I posted this at the Spyderco website forum, but figured there were some folks at BF that may not visit the Syderco company forum.
......from modding my knives in some way. Sometimes they do not turn out exactly as I would like, but 90% of the time they do turn out exactly as I imagined.
The modding today took place on, none other than, the Vallotton Sub-Hilt. This knife is just about perfect as it can get straight out of the box, but nevertheless I HAD to do something!!
The only thing I would change on this knife is the height of the linerlock bar. And that is exactly what I did. This mod, like all others, is something you need to think about and not just jump in as this is how you screw up the mod. First thing I did was to use a sharpie and mark the liner on both sides so that the liner would have the same curve as the bolsters have. Then I completely disassembled the entire knife. To do this mod I used a Dremel tool with a coarse sanding drum, a fine sanding drum, some 1000 grit wet/dry sandpaper, paste compound/polish, and a pot of water. Whenever cutting steel down on a knife, I will go slow and dip the part in water every few seconds as the heat can build up fast and ruin the hardening of the part, in this case the linerlock bar, if not careful. As a result it takes more time to accomplish the task, and in my case about 20 minutes of using the Dremel, and another ten spent with the 1000 grit paper, along with the polish as a final step. I cut it down so that it still rises above the bolster's curve, but only by a part of a millimeter, and this is to get my thumb into the lock and be able to unlock the liner. I am really pleased with how it turned out, and it is more comfortable than before.
I took some pics using my only option, my blackberry camera, so they are blurry, but you can still get an idea of how it looks.
BTW, the top picture is how the liner looked before I did the mod.
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This is the after picture
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Another blurry pic, of the after mod, to strain and hurt your eye's.
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......from modding my knives in some way. Sometimes they do not turn out exactly as I would like, but 90% of the time they do turn out exactly as I imagined.
The modding today took place on, none other than, the Vallotton Sub-Hilt. This knife is just about perfect as it can get straight out of the box, but nevertheless I HAD to do something!!
The only thing I would change on this knife is the height of the linerlock bar. And that is exactly what I did. This mod, like all others, is something you need to think about and not just jump in as this is how you screw up the mod. First thing I did was to use a sharpie and mark the liner on both sides so that the liner would have the same curve as the bolsters have. Then I completely disassembled the entire knife. To do this mod I used a Dremel tool with a coarse sanding drum, a fine sanding drum, some 1000 grit wet/dry sandpaper, paste compound/polish, and a pot of water. Whenever cutting steel down on a knife, I will go slow and dip the part in water every few seconds as the heat can build up fast and ruin the hardening of the part, in this case the linerlock bar, if not careful. As a result it takes more time to accomplish the task, and in my case about 20 minutes of using the Dremel, and another ten spent with the 1000 grit paper, along with the polish as a final step. I cut it down so that it still rises above the bolster's curve, but only by a part of a millimeter, and this is to get my thumb into the lock and be able to unlock the liner. I am really pleased with how it turned out, and it is more comfortable than before.
I took some pics using my only option, my blackberry camera, so they are blurry, but you can still get an idea of how it looks.
BTW, the top picture is how the liner looked before I did the mod.
This is the after picture
Another blurry pic, of the after mod, to strain and hurt your eye's.
