Modified Production Knives (traditional only)

Thanks, man. The website I got them from calls it “presentation burl ironwood”, so ironwood. There were two grades of burl and this was the more expensive of the two, not by much though. I think the difference is that these are sorted to have fewer voids in the burl, I’m not sure though, maybe it was just more expensive.
 
I am late to this thread, and have been greatly enjoying reading the posts and seeing the great ideas and
workmanship here! It's a shame so many pics have been lost due to Photobucket... What has really
been neat is to see people start into modding their knives, gain a couple of years' experience, and
who are now posting examples of just fantastic quality! I have to admit, y'all have got me to thinking
about starting... and I am about as big a mechanical klutz as was ever born.

Thanks for sharing, and keep 'em coming! :)

John
 
Had some really think scrap G10. Not perfect but I tried lol :eek:
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Very ambitious and awesome.
What are you planning to use for the clear acrylic?
 
3-1-1 said:
Very ambitious and awesome.
What are you planning to use for the clear acrylic?
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The last two pictures already have the acrylic poured in. It’s alumilite amazing clear, it is FDA approved food safe when fully cured, so I figured that was a good route to go, all the other ones on their site said for industrial applications. As of this morning it was solid but not fully hardened I’ll see how it is tonight or tomorrow. I think it’s 24-48 hours till fully hard and 7-10 days till fully cured. I’ve got some other stuff to work on in the meantime, but I don’t think I’ll be able to resist working on this here and there.
 
jsdistin said:
The last two pictures already have the acrylic poured in. It’s alumilite amazing clear, it is FDA approved food safe when fully cured, so I figured that was a good route to go, all the other ones on their site said for industrial applications. As of this morning it was solid but not fully hardened I’ll see how it is tonight or tomorrow. I think it’s 24-48 hours till fully hard and 7-10 days till fully cured. I’ve got some other stuff to work on in the meantime, but I don’t think I’ll be able to resist working on this here and there.
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That is going to be a very nifty knife, and thanks for the info. I will look for that Aluminite stuff!
A few years ago, I mixed some glow-in-the-dark powder with some two part clear epoxy. It worked, but was far too bubbly. :(
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3-1-1 said:
Wow, you really can't even see it. So did you pour over the bolster also?
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Yes, I basically made a cup out of painters tape and covered the bottom as well, at least two layers all around, then filled it almost to the top so it is at least twice as thick as it would ever need to be, just in case it leaked. I had poured a test one with an extra spacer I had around that did leak a little so I wanted to make sure it would be enough either way. I also could not think of a way to cover the bolsters and still have it not interfere with the rest of the scales so I just figured it was much better to have to move more material than to not have enough somewhere. The way these are I will be able to sand them down however I want.
r8shell said:
That is going to be a very nifty knife, and thanks for the info. I will look for that Aluminite stuff!
A few years ago, I mixed some glow-in-the-dark powder with some two part clear epoxy. It worked, but was far too bubbly. :(
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I remember this one and thought it was neat. This resin or acrylic or whatever it is, was a little bubbly but a fair amount of that was from me mixing it probably a little to vigorously. All the larger bubbles made their way to the top and popped. There was one or two that cling on the bottom that I was able to release with the popsicle stick stirrer, even after a half hour or so it was still liquid enough. A few bubbles went to the top and didn’t pop but they will be sanded away and there may be some micro bubbles mixed all the way through but I won’t be sure until I sand it down and polish it. The test one I did had almost no bubbles though because I stirred more slowly. One of the things it said was that it was food safe if equal parts used and thoroughly mixed and cured, so I over mixed to be sure
 
JohnDF said:
Very cool. I like the design. :cool::thumbsup:
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jsdistin said:
Yes very nice.
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Thanks! The knife is one of several white bone Rough Riders that @5K Qs gave me as a "patron of the arts" :) I've got plans for the next one that I'm kinda excited about.
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I think it will end up being a mash up between and old plastic covered advertising knife and a gec with looking glass acrylic.
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Wow, that's nifty! How are you going to polish it? (I assume you're planning to, although the frosty surface looks cool, too)
I think I like looking glass acrylic because my first knife was a Kutmaster girl scout camper with the clear covers on top. I was fascinated by the way a scratch on the top surface made a shadow on the lower surface that would move around with the light. :)
 
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