Swiss Army Electrician's knife modified

[Gary W. Graley]

Well, a slight modification on the small sheeps foot blade, I love the wharncliff
blade shape and the sheeps foot is not quite it, I have a Swiss Army Soldier knife
that Starfish, aka Matthew, gave me as a gift a while back, solid knife!
But I missed the small blade that the Electrician's knife has so I bought that
one to take on my journeys as a Service Engineer about the world, very handy
in stripping wires and the like. But, that sheeps foot blade kept bugging me,
until today

Here's a picture, borrowed one, of what it looked like before I ground it down;

and here's the slight mod done, ground down to a more useable point, for me at least;

Still had enough of the nail nick to open the blade easily

Very handy knife with a nice solid screw driver, larger spear point main blade and an awl as well.
The scales provide some gripping as opposed to the normal smooth sided models.

Thanks again to New Graham knives
G2

 

[lotoblades]

I made a similar mod to the small blade on a swisschamp I bought used that had a bent tip.Very handy but looks kinda like a cross between a spey and a wharncliff

 

[Gary W. Graley]

Yah, it's a cross for sure, ground any lower and I'd not have any nail nic
to open with, but, it makes for a more sure cut when using the point now.
G2

 

[lotoblades]

Hi Gary,I was refering to my work being a cross between a spey and a wharn because mine started out as a spear blade,yours looks great.:thumbup:

 

[Gary W. Graley]

ah! ok that makes more sense, reading late does that to me!
Thanks,
G2

 

[Bungwrench]

Gary that is nice. I like the blade shape of your modified one better than factory.

Nice!

 

[Vivi]

Does the small blade on the electrician come chisel ground or with a V grind?

 

[Gary W. Graley]

the curved section is chiseledged while the straight length is V ground.
G2