Modified Production Knives (traditional only)

paulhilborn said:
How bout a copper busbar shield or a shield made from some old copper busbar to keep in the electrical theme with the old micarta insulator covers?
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I actually thought about using copper because I already have a lot of scrap pieces, but I just don’t think I would like the contrast. Although a copper lightning bolt just came to mind, and would be awesome, but that may be too ambitious just yet.
 
J jsdistin thanks for the advice, I’ll put a pin thru just the springs and wedge and sand it down flush with the springs before I reassemble, btw I think you bought a 38 from me at some point.
 
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Will Power said:
J jsdistin Good choice on changing scales, that antler is bit humpy and commonplace.;) The end result looks Custom :cool::thumbsup:

Thanks, Will
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Thank you sir, kind of you to say. I think the antler was rain deer so I was thinking it was Christmasy, but I’m really happy with how it turned out.

SCnick said:
J jsdistin thanks for the advice, I’ll put a pin thru just the springs and wedge and sand it down flush with the springs before I reassemble, btw I think you bought a 38 from me at some point.
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I definitely bought one from you, it’s one of my favorites. Do you know if the spacer si steel or nickel silver? If it’s nickel silver it probably wouldn’t matter too much as it’s so much softer than the blade. I have other knives that have blade rap but they hit the brass liner and it’s never an issue. The 38 (I got from you) was all steel so it caused issues.
 
jsdistin said:
Thank you sir, kind of you to say. I think the antler was rain deer so I was thinking it was Christmasy, but I’m really happy with how it turned out.


I definitely bought one from you, it’s one of my favorites. Do you know if the spacer si steel or nickel silver? If it’s nickel silver it probably wouldn’t matter too much as it’s so much softer than the blade. I have other knives that have blade rap but they hit the brass liner and it’s never an issue. The 38 (I got from you) was all steel so it caused issues.
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It’s steel on mine too
 
Terdl76 said:
Help me out here fellas. I usually bounce what shield I want to use around for about five minutes and make a decision. It’s been about 12 hours. A double bomb could also be a choice(if the mail man would help out).
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I prefer the propeller shield. The narrow shape suits the frame better. In my opinion, of course.
 
Signalprick said:
I like the 2nd one. Do you pin it?
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I don’t. I used a 2 part epoxy to put a Boker shield back in place about 8+ years ago and that sucker gets pretty beat up with no signs of the shield coming loose so I figured, why? Now I do understand why some makers and custom guys do and appreciate the efforts that go into it.
 
I'm giving this Case barlow a pen blade delete, old salvaged black linen micarta covers from billy blade billy blade and a hand rubbed blade finish. Truth be told, I kinda like working on these Case knives more than GEC. As most of us know, Case makes a nice knife but often times they lack in f&f. With just a little extra love though they polish up awful nice.
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Signalprick said:
I'm giving this Case barlow a pen blade delete, old salvaged black linen micarta covers from billy blade billy blade and a hand rubbed blade finish. Truth be told, I kinda like working on these Case knives more than GEC. As most of us know, Case makes a nice knife but often times they lack in f&f. With just a little extra love though they polish up awful nice.
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Can't wait to see that one done. :cool::thumbsup:
 
That's going to look sweet
Signalprick said:
I'm giving this Case barlow a pen blade delete, old salvaged black linen micarta covers from billy blade billy blade and a hand rubbed blade finish. Truth be told, I kinda like working on these Case knives more than GEC. As most of us know, Case makes a nice knife but often times they lack in f&f. With just a little extra love though they polish up awful nice.
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