Kabar reworking

[jasperhalo]

Thought you guys might be interested to see my first summer knife project. I decided to rehandle my ka-bar impact spear and sand off the coating. The original scales were just a little too small and the grooves hurt my hand so I thought I'd see if i could do better.Its a little crude because I did it all without power tools, just a carving knife,file, and some sandpaper. This was my first attempt at anything like this so let me know what you think.


original

reworked version

 

[MValborg]

i like it, you might consider cleaning up the edges of the rivet holes though

 

[YDNAR88030]

Looks like you did a fine job to me, I like it. Your own semi-custom by you. Congrats!

 

[SuzukiGS750EZ]

Wow, i wish i could do that! I love the look of that knife. You made a cheap looking knife (in my opinion) look like a full on custom. I like how you left a little of that back lanyard slot for a lanyard "hole". Smart!

 

[FortyTwoBlades]

Looks great!

 

[JTC]

Looks nice. Good job figuring the handles.

 

[Lazydog1]

The way you described what you'd done I was expecting to see a real mess...and then I paged down. Very nice work! It looks great!

 

[Masteroffajitas]

I'd like it with a mirror polish, the scales look really comfortable, and it looks much better with out the coating. Great job.

 

[Peter Parker]

Good job:thumbup:!