Played with the CQC14 this morning

[DaveReb]

I finally got the nerve up to introduce my CQC14 to my dremel. This is my third Snubby, my first two ,I sold or traded off, because I just couldn't warm up to the wave. What kept drawing me back too this knife, is the perfect blade length for legally EDC'ing, and the large handle for extra leverage when I need it. Not to mention this thing is built like a brick $hithou$e! What turned me off was that if I didn't concentrate on how I withdrew it from my pocket, it would half open most of the time, creating a dangerous situation. When I need a knife at work I'm generally concentrating on the task at hand, not how I'm deploying my knife, so a manual one hand opening knife is all I need or want. Anyways I decided this a.m. to make a good knife a great knife and cut the wave nub off. After masking off the blade and marking where I want to make my cut, I pulled out the dremel with a cutting wheel attachment. I set the Dremel to it's lowest rpm and cut real slow...cutting at ~three second bursts, then letting the steel cool, never letting it get hot..only warm to the touch. It took awhile but paid off, no slips or overheating. For finishing the cut area I first tried a series of files but it was taking forever and I wasn't getting the desired look. I decided to use the dremel again, using a coarse barrel stone. Again going slow I was able to get a nice even finish that blended nicely with the blade finish. Anyways here are a few pics...sorry for the picture quality...one of these days I hope I can learn how to use a camera and take proper pictures.

Anyways I'm hoping this little mod desn't effect my warranty...not that I expect any problems with this knife. But I was careful and think I did a pretty good job. If anything this should help my warranty since from what I've read wave opening can put a lot of wear and tear on a liner lock.

Dave

 

[Haze]

That looks pretty good to me :thumbup:

I have de-waved a few knives and have found I could just hand file them
off and just clean it up on the belt sander or grinder.

And your warranty disappeared with your wave

 

[DaveReb]

That looks pretty good to me :thumbup:

I have de-waved a few knives and have found I could just hand file them
off and just clean it up on the belt sander or grinder.

And your warranty disappeared with your wave

I didn't have any files on hand that would agressively remove the SS, so I opted for the Dremel and cut off wheel. I'm definitely happier with the way I can draw the knife form my pocket now:thumbup:

I had a pretty good idea where the warranty was going when I did my chop, which is why it took me three knives to actually go through with it:barf:

Dave