Modified Production Knives (traditional only)

[JTB_5]

Hopefully, before everyone's tired of seeing my pen to coping regrind:

Looks great! What tools did you use?

 

[r8shell]

great work, r8shell . I had eyeballed that particular pattern and liked that there was enough room to knock the point off the pen blade
That was the obviously correct thing to do.

Thanks!

that is the best mod ive seen done to it so far. some one turned their pony jack pen into a screw driver... still waiting for blade deletes!

The bottle opener/screwdriver was pretty cool.

Looks great! What tools did you use?

Thanks! I used a belt sander to remove the tip. Grinding slowly down from the spine side, I wasn't too worried about messing up the temper. Then I used diamond files and ceramic stones to flatten the edge, blend in the swedge, and reestablish an edge bevel. The steel is somewhat thicker behind the edge now, but still a decent slicer.

 

[JTB_5]

Thanks!

The bottle opener/screwdriver was pretty cool.


Thanks! I used a belt sander to remove the tip. Grinding slowly down from the spine side, I wasn't too worried about messing up the temper. Then I used diamond files and ceramic stones to flatten the edge, blend in the swedge, and reestablish an edge bevel. The steel is somewhat thicker behind the edge now, but still a decent slicer.

Cool! Do you have a variable speed belt sander, or just the basic one-speed? I'm sure if that steel behind the edge felt too thick you could slim it down with the sander or stones without hassle, too.

 

[r8shell]

Cool! Do you have a variable speed belt sander, or just the basic one-speed? I'm sure if that steel behind the edge felt too thick you could slim it down with the sander or stones without hassle, too.

It's just a big one-speed at the school shop. I'd never used it before, since most of my projects are so small and detailed, I'm concerned about having enough control.
I also have a Ken Onion variable speed WorkSharp, which is a little 12" belt sander, but this being such a small blade, I figure I can refine it by hand.

 

[JTB_5]

It's just a big one-speed at the school shop. I'd never used it before, since most of my projects are so small and detailed, I'm concerned about having enough control.
I also have a Ken Onion variable speed WorkSharp, which is a little 12" belt sander, but this being such a small blade, I figure I can refine it by hand.

Thanks!

 

[euroken]

 

[JTB_5]

Maybe a bit controversial, but I really like the idea of a dark blade with the dark linen.

 

[mrknife]

ah it might be more appropriate here, how did that happen? Gun blue?

 

[JTB_5]

ah it might be more appropriate here, how did that happen? Gun blue?

Ferric Chloride and water 50/50 solution; sanded, cleaned, and soaked for five minutes and rinsed with water and baking soda to neutralize the acid. It wasn’t as dark as I wanted so I repeated for an additional minute and repeated the finish.

 

[mrknife]

very interesting! hows the edge? is it gleaming when you hone?

 

[JTB_5]

very interesting! hows the edge? is it gleaming when you hone?

Yes! I also polished the swedge back a bit:

 

[JTB_5]

Here’s the edge; just honed with a rod.

 

[ed_is_dead]

Very cool pic. Reminds me of what the old dude with the chisel said about the sculpture already being there, you just needed to remove the superfluous material.

 

[Barbababa]

https://imgur.com/7832clA

I have used the backspring and blades from Victorinox Alox 2 and made something a bit more to my personal liking

https://imgur.com/P7275el

The single bolster in Elk horn & blechad Pear wood. The equal end double bolster with Elforyn tusk & Smoked Oak wood

 

[GaiusJulius]

Is that shield pinned or glued? Awesome mod either way. I wish they came from the factory with a shield!!

 

[euroken]

Is that shield pinned or glued? Awesome mod either way. I wish they came from the factory with a shield!!

I believe it is glued. Don’t think the modded took the knife apart for this!

 

[beezwax]

I recently picked up an older GEC fixed blade off the big auction site. At some point in its life so far the bolster and end cap were very nicely engraved. I'm curious if anyone recognizes this work? The last pic shows what I think is the maker mark on the edge, but I have no idea how to identify it.

 

[Railsplitter]

A.G. Russell Vest Pocket Semi Skinner. It started out as the bottom knife in the first picture. The Ace of Spades shield had to be made by hand from scratch and inlaid. It's a super sweet little lock back in person. A rather unique project that turned out great. I am very pleased.

Re-handled by J jsdistin

 

[JTB_5]

Ultra slim bullnose mod with an acid wash.

 

[r8shell]