Modified Production Knives (traditional only)

[derrman79]

Thanks guys. I'll definitely try your suggestions. I knew I was asking the right people. Infinitely helpful!

 

[NativeCraft]

take a thin knife, like an old kitchen knife. As long as the edge is thin, you can baton through the pins with a mallet. Split the knife right in half. Then you can knock the pins out from the inside.

"Baton"? Please explain.

 

[derrman79]

Place sharp part of blade in the crack, whack it with a soft medium ( deadblow, wood, brass mallet) and drive blade through the pins. Baton is a big buzz word for bushcrafters.

 

[1 ADAM12]

Whew.., nice looking work in here for sure!

 

[NativeCraft]

Place sharp part of blade in the crack, whack it with a soft medium ( deadblow, wood, brass mallet) and drive blade through the pins. Baton is a big buzz word for bushcrafters.

Thanks.

 

[mrknife]

this should be fun gonna be some mod projects coming up

 

[derrman79]

That pic is full of potential! Can't wait to see how they turn out.

 

[Tilley Knife]

Baton is a big buzz word for bushcrafters.

Actually baton is a century old term which refers to using a "baton" to drive something sharp through material. Used by plenty of non-bushcrafters

 

[Tilley Knife]

this should be fun gonna be some mod projects coming up

Have fun brother! This one started life as one of those. Kudos to Glenn for the result.

 

[derrman79]

Awfully purty knife u have there. I got a couple in the works also[emoji6].

btw- the utility knife worked like a charm!

 

[derrman79]

 

[mrknife]

sweet work! micarta?

 

[derrman79]

Paper and black linen.

 

[mrknife]

Paper and black linen.

splendid work! i gotta get started. did you build a pressure jig for the back spring?

 

[derrman79]

No. That was what I had the most trouble with. I used pin stock on the back of the blade tang in a vice. To say it was clumsy would be an understatement. I've never heard of a "pressure jig" before. Any pics or links?

 

[mrknife]

https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.ne...=0979c39480869fcced63ff3d8a9241ec&oe=58A05631

 

[mrknife]

folks use it to apply tension to the spring for assembling the blade back in, it looks like. there is a different arm on that rig to push the spring back

 

[derrman79]

Thanks

 

[Easyrider]

Not much of a modification but I took the head off of this Queen Coperhead so I could grab it a bit easier. I love some of the mods do here. I wish I had the guts to pull my knife apart and put some green micarta covers on it. The natural canvas covers look great too!

 

[glennbad]

Derrman, those look great!

Easy, a mod is a mod. Looks like a winner to me.