Re-handled Kraton Cold Steel Trailmaster Bowie

PetahW · Nov 3, 2017

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I decided that I didn't want the Kraton (rubber) handle on my CS Trailmaster Bowie

So, I cut it away:

I replaced the issue rubber bumper with some Ebony I had, epoxied & pinned in place.

The sheath is also CS, from a Laredo Bowie that went walkabout several years ago.

It was a very satisfying project, for me.

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robgmn · Nov 3, 2017

I started off thinking "Noooooo!!!!!", but when I scrolled to the final picture my attitude changed.
Looks good!

REK Knives · Nov 4, 2017

wow that looks great! How did drilling through the hardened steel for the pins go?!

PetahW · Nov 4, 2017

I had N.P. installing the pins - the hardest part was sanding the Ebony perfectly smooth, before finishing.

I left the pins a bit proud, to afford a decent purchase if used under wet conditions - which I tested for after the handle was done, via sticking the blade tip into a block of dried pine and slathering it with mayonnaise for withdrawal from the block.

Messy, but an effective "proof of purchase"......

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hermit dave · Nov 5, 2017

I smell BS. The middle picture is a different knife!

Riz! · Nov 5, 2017

Yup. Look at the choil area of the ricasso in both pics. Different knives indeed

hermit dave · Nov 5, 2017

Also, one grip has little domes and the other has diamond checkering (so the OP can't claim he modified the choil)

PetahW · Nov 5, 2017

Okay supersleuths - I give up !

I had already started to install the ebony, before I realized I forgot to take a pic of the cutaway.

Or

Does anyone think the last/finished pic is BS, too ?

Or

Get up enough nerve to try a rehandle yourself.........( SHEESH )

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hermit dave · Nov 6, 2017

Once discredited, all else comes into question.

robgmn · Nov 6, 2017

I think what's being pointed out is the choil seems to have gotten smaller from the first pic to the second, as if metal was added when you removed the handle.