Pics of customized production knives

[cziv]

Everything was done by hand.
The trick to getting a clean finish (well, for us amateurs) is to have all the 'scratches' going in the same direction.
I backed a strip of scotch bright pad with a popsicle stick and worked it from the plunge (guard area) to the tip. Only in that one direction.
But! Before using the SB pad I did the same single direction sanding with 220 & 400 grit wet/dry sandpaper.
Only move up to the next grit when the scratches from the previous are gone. I kept everything wet with WD40.
One could just keep going finer in the grits up to 2000, but I figured this will be a piece of cake to clean up with a SB pad when I want to.


I taped the blade to protect both of us. Me from the knife and the knife from the jaws of the vice.
I took the spine down to the blue line with a file.
Not a quick job
Then again, neither was sewing the sheath... that took about an hour and a half

Oh yeah, my buddy, Bruce Evans has a fantastic tutorial page on his website...
http://beknives1.homestead.com/beknives5.html
Check out the hand sanding tutorial there.
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Thanx for all the nice comments.

Thanks for the info. I'm going to get out some sandpaper and try your way. I like the idea of only going one way - seems to make a lot of sense. I saved that link to read tonight. This is where I'm at right now with mine.

 

[Ebbtide]

Hand sanding a blade it a lot of work but worth it.
Bruce's tutorials are a great resource.

There was a thread on Bagwell's mods for the w49, but I can't find it... my search-fu is weak.

Keep at it, that'll be a looker with some good work.
Just be careful cuz that sharp edge is always there to bite you.

 

[Sh@rp]

Just made these...

 

[Tony8179]

^^^^^ Are these scales made from Ti? They look as though they may be Al. Either way, they look good.

 

[trix2004]

I like those scales good job :thumbup:

 

[Moses_3]

Looks great Randy!

 

[TxSxB]

 

[Sh@rp]

^^^^^ Are these scales made from Ti? They look as though they may be Al. Either way, they look good.

The one on the knife is Ti (polished some what); the ones on the table are my first article and they're Aluminum.

I like those scales good job :thumbup:

Looks great Randy!

Thanks, friends for your kind words

 

[goldie]

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[nightman]

 

[hanes]

Hi,
I edited Victorinox Waiter - handles are made of buffalo horn and bolster are brass.

 

[BITEME]

I really like what you did with the spine of the blade ,I'm going to do the same to one of my paramillies -thanks for the idea

 

[nightman]

Hi,
I edited Victorinox Waiter - handles are made of buffalo horn and bolster are brass.

First time I've ever seen bolsters on a SAK. You do outstanding work.

 

[houtex]

The Kershaw Junkyard Dog had the blade sanded to remove the markings, and the G10 was somewhat smoothed out by me. Then I gave it a bath in royal blue RIT dye.

The Spec Bump and the ZT0350 was done by Jeff ( Karg Knives ).

 

[brets-ftw]

Hi,
I edited Victorinox Waiter - handles are made of buffalo horn and bolster are brass.

wow i might have to mod my sak's now, nicely done

 

[Sh@rp]

 

[Sh@rp]

 

[Resist]

I love this. Looks very elegant. Well done

 

[6thtexas]

One day I was bored and decided to dye the G-10 on my red handled Skyline. I came out a nice brown color although the crappy photo doesn't show it very well

Like most Opinel owners I have modified a couple. Here's the # 8 that's in my pocket now

 

[Robert.B]

Ok more modded RR time it started life like this, I got it in 2009 so it is an early model.

Heres some tinkering, full blade swedge and on other side I went to the beginning of the thumb nick:

I didnt really like this sunfish, its growing on me though now that I did a little personalization.