a little hazing from use on the bolsters) .
A good majority of them I completely ruined the resale value on by removing the Spay blade (not a fancy job / just cut off the blade and folded the stub). I don't spread a lot of peanut butter with my folder (or do that spay thing ) and the blade is just in the way of my grip.
So that explains the mod on the Spay blade on this one . I use the Spay blade on this knife exclusively to cut meat / food on ceramic dinner plates while eating . Sure it's CV . It is high plains desert where I live (I don't need stainless) and I like patina . And I like CV blades when I can get them.
The cut out mod in the image above on the spay blade is so that when the blade is closed the spine of the blade does not interfere with my grip on the handle when using the Clip Point blade . See image below .
And if you thought that was weird there is more :
Here is the really weird part :
I have been meaning to do the mod shown in the image below for some time and finally started on it and got it mostly done . . .
I'll switch to non diamond water stones to finish the job tomorrow .
I flattened the left side of the blade ( as one holds the knife to cut downward ).
Like a single bevel kitchen knife for a right handed person .
Before the mod it would cut unintentional curved slices off an apple due to the hollow grind and the thickness at the spine pushing the blade out of plumb.
Now it should cut straight down (on apples and other more critical slicing cuts ) due to the flat left side of the blade . Full flat on one side .
Secondarily it was a chance to "break in " some coarse diamond stones for my Edge Pro Apex : Atoma 140 , 600 and 1200 . They have been leaving scratch marks in my polished edges on high vanadium blades (think 9 % vanadium) . Maybe they will calm down now .
Anybody else do this to their knife ?
PS : the marks along the longitudinal center line of the side of this blade is all that is left of the hollow grind .
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