Knife Mods?

[Kw4]

What are some mods you do to your knives? Please leave pictures.

 

[Yonose]

Adding guard to production knives isn’t something I see people doing, (probably for a reason) but this along with changing handles is what I did to my Snody Big Boss.

 

[Lapedog]

Anodizing. Very easy to do at home.

 

[tiguy7]

View attachment 937368 View attachment 937369 View attachment 937367 View attachment 937370 I regrind tips, add pocket clips, swap blades, anodize Titanium, and swap handles.

 

[Mo2]

Zip tie wave mod

 

[Wowbagger]

What are some mods you do to your knives? Please leave pictures.

There are a ton of threads here with this but I'm not above posting my Frankenknives yet again.

Everything from removing the spay blade from my Case Trappers. The second blade messes with my grip; I prefer these Trappers single bladed.


To cutting blades in half or even shorter.
I was carrying and using this one today and just having the best time. This thing is killer useful for me as a precision work knife. Short blade + largish handle = high level of control and a delightful knife experience FOR ME.
This is a Cold Steel Ti Lite IV with the blade cut in half, thinned to about 1.9mm and full flat ground. The handle is the basic inexpensive material (rather than the aluminum scales) but it is nice and light (surprisingly light) and I just love using this thing.

I mean just look at how it fits in my hand. Nice full thick handle. Good stuff !


Then sometimes I totally loose it and . . . .
See the black knife second from top . . .
I cut the handle off a fixed blade that I liked and put the handle (made into scales) onto that poor skinny little knife.


Second knife down here



This gives you an idea how thin the handle was before the thicker scales were added. This is actually the full Titanium handled Urban Trapper and the knife I used was the liner lock Urban Trapper with screwed on G-10 scales which is even thinner. She's not thin any more !
I'm addicted to those full sumptuous curves ! and it is still a VERY light knife.


And finally, at the drop of a hat, I have been known to buy a knife I like and grind the blade thinner by half. Think Cold Steel Pendleton Hunter in 3V ground from 5mm at the spine to 2.2mm . . . full flat.
Much thinner behind the edge as well.
= HEAVEN !
OK two more photos
Before (that's a 5mm allen wrench for perspective)


After

Side view of HEAVEN

 

[Delmar Bros Knifeworks]

Old Hickory 7" butcher, the cutting edge was ate up with corrosion and the handle was trashed due to water damage. So i trimmed the bad section off and replaced what was left of the hickory handle with a slab of red oak that I split off a chunk of firewood. Turned out ok, but I'm designing a new handle for it and maybe it will feel better in the hands.

 

[Cryptyc]

As you can see I usually modify the handles. Either I stipple or texture them. In the case of the F1 Pro, I completely rehandled the knife. I also tend to polish them with my initial sharpening.

 

[115Italian]

This was my desert tan emerson roadhouse. Handles kept getting too dirty. Rit dye dark brown. Maybe too dark, looks black in the pic