Modified Production Knives (traditional only)

[black mamba]

Looks like a nice, slender companion.

 

[AxF]

Has anyone ever done a blade swap on a #15 beer scout knife from a sheepsfoot blade to a spear? I have a beer scout, which I love, but I'm not crazy about sheepsfoot blades and am considering making the swap.

 

[mrknife]

believe that configuration exists as a rendezvous special once upon a time, but uh given the skills of current modders, shouldnt be too hard. just a matter of having the donor parts these days.

 

[RickHuf]

New scales, rounded the sides and did some filework on the lock bar. Fun project.

I thought it was going to be a fixed blade for a while. Epoxy oozed everywhere. Luckily acetone, brass rod and sharpened kabob sticks really did a good job cleaning it up.

This purpleheart is gorgeous I wish I could find more. I'm saving my last piece for something really special!

 

[mrknife]

 

[waynorth]

New scales, rounded the sides and did some filework on the lock bar. Fun project.

I thought it was going to be a fixed blade for a while. Epoxy oozed everywhere. Luckily acetone, brass rod and sharpened kabob sticks really did a good job cleaning it up.

This purpleheart is gorgeous I wish I could find more. I'm saving my last piece for something really special!

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Great Knife!! Very nice PurpleHeart!!

 

[waynorth]

Two rehandled Vipers!! They had pretty ordinary handles, so I opted for some handles to spice them up!! I am pretty old school; Stag and Smooth Bone!!

 

[Sean Yaw]

New scales, rounded the sides and did some filework on the lock bar. Fun project.

I thought it was going to be a fixed blade for a while. Epoxy oozed everywhere. Luckily acetone, brass rod and sharpened kabob sticks really did a good job cleaning it up.

This purpleheart is gorgeous I wish I could find more. I'm saving my last piece for something really special!

That Purpleheart is amazing. I’d love to get my hands on some even close to that quality!

 

[Sharp & Fiery]

Two rehandled Vipers!! They had pretty ordinary handles, so I opted for some handles to spice them up!! I am pretty old school; Stag and Smooth Bone!!View attachment 2715437

My goodness those are beautiful.

 

[RickHuf]

Great Knife!! Very nice PurpleHeart!!

That Purpleheart is amazing. I’d love to get my hands on some even close to that quality!

Thanks! If I had known it was going to turn out to be this nice I would have saved it for a knife I wasn't going to use to death!

Unfortunately it was just a random eBay purchase and not from an actual supplier.

 

[Fixall]

I’ve made no secret that I’m not a fan of most of GEC’s jigging…. So I figured I’d have my 2023 #34 forum knife recovered in mammoth ivory. The work was done by the very talented David Valdivieso (pictures by David also!).

I’m really excited to get this one back in hand.

 

[Just Tom.]

I took a file to the main blade of the old ‘The Ideal’ knife I had previously modified the pen blade on. Originally it had a sort of clip point with a very thick and rounded tip:

Sharpened it up after re-shaping the tip, thinning it, and putting sort of a swedge in it:

I like it better now, and it cuts well:

 

[Hickory n steel]

Two rehandled Vipers!! They had pretty ordinary handles, so I opted for some handles to spice them up!! I am pretty old school; Stag and Smooth Bone!!View attachment 2715437

That's some beautiful smooth bone ( very nice stag too ), it's exactly what I wish the white smooth bone from Case could be.

 

[Markesharp]

That's some beautiful smooth bone ( very nice stag too ), it's exactly what I wish the white smooth bone from Case could be.

I agree. I bought a 50 pack of white bone and all of them are blemish free. I even made 3 guitar nuts from that pack and they're pure white.

 

[Hickory n steel]

I agree. I bought a 50 pack of white bone and all of them are blemish free. I even made 3 guitar nuts from that pack and they're pure white.

What I don't really like about the white smooth bone from Case ( It is good for dying) is that it's not pure white, and It seems like you could shine a bright flashlight through it.
I sure would love to know the type of bone they're using and what they're doing to it.

 

[mrknife]

the seller told me waverave did this mod!

the real important thing was, it came with an original 15 tube with the old school written label for BigBiscuit 's gifted ebony 15

 

[waverave]

the seller told me waverave did this mod!

the real important thing was, it came with an original 15 tube with the old school written label for BigBiscuit 's gifted ebony 15

That was my favorite pattern to rehandle at the time...they were always available and cheap

 

[mrknife]

That was my favorite pattern to rehandle at the time...they were always available and cheap

quite simply the best of times

 

[Fixall]

I love the forum knives... But only like the covers about half of the time. Bye bye ram's horn, hello stabilized mammoth ivory! Next up is this year's forum knife. Probably in some sort of exotic wood.

 

[Hoffmajo89]

A few that I’ve modified in the past few months. It’s a dangerous side of the hobby

GEC 15 “huckleberry boys knife” recovered in giraffe bone.

GEC 15 “urban jack” comb delete and bolster decoration.

GEC 78 blade delete and bolster decoration.

GEC 47 Pruner recovered in Mesquite and blade shape changed to lambfoot.

GEC 25 clip point modification.