I've been getting really interested in the idea of making a folder of my own, but since I'm so far gone for time, money, and equipment, I thought up something with a perhaps more satisfying result.
The root of my desire for my own custom knife was mainly one out of feel, looks (to a lesser extent), and just satisfaction of doing something on my own. Upon looking at alphaknifesupply and knifekits, I found most of my time spent looking at the pivots. This led me to conceive a much more do-able idea to meet most of these criteria.
What if I bought a production knife a cheap one of course and installed a new pivot, bushing, and bearing? A smooth action is really all I want to get, and if I end up spending 10 or so on the pivot, and 10 or 20 on the knife, I can have a 30 dollar knife with pro grade hardware.
It sounds great in theory, and I know it'll probably be off center/level/sized, and it'll probably just ruin a perfectly good knife, but who cares! I wanna do it anyway. Any thoughts, suggestions, or recommendations on my idea?
I'd like a flipper, and I'm really digging RJ Martin designs, like the kershaw chill. If anyone could think of a similar look/feel but better suited to my modding, please say so. The main problem with the chill comes from the g10 handles with metal liners, since all metal handles seem like they would lend themselves to modding much better.
In case anyone is curious on the process I have in mind, I picture it like this:
-Drill a .25" hole where the pivot goes,
-Insert bearing + pivot barrel
-Drill out liners/handle to fit ball bearing washers
-Grind bearing + pivot barrel to length, as to not affect distance between either handle scale and lack bar
-Flip blade out millions of time and be satisfied
Thoughts?
The root of my desire for my own custom knife was mainly one out of feel, looks (to a lesser extent), and just satisfaction of doing something on my own. Upon looking at alphaknifesupply and knifekits, I found most of my time spent looking at the pivots. This led me to conceive a much more do-able idea to meet most of these criteria.
What if I bought a production knife a cheap one of course and installed a new pivot, bushing, and bearing? A smooth action is really all I want to get, and if I end up spending 10 or so on the pivot, and 10 or 20 on the knife, I can have a 30 dollar knife with pro grade hardware.
It sounds great in theory, and I know it'll probably be off center/level/sized, and it'll probably just ruin a perfectly good knife, but who cares! I wanna do it anyway. Any thoughts, suggestions, or recommendations on my idea?
I'd like a flipper, and I'm really digging RJ Martin designs, like the kershaw chill. If anyone could think of a similar look/feel but better suited to my modding, please say so. The main problem with the chill comes from the g10 handles with metal liners, since all metal handles seem like they would lend themselves to modding much better.
In case anyone is curious on the process I have in mind, I picture it like this:
-Drill a .25" hole where the pivot goes,
-Insert bearing + pivot barrel
-Drill out liners/handle to fit ball bearing washers
-Grind bearing + pivot barrel to length, as to not affect distance between either handle scale and lack bar
-Flip blade out millions of time and be satisfied
Thoughts?
