Jfowl31's knife modding/making progression thread

Thanks for the kind words everyone. I'm having a lot of fun and learning from each one. I've gained a ton of respect for all of the knife makers our there... It's so rewarding and frustrating at the same time. I can only imagine how much more magnified it will be when the blade grinding comes along!
 
Thanks Glenn. You were another one who inspired me to get off my butt and just start doing it!
 
glennbad said:
Hopefully that's not because of my long wait times...:(
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Of course not! Mainly it was just reading through the Glennbad tribute thread and seeing how you aren't afraid to tackle any project. The tl29 teardrop mod of yours is what really made me understand that so much can be done with just a blade a spring from a production knife. I'm looking forward to taking on tougher projects like that. For now I'm sticking to keeping knives in the same pattern but just "upgrading" the covers. It is a fun hobby and very frustrating and rewarding at the same time.
 
These little caplifters are really fun to make... It's a good way to get a quick crash course in working with various handle materials without the worry of ruining a very expensive knife! The snakewood will be paired with a Bullnose I plan to work in this weekend and the other was another "thin blue line" idea I had. I have friends here locally who work for a few different PD's and I'll be making a few more for them.

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A couple more Bullnose mods in the books. Snakewood with all brass hardware and Cocobolo with a NS pivot. Really happy with how these turned out!

The snakewood is some of the best I've ever seen and it polished up like glass! I made a matching caplifter for it too.

The cocobolo was from what I thought was a bland brown block. Cut a slice out of it and this gorgeousness popped out! This one is O1 tool steel as well from an earlier run.

Enjoy!

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Nice progress! I think I'm going to have to commission you soon......:D tried bone yet?

Thanks, Will
 
I had some old Westinghouse micarta sitting around and decided to make myself a beater shop knife. This was a 2007 GEC 73 that was the NKCA knife. The shield had popped off and it had loosened up as the bone shrunk. I took the bump out of the frame so it's more of a flush joint Sodbuster now with a finer tip on the blade.

The micarta is some sort of flat nylon weave. Maybe fire hose? It has a little bit of a translucent look to it in the sunlight and the weave shimmers which makes me think it's nylon. It's so dense it doesn't even want to take on oil and the rosy outside made a nice touch to the color.

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