hey guy. been lurking for a while and so I figured it was time to post up and show some of my knives and ideas for mods I came up with.
first is my BK9. I've read about making ranger bands from bicycle inner tubes and using them on knife grips so I thought I'd give it a try. I decided to go with one long piece which made it a bit of a challenge. What I ended up doing was taking the scales off and held them together and rolled the band onto the grips separate from the knife. then I pryed them apart and worked the whole deal over the handle to get the grips in place. I had to roll the band back about halfway to get the center screw back in but it but it wasn't too awful hard after I stopped and thought it out for a second.
excuse the stained couch, I got it at a thrift store for $20. you'll also notice I added a strap to the sheath so I could throw the monster over my shoulder to carry around. I got the strap for under $2 at wal-mart in the camping section and attached it with 550 cord. you can also see some cord on the sheath holding the allen wrench for the scales. in the pouch is a sharpener and bic lighter.
next is the drop-leg platform I made for my BK2. I ordered an ESSEE MOLLE back and used the lower half and attached the drop loops with keepers to make it adjustable and a leg strap. after I sewed the straps around the plastic pivot on the MOLE back I added a stiff section of nylon webbing across them to hold them apart. I also used zip-ties to secure a leatherman wave to the front as well as the lower portion of the sheath to the back. just for the heck of it I added an extra lanyard with a clip to hook to the leatherman and BK2 in case I'm doing something really rough and crazy. the BK2 sheath holds the knife very tight so I don't use it most of the time since I want to be able to just reach down with one had and pull the knife out. the whole setup works very well for me.
I'll probably add a piece of inner tube to the BK2 like I did the BK9. I just did the BK9 last night and I don't think the BK2 needs it as bad since it's not a big honkin' chopper. another thing I might try is making a custom sheath for the BK9 out of scrap PVC pipe I have laying around. I've read about it and just saw a video of a guy boiling the pipe to make a sheath for an ontario SP8 (next on my wish-list).
first is my BK9. I've read about making ranger bands from bicycle inner tubes and using them on knife grips so I thought I'd give it a try. I decided to go with one long piece which made it a bit of a challenge. What I ended up doing was taking the scales off and held them together and rolled the band onto the grips separate from the knife. then I pryed them apart and worked the whole deal over the handle to get the grips in place. I had to roll the band back about halfway to get the center screw back in but it but it wasn't too awful hard after I stopped and thought it out for a second.
excuse the stained couch, I got it at a thrift store for $20. you'll also notice I added a strap to the sheath so I could throw the monster over my shoulder to carry around. I got the strap for under $2 at wal-mart in the camping section and attached it with 550 cord. you can also see some cord on the sheath holding the allen wrench for the scales. in the pouch is a sharpener and bic lighter.
next is the drop-leg platform I made for my BK2. I ordered an ESSEE MOLLE back and used the lower half and attached the drop loops with keepers to make it adjustable and a leg strap. after I sewed the straps around the plastic pivot on the MOLE back I added a stiff section of nylon webbing across them to hold them apart. I also used zip-ties to secure a leatherman wave to the front as well as the lower portion of the sheath to the back. just for the heck of it I added an extra lanyard with a clip to hook to the leatherman and BK2 in case I'm doing something really rough and crazy. the BK2 sheath holds the knife very tight so I don't use it most of the time since I want to be able to just reach down with one had and pull the knife out. the whole setup works very well for me.
I'll probably add a piece of inner tube to the BK2 like I did the BK9. I just did the BK9 last night and I don't think the BK2 needs it as bad since it's not a big honkin' chopper. another thing I might try is making a custom sheath for the BK9 out of scrap PVC pipe I have laying around. I've read about it and just saw a video of a guy boiling the pipe to make a sheath for an ontario SP8 (next on my wish-list).
