Killdevil spike re-grind

[Tyrade83]

I was playing with an RMJ hawk last night, and really liked the tanto-esque profile of the spike. It has far more penetration potential than the square blunt end of the KD hawk. So, I decided to copy it, and regrind the spike on my KD to sort of match it.





It still needs a bit of cleaning up with finer belts because I just used a worn 24 gr ceramic belt to get here. I'll square the grinds up a bit with the platen rather than the slack belt I used last night as well. But the proof of concept works. You can see a light test swing into the 10ga mild steel behind it, and it penetrates VERY well now with no blunting or damage at all to the spike. After I re wrap my handle, I'm going to see if I can get it through in one good swing.

What do you guys think?

 

[Father & Son Traditional Sharpening]

Very nice….

 

[MattinLA]

Nice regrind! Hey do you think that the KDSH is thick enough to break a Master Lock? You know the videos where RMJ puts the spike through the lock hole and twists? I would love to know if the KDSH could do that...

 

[Tyrade83]

Thank you, RAD.

If I can find an old lock I'll give it a shot, Matt.

 

[MattinLA]

I look forward to the results!

 

[stjones]

I'll bring a lock up up along with some nails buddy.

 

[Pfd1980]

That looks awesome..

 

[Hard Knocks]

Great mod Tyrade. That baby's gonna bite.

 

[tinfoil hat timmy]

I'll be doing that once I find the money for a kdsh. Thanks for adding to the "needs" list. I unroll the paper its written on and its like toilet paper rolling down a flight of stairs while holding onto the free end.

 

[evltcat]

I think that's awesome and can't wait to see how that spike performs! :thumbup:

 

[Tyrade83]

I tried the lock break today. Passed with flying colors.








The first attempt broke the crappy chain I used, and left a fully functional lock. Bring on the transport chain!






Success!!! It was actually so easy, I tried again with a Master brand lock.



Result: Killdevil 3, locks and chains 0. Can't complain about that. :thumbup: :thumbup:

 

[MattinLA]

Tyrade83 thank you so much for the info and pictures...that is a breaching tool!

 

[stjones]

 

[Hard Knocks]

Thanks for taking time to do the test man! That is awesome :thumbup:

 

[Tyrade83]

Penetration tests are next, I just need to find something between beer can and 10ga sheet steel to punch the spike through.

 

[dingy]

really cool mod and test :thumbup:

 

[Gravelface]

There is no padlock that can stop a man on mission!!!

 

[evltcat]

That is simply AMAZING!!!
These little hawks are just incredibly tough!!! ----

Thanks for the pix and the animated .gif Tyrade & stjones! :thumbup:

 

[Hindsight]

Nice work on that lock.

 

[xxwarderxx]

That's amazing how tough these 'hawks are.