Regrinding Fun! Kershaw OD-2

seelow123

seelow123

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Hello ladies and germs.

I thought I'd share some pics of a knife I reground tonight. A Kershaw OD-2.

This is actually my buddy Johns (Cave Johnson here on BF) knife. HE has had it for a while now and asked if I could give it a bit of a clean up. Well one thing led to another and I ended up regrinding it for him. Here are some pics.

Before I touched it with the grinder. A stock OD-2

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After a bit of relaxing grinding, here's the progress (Sorry about the crappy lighting)

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Almost done! You can see the little bit of bead blasted hollow grind that's left.

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Me doing mah thing

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And the finished product.

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I think it came out rather nice. I learn a bit more every regrind I do and it's really a fun project as long as you don't screw something up.

8cr13mov is extremely easy to grind. The whole regrind took me all of about 15-20 minutes to do. It took me over an hour to do a DPx Hest folder and I'm still not finished.

Anyway. I hope you enjoyed the thread somewhat. I definitely encourage anyone who's thinking about regrinding their knives to do it. It's really relaxing way to make a knife your own.
 
Very nice man!! I was waiting to see this one! Also you're regrinding a hest?.......EPIC! I can't wait!
 
9blades said:
Very nice man!! I was waiting to see this one! Also you're regrinding a hest?.......EPIC! I can't wait!
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Thanks man:thumbup: Yeah the HEST is pretty much done but I don't like how the grind lines turned out so I gotta re-do some parts.
 
Awesome! I've got an OD-2 do I know what it feels like. Also, I like your beard. It makes you look like a mad scientist.
 
KnottyEagle said:
Awesome! I've got an OD-2 do I know what it feels like. Also, I like your beard. It makes you look like a mad scientist.
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That's no beard broman. It's my mane:D It has a tendency to stay in that area when I wear hoodies.

That would be amazing if that was a beard
 
Looks good! I love me some FFG, and I love my OD-1 although I dont have the cojones to try that. I will stick with the easy stuff, swapping out the backspacer and stuff like that. :)
 
cEdge said:
Looks good! I love me some FFG, and I love my OD-1 although I dont have the cojones to try that. I will stick with the easy stuff, swapping out the backspacer and stuff like that. :)
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Thanks man! Full flat grinds are definitely my favorite grind. It's really not that hard to do. You just have to know what you're doing and be patient. Two years ago I would never think of regrinding an OD-2 but now I'm doing a knife that retails for 260 dollars. You just have to get comfortable with your equipment.
 
seelow123 said:
Thanks man! Full flat grinds are definitely my favorite grind. It's really not that hard to do. You just have to know what you're doing and be patient. Two years ago I would never think of regrinding an OD-2 but now I'm doing a knife that retails for 260 dollars. You just have to get comfortable with your equipment.
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Maybe one day once I get some better equipment, I have made a fixed knife or two but to regrind a (perfectly good) knife just makes me want to cringe. Mostly because I probably have OCD and that 3" folder would be considerably less, lol. At some point I will take the plunge.

Keep up the good work and please continue to post your projects
 
cEdge said:
Maybe one day once I get some better equipment, I have made a fixed knife or two but to regrind a (perfectly good) knife just makes me want to cringe. Mostly because I probably have OCD and that 3" folder would be considerably less, lol. At some point I will take the plunge.

Keep up the good work and please continue to post your projects
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There's nothing wrong with waiting till you're comfortable. You don't want to rush it and potentially ruin a perfectly good knife. If you ever decide to take the plunge and have any questions please feel free to ask me:)
 
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