Modified Production Knives (traditional only)

beezwax said:
Got another one back from J jsdistin recently-- Jeff turned my 888222 into 883122 and I couldn't happier with the result, it's absolutely perfect! Thank you sir 🍻

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Yours is much prettier, but I agree with you that the 88 with a single sheepsfoot is a great knife. My first self modified traditional was this one. I was just thrilled it actually went back together. Happened to be carrying it today.
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This one started as a Rough Rider Canoe with white bone handles. I tried to dye the bone purple and that was a complete disaster. The knife sat in the back of a drawer for a couple of years. I recently pulled it out and decided to replace the bone with Padauk. In addition, I used my laser engraver to embellish the scales a bit.

These are quick pics, taken in the shop. I'll take some better ones when I have more time.

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penguin9 said:
Finally finished the Sunfish I started a few weeks ago. Lots of other projects going on lately. I removed the secondary blade since it had such a hard pull and I wanted to see if thinner was better. It is. The original white bone scales were cracked so I replaced them with walnut and a silver wire inlay. I tried to make the primary blade work better, it also had a hard pull, without success.

I'm new at all of this, but I'm getting better as I go. The inlay was fun and a lot less tedious than I thought it would be. After a few practice pieces, the final one only took an hours or so to do.

I have another Sunfish to sacrifice to the practice god, then I'll move on to some more normal-sized knives.

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super cool Mark :) How do you do this?
 
Barbababa said:
super cool Mark :) How do you do this?
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The wire inlay is done by making a small groove in the wood and then inserting a piece of silver ribbon. The wood is then moistened with water which causes the wood fibers to swell and hold the wire in place. It is a simple process, but requires some practice to get it right.

There are several excellent videos demonstrating the process on YouTube. Search for 'silver wire inlay' and you'll find them.
 
penguin9 said:
The wire inlay is done by making a small groove in the wood and then inserting a piece of silver ribbon. The wood is then moistened with water which causes the wood fibers to swell and hold the wire in place. It is a simple process, but requires some practice to get it right.

There are several excellent videos demonstrating the process on YouTube. Search for 'silver wire inlay' and you'll find them.
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Sounds like something I might try, looks really cool :)
 
Here's a SAK Bantam I had laying around with it's new Olivewood scales. This came about partially by seeing the other SAK's shown by B Barbababa here and elsewhere, but also from the fact that I had run out of cheap knives to re-handle.

The liners are the original aluminum and I used nickle silver for the pins, instead of brass, to keep the all-silver look. I thought about laser engraving the Victorinox logo onto it, but decided not to distract from the natural wood grain.

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Mark
 
those recovers were done by J jsdistin for me the copperheads were for my grandchildren and turned out great.I am sure the copperheads were a challenge as case did a terrible job of centering the blades but they now are perfect. The moose pattern which is my favorite are for me all 3 turned out gorgeous.worm groove and winter bottom are my 2 favorite bone scales and Jeff did a great job with the fitting and sanding of those scales. The pictures really do not do justice to the finished work. Those will be carried and used everyday and passed down to my grandkids as they really are heirloom quality
jsdistin said:
A few that went out this week.
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glennbad said:
Woo hoo, beautiful!
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Thank you!
Reaper AL said:
those recovers were done by J jsdistin for me the copperheads were for my grandchildren and turned out great.I am sure the copperheads were a challenge as case did a terrible job of centering the blades but they now are perfect. The moose pattern which is my favorite are for me all 3 turned out gorgeous.worm groove and winter bottom are my 2 favorite bone scales and Jeff did a great job with the fitting and sanding of those scales. The pictures really do not do justice to the finished work. Those will be carried and used everyday and passed down to my grandkids as they really are heirloom quality
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Thanks Al! I appreciate it
smudge58 said:
View attachment 1913287View attachment 1913288#85 Beaver, single blade recover & #86 Tortoise, pen blade delete and recover, both in Jaguar Burl Desert Ironwood, both mods by Mr Tibet Riley of the USA...
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Nice!
euroken said:
Subtle modifications on my two blade lambsfoot...

Put swedges on the blades, a nail notch on the cover for better nail nick access (otherwise a nailbreaker pen blade), and rounded the sharp corners for less aggressive edges in hand.

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That nail notch is genius for a nail breaker pull I’ve never seen one like that but I’m sure it works perfectly.
 
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