new pants on my 112

[Wildcat]

i picked up this 112 a few months back on the exchange here. i knew it was going to be a project. i took the Buck handle off and began the process. its burlap ragcarta i got from tks. i lost the blade etch because in the month it sat on my humid east texas work bench, it rusted like a sumbeech. the etch is still visible if you hold it just right.

 

[redcanoe]

nicely done.

 

[BuckShack]

I'd buy one. Great idea and nice job!

 

[kossetx]

Good job! where is "east texas" if you don't mind me asking? pete

 

[Wildcat]

kingwood. northeast of houston. really more southeast texas i guess

 

[Der Verminator]

That's a beauty........the more the cheap etch vanishes the better looking it is.

 

[Ernie1980]

Nice work! I like my 112 with 5160 steel, but in our area (I live about an hour away from you) it does corrode quickly!

 

[STDK]

Very nice. Are the blade and backspring "Blued" or is the just the picture was taken?

 

[st8yd]

Nice, i like the contour much better than the flat slab.

 

[Wildcat]

Very nice. Are the blade and backspring "Blued" or is the just the picture was taken?

just the way the pic was taken.

 

[kossetx]

kingwood. northeast of houston. really more southeast texas i guess

Sure, I spend some time in that dang megatropolis.

 

[bucklife301]

That looks good

 

[Revolvergeek]

That looks AWESOME! I really like how that turned out. How much did it reduce the weight? I can see one of those in my pocket...

 

[Wildcat]

reduced the weight quite noticeably. ill get out the scale and weigh the brass handles later.

 

[David Martin]

Nice effort. Without liners I think I would have used G10. DM

 

[AntDog]

kingwood. northeast of houston. really more southeast texas i guess

Great job on the handle. I’m right down the road from you in Atascocita.

 

[sv4]

i picked up this 112 a few months back on the exchange here. i knew it was going to be a project. i took the Buck handle off and began the process. its burlap ragcarta i got from tks. i lost the blade etch because in the month it sat on my humid east texas work bench, it rusted like a sumbeech. the etch is still visible if you hold it just right.

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Nicely done!

 

[bucksway]

Did you take pictures during the process? I like it! I picked up a 112 Slim Custom but he used a brass liner before he added Buffalo horn so there is no weight saving. Your choice looks really 'grippy'.. [AT

 

[Wildcat]

i didn’t take progress pics. always forget about that.