Lets see your Cold Steel mods!!!

[oldmanwilly]

Dagnabbit... I didn't need any more reasons to pick up a Tai Pan.

 

[BeerButtChicken]

Looks great!

Thanks

That's an heirloom level on that Tai Pan. That's one of those knives that the design is so damn good, it deserves a better handle. One of my favorite CS fixed blades for sure.

Indeed the double hollow grind is done well - the handle and the sheath though ...

Dagnabbit... I didn't need any more reasons to pick up a Tai Pan.

 

[jlauffer]

For awesome leather sheaths, I would inquire with our very own cpirtle and duramax

 

[sp1ke]

While I absolutely loved my stock AD10, EDC that knife was a pain. Some little handle improvements helped a lot with the footprint:

 

[sp1ke]

However, I still not cary my AD10 often because I modified my America Lawman:

So far the best knife I owned. Easy to cary (wear on knife can tell) and fits my hand perfectly. Handle made from 4mm G10 (my first 3d texturing experience).

 

[sp1ke]

This one is the best watermelon serving knife ever :

Probably needs a new matching sheath. Still slim and concealable. Stock handle is a joke for non-fighting use. Gcarta + brass pins + epoxy feels pretty solid in field tests.

 

[sp1ke]

And the last one:

Still fits stock sheath.

 

[centroid]

S sp1ke

What model CS knife is this?

 

[RPZIP]

Wow, gorgeous handle

 

[oldmanwilly]

And the last one:

Still fits stock sheath.

S sp1ke

What model CS knife is this?

AK-47?

Very nice work!

 

[DocJD]

AK-47?

Makes sense from the pommel shape and angle .

Great job on that handle mod .

Lot of people would like that more than stock , which many find a bit awkward .

 

[DangerZone98]

Beautiful work. Like a pretty strap on a nice wristwatch.

 

[deltablade]

This one is the best watermelon serving knife ever :

Probably needs a new matching sheath. Still slim and concealable. Stock handle is a joke for non-fighting use. Gcarta + brass pins + epoxy feels pretty solid in field tests.

what is the name of this knife?

 

[deltablade]

One more rehandle job - this time a 3V Master Hunter got a new OD green canvas micarta handle plus brass guard.

and with some oil treatment

do you use slabs and inlet, or a block with a slot for the tang?

 

[Steely_Gunz]

While it won't show up in a pic, so I didn't take one, but convexing the Recon One XL really improved the knife for me. As it is, it comes with a super thin and sharp edge, but the XHP steel is a bit soft if left too thin. I was cutting some blender bottles free from their packaging and took the edge to the plastic ties. Well the plastic ties ended up being thin metal ones...
Nothing hard or robust, but after I dug the edge around in there I was left with a lot of shallow dings and flats that wouldn't have happened on a harder edge. These were as thin as threads and dead soft. The knife cut fine and would have powered through whatever you wanted to cut, but you could feel and see all the shiny deformation in the edge at the microbevel.

Sacrificing some of the blade finish (which pretty basic anyway and not one to hold up to much abuse and one of the only things I don't like about the knife), I stropped the edge on a sanding sponge of around 400 grit to create a small convex. I moved on to an oiled 400 grit paper to work up an edge and then to a 600 oiled paper, a ceramic rod to push any wire edge to the breaking point and finally polishing compound on a stropping leather to finish it up. It doesn't pop hair like the super fine edge that I had on it, but it's way more robust and still slicing paper really well.

Micro convex edges are my favorite for hard use knives. They take a bit more of a beating before they deform, and a large 5.5" blade is made for hard use. Once you get them started, they are pretty easy to maintain with a hard stone and strop.














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[kwackster]

An oldie but a goodie, this modified 1980's Shinobu tanto:

K

Thread 'Modified Cold Steel Shinobu tanto'

Oct 5, 2016

Sometimes i buy used older knives to restore, but also as practice material to try out certain idea's.

The tanto point on this used & worn 1980's Cold Steel Shinobu folder was made a bit pointier with the help of my Tormek T7, then sharpened & polished on a first generation Wicked Edge.
The straight edge was done freehand on Paper Wheels with diamond compounds.
The rubber grips were also re-attached to the liners (as they had partially come loose)

How these knives look from the factory (pics from the net):

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• kwackster
• Replies: 4
• Forum: Maintenance, Tinkering & Embellishment

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Maybe an idea for a new version ?

 

[oldmanwilly]

An oldie but a goodie, this modified 1980's Shinobu tanto:

K

Thread 'Modified Cold Steel Shinobu tanto'

Oct 5, 2016

Sometimes i buy used older knives to restore, but also as practice material to try out certain idea's.

The tanto point on this used & worn 1980's Cold Steel Shinobu folder was made a bit pointier with the help of my Tormek T7, then sharpened & polished on a first generation Wicked Edge.
The straight edge was done freehand on Paper Wheels with diamond compounds.
The rubber grips were also re-attached to the liners (as they had partially come loose)

How these knives look from the factory (pics from the net):

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• kwackster
• Replies: 4
• Forum: Maintenance, Tinkering & Embellishment

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• 

Maybe an idea for a new version ?

Man, that's not just a modification, that is a complete overhual of the design for the better. Well done!

 

[RocketFoot]

AD10 Tanto modified with custom anodized titanium scales