Modified Production Knives (traditional only)

I’m trying a birdseye pivot on this one. I’ve never done one before, so we’ll see how it goes.
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This will be a little picture heavy, but this is my rebuild of an old advertising type of knife. Since I couldn't find a Beer Scout, or a Radio Jack that I could afford, I figured I'd just make my own. :rolleyes: This old knife had pretty thin side liners, with one side being bent pretty dramatically. I decided to make new side liners with thicker brass, and to make it a bare end, with brass bolsters. I settled on some Winterbottom bone scales, making this my first attempt at bone. I made a few silly mistakes along the way, but I think the end result is passable. I still haven't decided if I'm going to polish the bolsters, or leave them sort of "brushed".

The first 4 pics are of the original, with the remaining pics of the rebuilt knife... since the name "Radio Jack" was already taken, I suppose I'll have to call this one the "Drew Jack"... since that's my given name.... :D

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I like winterbottom bone...

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Note the thicker side liners on the rebuild...

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I may end up rounding the edges a little more, but it feels pretty comfortable in hand as it is now... I also had to put a slight relief in the scale for access to the caplifter nail nick.

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I was pleased with the blade centering of the main blade, but the caplifter is a little off... my mistake, when polishing it up, I took a little too much off one side, which caused it to cant a little bit... live and learn..

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Nice job. I recently did a similar knife in micarta with no bolsters. I carried it today for Thanksgiving. I’ll post some pictures when I have a chance.
 
Sacto said:
Here’s the one I did. Bare end, rag micarta. It could be better, but I’m happy with it. Handy little knife.
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Yours appears to have retained the slimness of the original. Mine is quite a bit fatter than the original. I wanted it to be somewhat thicker, so I'm ok with it. Nice job... I've not worked with micarta yet...
 
Nothing as good as you fine folks do but here's a mod / salvage I just finished on an old Buck 305 that came in the mail today.
Let's just say the coping blade was worse for wear, so I turned it into a little awl.


This should make a handy little package, the little awl being great for all kinds of things.
 
hornetguy said:
The first 4 pics are of the original, with the remaining pics of the rebuilt knife... since the name "Radio Jack" was already taken, I suppose I'll have to call this one the "Drew Jack"... since that's my given name.... :D
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Looks great.

Btw I knew the name Y-B cigars was extremely familiar to me, then it hit me.

" Be wise but Y-B's " was the slogan on a sign hanging in the garage on a late 90's to early 2000's sitcom I watch reruns of the time.

Let's just see if anyone can guess the TV show I'm referring to
 
Hickory n steel said:
Nothing as good as you fine folks do but here's a mod / salvage I just finished on an old Buck 305 that came in the mail today.
Let's just say the coping blade was worse for wear, so I turned it into a little awl.


This should make a handy little package, the little awl being great for all kinds of things.
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Shoot... that's a great job on making an awl. Should be handy to have along...
 
Hickory n steel said:
Looks great.

Btw I knew the name Y-B cigars was extremely familiar to me, then it hit me.

" Be wise but Y-B's " was the slogan on a sign hanging in the garage on a late 90's to early 2000's sitcom I watch reruns of the time.

Let's just see if anyone can guess the TV show I'm referring to
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The only show I remember from that time frame, that spent any time in a garage, was "Home Improvement"...
 
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