lets see your old hickory mods

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todd
 
That is one cool mod, Todd! Good stuff. I'd not have thought of taking all my steel from the blade the way you did.

I'm going to have to get around to modding a few of these...
 
I hope this works, this is my first time trying to insert an image.
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I call this my "Ness-cliff", I started uot with a OH skinner, cut out a Nessmuck and didn't really like the size so I cut it down shorter and now its one of my favorite woodsbumming knives.
 
Here's one I did for a fellow forum member and a great guy a little while back.

Todd,
great little knife you made there. I've got to try one of those myself. Great idea!
Thanks,
Scott

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nice work guys... seeing things like this always wants to make me go a little more traditional. Think i might trya few myself...How do you get the handle slabs off?
 
Yea, like Scott said, they come off super easy. I skip the heatgun and just use a knife to pry them off.

I like the fact that the handles aren't hardened so drilling pin holes or enlarging the holes is easy without annealing.
 
Very cool knives. I have been gathering up a few OHs along with the thought of trying my hand at this. I got one of the fourteen inch butcher knives last week and it is a monster.

How are y'all cutting and grinding without losing the temper? Just hand tools, or lots of water to dip in, or ?
 
Excellent mods, guys, all of them. :thumbup: :thumbup:

Pipedreams, did you have to soften the steel to drill the holes for the scale pins? Also, since part of the handle tang was originally ground for the blade, did you bevel the scales on the bottom? If so, can you post a picture of a top and bottom view?

Doc
 
Revolvergeek said:
How are y'all cutting and grinding without losing the temper? Just hand tools, or lots of water to dip in, or ?
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If you google Old Hickory+nessmuk you can find a couple of good tutorials.

I cut the blade IN the water. I still lost the temper for about an 8th of an inch and had to file down to the hard steel. I cut with a Dremel and most likely had the speed too high, I'm kinda impatent, so with a lower speed I may have been OK.
 
DOC-CANADA said:
Excellent mods, guys, all of them. :thumbup: :thumbup:

Pipedreams, did you have to soften the steel to drill the holes for the scale pins? Also, since part of the handle tang was originally ground for the blade, did you bevel the scales on the bottom? If so, can you post a picture of a top and bottom view?

Doc
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I didn't anneal at all. I just used a carbide drill and went S_L_O_W. Th scales are slightly beveled, but in the end, I got lazy and just filled the gap with epoxy mixed with wood dust.

todd
 
Revolvergeek said:
How are y'all cutting and grinding without losing the temper? Just hand tools, or lots of water to dip in, or ?
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the key is dip dip dip, cut a little with a dremel, and dip, grind a little dip. NEVER let it get hot to the touch. Good sharp sanding belts and cut off disks really help.
 
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