Modified Production Knives (traditional only)

Various handle filing and sanding on GEC jigged/scratted bone knives:

#15 Huckleberry Boy's Knife (rust red)



#15 TC Ancient (scratted parchment / already posted in the barlow thread under my former name)



#25 Little Jack (orange)



#85 Bullet End Jack (green briar)

 
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Some Schrade and Schrade Walden 3 7/8" stockman an old stand by. Old piece of pre ban ivory, stag, and Westinghouse micarta.
Happy New Year and hope all enjoy the pics.
Harold
 

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nifebrite said:
Various handle filing and sanding on GEC jigged/scratted bone knives:

#15 Huckleberry Boy's Knife (rust red)



#15 TC Ancient (scratted parchment / already posted in the barlow thread under my former name)



#25 Little Jack (orange)



#85 Bullet End Jack (green briar)

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I really like how that boys knife turned out. Can you give more information about how you did this?
 
LastRodeo said:
I really like how that boys knife turned out. Can you give more information about how you did this?
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Thanks, LR.
The more handle material was removed, the more the colour disappeared and went into light orange (almost white on some parts).
I used a file and sanding grip (120, 400, 1000). Finish with fine micromesh and wobbling (if you have), then oil it.
But beware: I put the Boys Knife to the limit, two of the rivets became loose during the whole process.
(I made these flat with a thin tong pressed together bench vise, and fixed them for sure with some drips of thin super glue.)
 
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So, a year later, I finally rescued the old Pal electricians knife that I tore down. It is now a single blade with bocote covers




And an old Case sodbuster with homemade blue burlap mycarta



I added a half stop to this little guy. It's one of my favorites now. Nice and slim in the pocket

 
Bighaze51 said:
So, a year later, I finally rescued the old Pal electricians knife that I tore down. It is now a single blade with bocote covers
And an old Case sodbuster with homemade blue burlap mycarta
I added a half stop to this little guy. It's one of my favorites now. Nice and slim in the pocket
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Looks like a true classic swell-end now, great work! You should stamp the pile side of the blade or something like that, a Bighaze custom. :D Also enjoy seeing that soddie again. :thumbup:
 
Hmm. A custom stamp. Not a bad idea. 😀 Thanks, this little soddie was almost discarded but I kept at it and got it working like brand new. I'm glad I kept it
After seeing all of Glen's TL-29 mods, I've got plans to make a cap lifter combo out of an old Camco that's in the drawer
 
Thanks, Glenn. You are the TL King. What do you think? Should I take the screwdriver blade out of this one or leave it alone?
 
I'd probably mod that into a single, if it were mine. Are those bone covers?
 
Bighaze51 said:
Good call. I already took it apart on my lunch break 😀 No bone, they are delrin
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As someone who plans on trying a first mod with one of my spare TL-29s, I think you should make a thread to show the ongoing progress of your single-blade Boker mod. :D :thumbup:
 
TsarBomba said:
As someone who plans on trying a first mod with one of my spare TL-29s, I think you should make a thread to show the ongoing progress of your single-blade Boker mod. :D :thumbup:
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I might do that. I'm not as good as Glenn with his rebuilds but its worth a shot. I havent' been over in the MT&E section of Bladeforums in a while. Guess i'll make a visit over there soon
 
Bighaze51: this will be interesting!
Vaporstang: the new handles looking good!

I posted at the top of this page some pictures and just want to shout out a little supplement/warning.
I did this sanding technique again on an #25 Amber Jigged Bone, but definitely took off too much material.
Two of the rivets got so loose, that between handle and frame a little gap became visible.
The only thing I could do, was to take these out...





Do You think I just can replace the rivets and get everything tight?
I've never done this before...:confused:
(Unfortunately I also broke the edge of the bone. Pretty annoying for an unused knife:grumpy:)

In spite of everything, I really like the color/jigging of the handles...:D
 
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Yes, that is possible, but peening does create stress at those holes. I would be especially careful around that broken piece. I assume you are going to glue that back into place first. I also assume that you are going to get some new brass pin stock, as I don't think the pins may be long enough to spread adequately anymore. Once you have that material, I would then create a head on one side of the pin material and use that on the broken side, so that the peened head is already made/started. Then go super nice and easy, with slow light taps with the lightest head hammer you have. Peen the pins with a solid metal surface underneath for support, like a bench vise.
 
Knives looking great as always folks, I'm too busy to get it done, but I am working on a single blade old timer. Gotta cut new liners out of brass sheet stock, and find something to solder on for bolsters. Gonna take a while, as I'm only making this out of found/repurposed material.

Connor
 
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