etched, engraved . . . knife art work
You wish . . .
didn't the other guys tell you not to encourage me this way ? !
This little Buck I modified by shorting the blade between a positive car battery post and the chassis of the car, damsel in distress rescue etc., . . . put a nice divot in the edge . . . I decided fairly soon after that I liked it better as it was before the mod so I ground the edge until the divot disappeared.
Blade too long ? Just want a fancy box knife instead ?
Ever find yourself channeling Lynn Thompson ? Cant wait for him to get his new concept into production (the Lucky One ((has only one blade instead of the first Lucky which came with two blades))) . . . so . . . want to make a blade do a disappearing act all together ?
Enjoyed it so much I did it twice. One is an elegant EDC seat belt cutter; the other an EDC steak knife . . . I can only afford very small steaks.
Thinned blade by about 50% ; made it into a civilized EDC
The top knife in photo bellow, a Manix in S110V. The mod was . . . wait for it . . .
I put a sharp edge on it using the same factory grind angle it came with. I know . . . a radical concept . . . going entirely contrary to the original factory edge concept of dull is beautiful. This was my only mod failure to date. Even though it was hair whittling and or toothy it still failed to be an adequate cutter and found its self winging its way back to its creator. I wish, now, that I had ignored the factory grind angle and just did what I usually do when faced with sucky knife performance : Grind the living day lights out of it until it is much thinner and shallower edge angle. Lesson learned : never assume the factory knows best.
Dont have a Razel ? Want a Razel ? No problem.
Thinned the blade from 5 freaking millimeters down to 2.2 mm.
There are more . . . I grow weary . . . I sleep now. (~ quote from the movie The Lost Skeleton of Cadavera)
