Recomend me a knife disassemble

sogflash

sogflash

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I'm looking for an inexpensive, perhaps used, multi bladed traditional knife to take apart.

What I want to learn is to make a multi bladed knife a single bladed knife. While doing so I wouldn't mind to learn how to replace scales.

Why you ask? I enjoy building, exploring, and creating. I'm also trying cut back at new knife purchases, so making a new knife out of an old would let me enjoy more knives without going bankrupt.

Do you guys and girls have any recommendation?
 
I'd take a look at Rough Riders, theyre fairly cheap and well constructed so they would probably survive a disassembly. That or I would just check out pawn shops and see if there were any cheap old slipjoints around.
 
For purposes of using a cheap knife, rough rider may be a good choice.

Also, a personal favorite of mine to modify is the TL-29 (electrician knife). They were made plentifully, and if you get the same manufacturer, you have a 99% chance that the parts are interchangeable. The individual parts are pretty symmetrical, and pretty basic in construction.

They are solid, and the steel is good.
 
x2 on the electrician's knife. I found an old Camillus and reworked it into a single blade.
 
Is TL29 what one or all knife manufacturers called an electricians knife? When looking for one, is there anything I should be aware of?
 
Camillus is probably the most common in numbers out there. If you buy a used one, try to get a full blade
 
There are no shops anywhere near me that sell the kind of knives I need for this project, so I need to find them on line. Ebay is the only place I think I can use to find retired knives.
 
That would be your best option.
 
sogflash said:
There are no shops anywhere near me that sell the kind of knives I need for this project, so I need to find them on line. Ebay is the only place I think I can use to find retired knives.
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You answered your own quetion on buying the knife, go on Youtube to see how it's done.
 
There are many Rough Rider knife kits, to include lock backs and multiple-blade traditional, all for less than $10.00. Just Google Rough Rider knife kits.
 
Let's see if we can't find a better venue for this...
 
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