The “Can’t leave anything alone” Thread

[TakeAwayTheFear]

I did a lot of the time and regretted it like 80% of the time

 

[Rose and Thistle Custom]

 

[WValtakis]

Soooooo... I ripped apart a perfectly good tritium Betalight Torch Stainless rebuild in progress

 

[WValtakis]

 

[WValtakis]

 

[LSUisSEC]

 

[Wilfred17]

my rock lobster
I was shooting for a worn weathered look, might have gone a bit too far

 

[WValtakis]

 

[P.C.E.]

First attempt at blade etching, Kershaw Launch 1 which I've had a while so I wasn't overly concerned about screwing it up.

Darker than I intended but I think it turned out ok, here it is compared to a factory finish:



Finally got time to attempt some anodizing, Flytanium scales for my Shaman.







MXG deep carry clip has an almost identical finish to the stock Shaman back spacer.

This blue is with 3 9-volt batteries which gave a very quick and even finish that was pretty easy to do.

I have a 120v DC power supply that I was messing around with for about an hour trying different methods with mixed results, so more trial and error before I try out other pieces.

 

[LSUisSEC]

Rounded the spin of the banter and sanded off the grey finish. Looking to replace the Tim studs if possible to a single stud

 

[Sigsog226]

Not a huge mod, but an easy one something I wanted to share with everybody. I've had really good luck with these as far as working with micarta and G10. I've done it a few times now and they work really well. And it's as easy as it looks. Place clip, mark holes, drill holes, put in brass inserts, put screw in insert. The screw expands the insert into the handle material. Just an fyi.

 

[Wilfred17]

Not a huge mod, but an easy one something I wanted to share with everybody. I've had really good luck with these as far as working with micarta and G10. I've done it a few times now and they work really well. And it's as easy as it looks. Place clip, mark holes, drill holes, put in brass inserts, put screw in insert. The screw expands the insert into the handle material. Just an fyi.

where do you buy those? looks infinitely easier than tapping 2-56 screw holes

 

[Rose and Thistle Custom]

I usually add a smidgen of CA glue.

 

[Sigsog226]

where do you buy those? looks infinitely easier than tapping 2-56 screw holes

Can't remember, but I'm sure you could look up ez lok and find them. You just need 2-56 internal thread for Spyderco clip screws.

 

[jideta]

finally got around to adding the deep carry clip
was a wire tip down and just couldn't deal with it!

 

[afishhunter]

"Fixed" 3 sharpening choils yesterday, that were ither missing or were a "v". The sharp corner of the "v" is a stress raiser, which could result in a busted blade ... unlikely as it is on a slipjoint pocket knife....
All are a nice "u" now.

before
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after
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[David Mary]

I was shooting for a worn weathered look, might have gone a bit too far

Naw, just right.

 

[David Mary]

Was a Manix 2 XL. Now it's trying to be a slightly shorter and chubbier Resilience with a CBBL, s30V, and only upside down carry.













This last photo is to show you that the skeletonized liners prevent the full scope of the handle mod I would like to do, which is a nice deep index finger groove like the mod EvilD did to his full linered Manix on the Spyderco forum. Nevertheless, I will eventually take a crack at making replacement scales that I can shape as I see fit, to replace both the existing scales and liners.

 

[David Mary]

The G10 scales on the Spyderco Renegade have a weird finger groove, like it was designed to be a liner lock:

Gee that is weird

 

[jideta]

Gee that is weird

If you check out the Blackhawk, which is the smaller version of the Renegade, you'll see the same thing. Maybe it's like that for a reason?
I stared at it for a bit and could not think of any plausible reason for it to be that way.
Perhaps it was supposed to be a liner lock and they made a last minute change, after the scales were ordered?