BogdanS
Knifemaker / Craftsman / Service Provider
- Joined
- Jan 11, 2015
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Hello dear brothers,
With God's good will today i managed to finish a project that i had for quite some time in my head, a mod SAK
The knife itself is the standard factory one so i haven't intervene on it in any way but cleaning and oiling it.
On the other hand the aesthetic part was completely rebuilt. I used 10000 years old stabilized Siberian mammoth ivory for the scales that were nicely finished and buffed to a high gloss. The emblem is made using a piece of Swedish stainless Damasteel that was hand shaped and milled to tightly fit into it's place. I kept the tweezers as i do like their utility but i removed the toothpick. The tweezers fit tightly in it's slot and the scales were nicely formed around it.
Please not that everything was made by hand so no CNC was used; a lot of detailed work got into this little guy and although it is not perfect i would say that it is at least a very nice and exclusive knife.
The price is 100 usd (please add 35 usd for an genuine exotic skin pocket sheath made by my lovely wife - on request). If the price is not proper in any way please let me know as i have no experience in selling this kind of knife but i judged by the amount of work and the value of the materials and kept is as low as i could think
All the best, God bless,
Bogdan
P.S: the scales are fitted using epoxy as the cross cut mammoth ivory is quite fragile alone; taking this into consideration i would not advice taking them apart as most likely they will be ruined. Made this statement as i am aware that the SAK users have this tinkering 'virus' in their blood
With God's good will today i managed to finish a project that i had for quite some time in my head, a mod SAK
The knife itself is the standard factory one so i haven't intervene on it in any way but cleaning and oiling it.
On the other hand the aesthetic part was completely rebuilt. I used 10000 years old stabilized Siberian mammoth ivory for the scales that were nicely finished and buffed to a high gloss. The emblem is made using a piece of Swedish stainless Damasteel that was hand shaped and milled to tightly fit into it's place. I kept the tweezers as i do like their utility but i removed the toothpick. The tweezers fit tightly in it's slot and the scales were nicely formed around it.
Please not that everything was made by hand so no CNC was used; a lot of detailed work got into this little guy and although it is not perfect i would say that it is at least a very nice and exclusive knife.
The price is 100 usd (please add 35 usd for an genuine exotic skin pocket sheath made by my lovely wife - on request). If the price is not proper in any way please let me know as i have no experience in selling this kind of knife but i judged by the amount of work and the value of the materials and kept is as low as i could think
All the best, God bless,
Bogdan
P.S: the scales are fitted using epoxy as the cross cut mammoth ivory is quite fragile alone; taking this into consideration i would not advice taking them apart as most likely they will be ruined. Made this statement as i am aware that the SAK users have this tinkering 'virus' in their blood
