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I think I might have been a little crazy when I started this knife. I blame Ken Erickson for inspiring me to even try this one. When he finished his recent electricians knife I managed to get in contact with the owner of it who graciously offered to send me some old knives and tackle a project of my own. This one involves a slightly more "simple" liner lock to lock the screw driver in the open position. So in the spirit of constantly pushing myself I pressed on.
After getting two knives in the mail I proceeded to design an electricians knife with the heart of the old beauties and a little of my own style. I managed to capture what I had originally envisioned for this knife.
To say it was tricky is an understatement but I learned a great deal from building it. Putting a liner lock in a slip joint really threw a wrench in the works. I always work so hard to keep things tight, flush, centered and parallel but when you have parts that need to be bent and move inside that makes it all the more difficult.
I am pretty happy with the end result. This one has a couple of firsts for me. My first screw driver, which by the way is not an easy blade to grind and my first liner lock of any sort.
Specs:
Closed length: 3 1/2"
Blade and spring: CPM 154 CM
Handles: lightning strike cf and black linen with black liners.
All stainless liners and hardware.
Any comments are welcome and thanks for looking.
After getting two knives in the mail I proceeded to design an electricians knife with the heart of the old beauties and a little of my own style. I managed to capture what I had originally envisioned for this knife.
To say it was tricky is an understatement but I learned a great deal from building it. Putting a liner lock in a slip joint really threw a wrench in the works. I always work so hard to keep things tight, flush, centered and parallel but when you have parts that need to be bent and move inside that makes it all the more difficult.
I am pretty happy with the end result. This one has a couple of firsts for me. My first screw driver, which by the way is not an easy blade to grind and my first liner lock of any sort.
Specs:
Closed length: 3 1/2"
Blade and spring: CPM 154 CM
Handles: lightning strike cf and black linen with black liners.
All stainless liners and hardware.
Any comments are welcome and thanks for looking.
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