Modified Production Knives (traditional only)

[traumkommode]

View attachment 853708 Clipped my Soddie Jr.
Now to ditch these ugly 'jigged' Delrin covers and dress it in something nicer.
View attachment 853711 It's butt ugly closed but there's still plenty of blade left to afford good leverage and 'pinchability'.

I'm thinking about doing this to one or two of the upcoming Bullnoses.

 

[mrknife]

Very cool Traumkommode! I like the G10 liners, I did a similar duo at Canal Street as a possible production set, but unfortunately we closed up before it made it to production. No liners except for the center in the trapper of course, everything else is straight G10:

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Eric

oh man that small clip is sweet! still lamenting that i missed those when i saw the golden g10 on a.g.russells? or something cant remember

 

[traumkommode]

I'm a regrinding fool lately:

That one's mine. And I chose to do it as practice, because Colby, aka lavishmammal sent me a Navy Knife and asked me to do a lambsfooting and an edge thinning. I've done a handful of regrinds, not nearly as many as I've done blade reshapes, but only one ever made it out to the public - it was a Benchmade Proper that someone ended up buying. Anyhow, I wanted practice before working on Cobly's knife. It turned out fine. So when his knife arrived yesterday, I tore open the box and got to work:

I love that satin, and GEC's 440C is really pleasant to grind. It's a worn 120 grit belt, and it does really nice.

I also really love doing these subtle swedges, too.

Pinchable delight.

As I told Colby, I wish I didn't have to send that one back to him...

 

[lavishmammal]

I'm a regrinding fool lately:

That one's mine. And I chose to do it as practice, because Colby, aka lavishmammal sent me a Navy Knife and asked me to do a lambsfooting and an edge thinning. I've done a handful of regrinds, not nearly as many as I've done blade reshapes, but only one ever made it out to the public - it was a Benchmade Proper that someone ended up buying. Anyhow, I wanted practice before working on Cobly's knife. It turned out fine. So when his knife arrived yesterday, I tore open the box and got to work:

I love that satin, and GEC's 440C is really pleasant to grind. It's a worn 120 grit belt, and it does really nice.

I also really love doing these subtle swedges, too.

Pinchable delight.

As I told Colby, I wish I didn't have to send that one back to him...

It looks great Drew!! I look forward to using the crap out of it. I'll give an update when I receive it.

-Colby

 

[Will Power]

Is that an extra pin you've put in there?

 

[HeathH]

Nice job! You're doing some really great regrinds these days

 

[traumkommode]

Is that an extra pin you've put in there?

No there from the bail removal, that I didn't do.

Nice job! You're doing some really great regrinds these days

Thanks Heath! Hair raising at first, but rewarding nonetheless.

 

[lavishmammal]

Is that an extra pin you've put in there?

It is the original bail pin, shortened and slightly peened (mostly superglue) to hold it. I am going to have it re-covered at a later time by Mr. Jordan Fowler. I'm still debating on the material though...any thoughts?

 

[Will Power]

I'd actually leave it as it is! Looks very well suited to it, you just need a brass bead covering over that other pin to settle it.

At first I thought it was an ordinary 15 Clip... how on earth did he grind that down to a L. Foot type I asked myself? And where did the nail nick go... Now I know due to the bail abolition don't like them myself, just get in the way of closing a knife..

 

[JTB_5]

Nice work, Drew! If you ever want to get rid of yours that you worked on in preparation, you know where to find me!

 

[lavishmammal]

I'd actually leave it as it is! Looks very well suited to it, you just need a brass bead covering over that other pin to settle it.

At first I thought it was an ordinary 15 Clip... how on earth did he grind that down to a L. Foot type I asked myself? And where did the nail nick go... Now I know due to the bail abolition don't like them myself, just get in the way of closing a knife..

I agree...bails suck and they are a good way to chip your edge. The older Wenger Delemont Soldiers were bad about that. I have a couple with significant amounts of material missing from the tips.

 

[traumkommode]

Nice work, Drew! If you ever want to get rid of yours that you worked on in preparation, you know where to find me!

You know the story on that one, right? Started out as a canvas micarta knife, and I ended up burning the micarta playing around with the color, so then some experiments to fix it left me more and more unsatisfied. Decided to rehandle it, and in the process of goofing something else, ended up just filling the handle and tang/spring area with GFlex - so now it's a fixed blade. Heck of a little carver, too, that handle is a good bit thicker than a normal 15, so it's a nice knife to carry and use. No metal liners, so it's still super light weight.

I'd actually leave it as it is! Looks very well suited to it, you just need a brass bead covering over that other pin to settle it.

At first I thought it was an ordinary 15 Clip... how on earth did he grind that down to a L. Foot type I asked myself? And where did the nail nick go... Now I know due to the bail abolition don't like them myself, just get in the way of closing a knife..

lavishmammal I agree that you could leave it as is and still be proud of it. I like burl woods and I like burlap micartas, but special colored ones. Emerald or the other green might look really cool. Shadow pattern would look cool. The only suggestion I have is moving the EO notch back towards the pivot end of the knife about 1/16" or so. More meaty area of the blade to grab when opening. I did it on my rehandle before that became fixed, and I liked it a lot.

 

[mrknife]

sooon it will be returned!

 

[traumkommode]

Awesome!

 

[JupiterPaladin]

I liked my Sheepsfoot mod, but decided to do a layer delete to make a single layer Trapper. The Sheepsfoot blade and backspring may turn into Scrappy #3.

 

[black mamba]

I've never been a fan of the bulbous spear blade, but I am a big fan of the #56 pattern, so I grabbed a two-blade stag Bird Dog when they came out. I had this mod planned from the beginning, to turn the big spear into more of a drop point, and recut the swedge. It turned out pretty good. Sorry for the indoor pic, it's storming here, but the light I had shows off the mod pretty well. Now to begin the patina.

Before

After

 

[JTB_5]

I've never been a fan of the bulbous spear blade, but I am a big fan of the #56 pattern, so I grabbed a two-blade stag Bird Dog when they came out. I had this mod planned from the beginning, to turn the big spear into more of a drop point, and recut the swedge. It turned out pretty good. Sorry for the indoor pic, it's storming here, but the light I had shows off the mod pretty well. Now to begin the patina.

Before

After

Cool mod! Going to make the pen into a sheep foot next?

 

[black mamba]

You know I have thought about it! But leaving it a pen for now.

 

[glennbad]

Nice reprofile on that blade, Jeff!

 

[black mamba]

Wow, coming from you Glenn, I'll pat myself on the back!