Knives with the wave feature

rjwiggall said:
Yes, Dremel. The way I've done it is to put the knife blade in a vice and freehand the wave cutout. I tend to like the less conspicuous waves (just enough cut out to catch the pocket but not ruin the blade profile), but you can see on the ganzo blades I leveled off the top edge.
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If you want it to work 100% of the time the material in front of the wave should be cut away; just like how Emerson and other production knives are done. Plus, I believe this gives the knife a cleaner, more finished look. :thumbup:


orezona said:
The mods posted are interesting to me... Dremel? Kinda wondering how hard it would be to do that to a couple knives that I have since I don't own any waved production knives.
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I use a "rotary tool" ;) with the thinnest cut off wheels I can find. (sorry, not a real dremel but a craftsmen one with all the goodies)

Step one for me after taping the bare blade is to clamp it vertically in a heavy vice. I make the top cut to mark where the wave will actually go/end up then remove what is needed from the spine by making a cut parallel to the blade (sort of parallel I guess.) To do the longer cut I typically clamp the bare blade to a flat piece of wood in my vice so it's laying flat - I've found this helps to ensure the top cut is square to the blade's spine ( as close as possible to reduce the amount of grinding needed after)

Once the top cut and parallel cut meet you'll have a small triangle cut off of metal from the blades spine leaving the "wave" ready for testing and refinement. Finish grinding and shaping as required/preferred. In the case of this SNG, i used a 1/8" stone grinding bit to get the nice radius on this wave mod.

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So far so good. The back of the blade needs some reshaping but the wave really works.

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This is a suggestion. What do you people think about this mod to a Gayle Bradley?

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HFinn said:
Maybe it would be good to leave more hook to the wave. That would also give more support to the thumb if I wanted to use it as a thumb opening device.
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That would be better... and be an effective beer opening device as well.
 
HFinn said:
This is a suggestion. What do you people think about this mod to a Gayle Bradley?

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I'd be worried about weakening the blade by cutting away so much material around the Spydie hole... Don't pry with it if you do the mod. ;):thumbup:

Ahead of the hole is safer IMHO.

Next wave mod???

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I'm tempted to wave my Gayle Bradley but I'm also not sure if it would look okay as the first gen GB blade shape doesn't seem wave friendly...

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Has anyone out there actually waved a GB?... :D
 
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The results:

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Functionally they work fine. With little practise the wave works 100%. The GB is the best wave knife I have used so far considering the opening. Both retain the thumb opening so I am not tied to wave.

The modifications were not perfect. I might have taken a bit too much of the GB. It works just fine, but looks a bit goofy. It changed the knife in to more of a weapon in my opinion.
 
On Monday I found another way to wave the CS TriAd folders, and I suppose it will work on others.
I EDCd the new waved knife during the day, and deployed it on different environments and circumstances (sitting in the bus when no one looked, standing in the street with a small bag on my back, going upstairs when entering home...) with an effectiveness of 100%.

To my surprise, this cheap little mod worked perfectly every time I drew the knife from my pocket. Will edit for pics in a couple hours.
 
Oh, and considering that in GB the scales hide the blade when closed, it is now easy to use as a impact device if needed. Thick steel liners give it strenght and heft for this application. The butt of the handle is perfectly shaped for this.
 
Here they are. Video too!

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I just found a clothespin laying on the floor, and took the spring out. I was cleaning my Gunsite on the work bench, and when I came back I wondered: What if?

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Embedded the spring through the thumbstud hole, bent the steel with needlenose pliers and forced it so it won't move or wiggle. After about 50-60 attempts, I must say it works surprisingly good.

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Don't know how will it hold up or if the soft steel will bend soon, but deployment is excellent and doesn't rip or tear the pockets!

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When there is a will, there is a wave :D

I would have thought of a sepate hook like appendix that would be bolted to the hole, made of steel or aluminium.

The wave-fu is strong in this one.

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HFinn said:
When there is a will, there is a wave :D

I would have thought of a sepate hook like appendix that would be bolted to the hole, made of steel or aluminium.

The wave-fu is strong in this one.

[video=youtube;jf9SuyKRrNM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf9SuyKRrNM[/video]
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Wow, yeah... I was drunk and high when I did this one.
 
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