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- Jul 18, 2012
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Took a couple months, had to put it on the back burner, but I started out wanting to do a re-blade on my 110. First time using an actual knife grade steel (1095 I think). Well, a reblade turned into a full scale tear down.
Polished the bolsters up, slimmed down the rears, homemade micarta, added some comfy finger grooves. Now it looks halfway decent. I left some of the deeper gouges so as not to remove too much material. I got some touching up on the blade to do. Its got a decent edge for now, but I want to take out a few blemishes. It locks solid, doesnt quite have the snap on the close, but I can live with that. I just need to put a fingernail slot in it. I used gun bluing die to give the blade a slight, almost charcoal, hue to it. I wouldnt have been able to do that had I used a stainless steel of some sort. Oh, and I am not a fan of clip point blades, I always thought drop points offered more strength.
I chose 1095 for it due to its very ease heat treatment procedures. It also seemed to be a bit more forgiving on the tolerences as well. My other choice would have been O1.
Here is some before and after shots.
Before
After
Polished the bolsters up, slimmed down the rears, homemade micarta, added some comfy finger grooves. Now it looks halfway decent. I left some of the deeper gouges so as not to remove too much material. I got some touching up on the blade to do. Its got a decent edge for now, but I want to take out a few blemishes. It locks solid, doesnt quite have the snap on the close, but I can live with that. I just need to put a fingernail slot in it. I used gun bluing die to give the blade a slight, almost charcoal, hue to it. I wouldnt have been able to do that had I used a stainless steel of some sort. Oh, and I am not a fan of clip point blades, I always thought drop points offered more strength.
I chose 1095 for it due to its very ease heat treatment procedures. It also seemed to be a bit more forgiving on the tolerences as well. My other choice would have been O1.
Here is some before and after shots.
Before
After
