Modified Production Knives (traditional only)

Almost finished ....

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This used to be a Gerber Big Rock camp knife. I bought it because I liked the compactness of it, as well as the blade shape.
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Soon I found the synthetic slabs that didn't cover the tang rather uncomfortable. So was the pinkie hook, which I believe had a lanyard hole. I don't remember why I de-horned the thumb ramp.
Rehandled in Gibson Guitar walnut off-cut, in as-rasped finish. I like this knife a lot, though I just rediscovered it while looking for something else.
I know Gerber is supposed to have gone to hades after selling to Fiskars, but I don't believe it.
 
This used to be a Gerber Big Rock camp knife. I bought it because I liked the compactness of it, as well as the blade shape.
4gfV68t.jpg

Soon I found the synthetic slabs that didn't cover the tang rather uncomfortable. So was the pinkie hook, which I believe had a lanyard hole. I don't remember why I de-horned the thumb ramp.
Rehandled in Gibson Guitar walnut off-cut, in as-rasped finish. I like this knife a lot, though I just rediscovered it while looking for something else.
I know Gerber is supposed to have gone to hades after selling to Fiskars, but I don't believe it.
Nice job! Does it play like a Gibson? That'll be the test! ;):thumbsup:
 
Here’s a Klein electrician’s knife that I took out the screw driver and re-covered in green crosscut micarta. This was my first attempt at taking apart and re-covering a knife. There’s a lot of room for improvement, but I was very pleased for my first attempt.
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I posted this a while back in the “what traditional are you carrying” thread but thought I’d post it here. This is my second attempt at a re-cover. Another Klein electrician with rag micarta. It had gotten kind of grimy from carrying it, so I cleaned it up a bit and put a bees wax finish on the scales. We’ll see if that keeps down the grime.
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Depending on the audience I was thinking 50 years could be too long ago or too soon. I kind of amused myself with it though.

I posted this a while back in the “what traditional are you carrying” thread but thought I’d post it here. This is my second attempt at a re-cover. Another Klein electrician with rag micarta. It had gotten kind of grimy from carrying it, so I cleaned it up a bit and put a bees wax finish on the scales. We’ll see if that keeps down the grime.
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Maybe if it were polished the dirt would have less to attach too. I don’t know how fibrous rag micarta is though.
 
Depending on the audience I was thinking 50 years could be too long ago or too soon. I kind of amused myself with it though.


Maybe if it were polished the dirt would have less to attach too. I don’t know how fibrous rag micarta is though.
You may be right. It seems pretty smooth, but a bit porous. I thought the wax might fill the pores. Polishing might help, I just didn’t really know what I was doing.
 
Depending on the audience I was thinking 50 years could be too long ago or too soon. I kind of amused myself with it though.

;) I remember seeing a picture in a satirical British magazine of a shifty looking T.Kennedy looking at an even more shifty R.Nixon...With the cation "Would you like me to drive you home?" :D:D

Which proved to me that law does not always apply equally...:rolleyes:

A fine conversion too:thumbsup::cool:
 
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