The “Can’t leave anything alone” Thread

Scale-swapped into a blackout for this Kubey Dugu.

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... and for today's project. I dyed this Sencut Snap, Natural/Jade G10 with RIT DyeMore Daffodil Yellow. Since this comes up from time to time, here is the process I use.

Instructions:

8 cups clean water (distilled if you have it)
1 cup vinegar
half bottle of dye
1 dash unscented dish soap

Boil in a pot that you don't care about (and will only ever use for dye). Remove scales and clean off all oil. You can use dish soap and an old tooth brush. I like to finish by wiping with concentrated isopropyl alcohol. Be wary of sneaky oil in deep holes. You can soak briefly in the alcohol if need be.

Then put some wire through scale holes and soak in the boiling solution. (I recommend not letting them rest on bottom of pot.) Check periodically to monitor color change. You can rinse them under your tap and wipe with a paper towel to better see how they are doing. Once done, rinse thoroughly and repeat scale cleaning. (Trust me. There will be excess dye you'll want to remove.)

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Kershaw Emerson 6044. I don’t like tanto blades and don’t like chisel ground blades so i turned this into a rgei knife with a modified sheepsfoot or wharncliffe blade.
It took about an hour with a dremel. I removed about an inch of the tip, removed the thumb disk, ground the spine fairly straight, and switched the clip to the opposite side.
The blade is just under 3 inches now. It waves open with authority and is IMHO a better knife (besides the cosmetics.)
This knife would have sat in a box and probably been forgotten about and now it is in my pocket.
 
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Modded this heavy user Esee 4 that the coating was marred and edge left a lot to be desired. Stripped the coating, hit it with a trizac belt to smooth it up, then repainted. After hitting the edges with 600 grit to help with striking fire and accenting it, I put the scales back on and sharpened it to a razors edge. Polished it up and good to go. Now to make a sheath worthy of it.
 
Chronovore said:
Nice job! BTW, how do you like that Explorer? I have their Small Explorer Tanto fixed blade and love it for what it is.
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Thank you. :)

I do like the folding Explorer. It’s much better after swapping to the skiff thick washers that came with it. It’s a pretty large knife, but overall, I dig it.
 
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