Stretch I Mod.

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davis61381

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Steve,

I'm looking to have the handle re-done on my Stretch I. The Krayton inserts started to lift so I pulled them up and cleaned out all the old glue residue.

I never did like the krayton inserts. It never really agreed with clipping in my pocket and was destroying the inserts.

I like the knife, the ergo's, the blade shape, the size/thickness.....just about everything except the krayton inserts and it has a small ammount of blade play in both directions.

A few questions..........

Would the blade play be remedied by remaking the handle?

How thin can you make a micarta or G10 handle? I like the thickness of the scales now, but think micarta needs to be thicker than the Stainless.

Lastly, what would I be looking at price wise. I have never had any custom knife work done, so I don't even have a guess. Could you give me a ballpark estimate so I can decide if I want to take the next step and fix it, or replace it with a Stretch II.

Feel free to e-mail me directly (davis61381 at yahoo.com), or reply here.

I'm looking forward to your response.

Thanks for your time.

Davis.
 
I would not do a knife that size with Micarta by itself I don't think. The ones I have done had liners of titanium put in under the Micarta.

Same with wood.

I would however trust G10 by itself in .135 thickness or .150 thickness both of which I have in stock in various colors.

This would be cheaper than going with ti liners underneath.

I'm in the middle of something right now but I'll send you an email shortly to that address listed with more details. In the mean time there are some posts from Deacon showing his that I redid for him in lignum vitae, and I think he has it in other incarnations before that when I re did it in micarta and ti liners also.
Look for those in the picture thread which is a sticky at the top of every page on my forum.

I'll be back to your shortly.

Thanks for stopping by.

STR
 
Thanks for the e-mail Steve. I've been a long time lurker of the Spycerco Foums and have seen many fine examples of work you have done in the past. That is the major factor in my choosing you to do this, your work is excellent.:thumbup:

The other factor in modding the knife is that I 'won' it from a 1000 post contest. When I got it I noticed it had the blade play and it started to annoy me, then it lost the inserts and I don't want to retire it..........

After reading your e-mail I'd most likely go with the G10 scales (unless those pictures of the Deacon's pursuades me otherwise). I am not 100% ready to do it at the moment, but will be soon. I will follow the directions in the first post of the lowrider clip thread you reference in the e-mail. Turn-around is not an issue, I have plenty of knives to carry in the mean time.

Thanks again for your time, I'll be in touch!

Davis
 
Steve,

I sent you an e-mail with some details. Once they are cleared up I'll be sending the knife in. Thanks for all your help!

Davis
 
I got it and replied. Thanks

STR
 
Thanks.

I'll post here when it arrives with some before shots.
STR
 
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