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Well, when I'm tired of studying (final year at university at the moment), I tend to go outside to split some wood or do some other jobs around the garden or in the field, but sometimes I just have to fool around a bit. First of, I want to say that I'm perfectly happy with my Spydies, I LOVE the opening hole but this evening I just wanted to try something for the heck of it.
I looked around between all the stuff we have laying around, and in a box of O-rings of different size, I found this thiker O-ring (If you can even call it that? I wouldn't even know what this would be used for) that was an exact fit for my Delica 4 FFG. I thought "Well, that's a coincidence that this stupid rubber thing fits just like that...". While I was thinking on how stupid it looked with that small little hole in the middle of the ring, I had an aha erlebniss. You know, that light bulb from the comic books... I thought "What if I found something that could fit right in this hole and act like a thumbstud?" Sure enough I found just that 'something' and the pics below show the result. With a bit of force, the whole construction can be pushed out, by the way. It won't budge if you flick the knife open, only when you put some vertical force on the thumbstud. Not that it would be useful by the way, heck, it would even reduce your slicing abilities when making food, but it works and I had a good time discovering it and playing with it so I thought I'd share it with you guys.
Now for the pics! The flash on the camera does show the scratches of this workhorse very well, by the way.
Sorry for the difference in picture quality/brightness/shadows. I ain't no professional photographer and artificial lighting s*cks
The stuff I used:
Some final pics, one in hand, and one "full body shot" of the delica in closed position.
I hope you guys enjoyed it, for what it's worth
I looked around between all the stuff we have laying around, and in a box of O-rings of different size, I found this thiker O-ring (If you can even call it that? I wouldn't even know what this would be used for) that was an exact fit for my Delica 4 FFG. I thought "Well, that's a coincidence that this stupid rubber thing fits just like that...". While I was thinking on how stupid it looked with that small little hole in the middle of the ring, I had an aha erlebniss. You know, that light bulb from the comic books... I thought "What if I found something that could fit right in this hole and act like a thumbstud?" Sure enough I found just that 'something' and the pics below show the result. With a bit of force, the whole construction can be pushed out, by the way. It won't budge if you flick the knife open, only when you put some vertical force on the thumbstud. Not that it would be useful by the way, heck, it would even reduce your slicing abilities when making food, but it works and I had a good time discovering it and playing with it so I thought I'd share it with you guys.
Now for the pics! The flash on the camera does show the scratches of this workhorse very well, by the way.
Sorry for the difference in picture quality/brightness/shadows. I ain't no professional photographer and artificial lighting s*cks
The stuff I used:
Some final pics, one in hand, and one "full body shot" of the delica in closed position.
I hope you guys enjoyed it, for what it's worth
No, it would definately be in the way when sharpening (depending on the method ofc.)!
