The LRK+ Mod Discussion and Pic Thread

I clocked out early at work today & stayed & worked on my LRK.
I glued up the scales & liners,got the pins sanded down to where they fit right & rough sanded the handle & the mating surfaces of the scales/liners,on the 36 grit belt.
I also streamlined the blade a bit by grinding down the top hump on the drop point.
I'll go back tomorrow & drill pin holes,shape the front of the scales,then glue 'em on.
I probably won't be able to finish it till next friday though dang it.
Luckly we have belt sanders,drill presses & a lathe at work & I can use them on my time off.Pretty cool.
Pics when it's done.....
 
nice to have easy access to quality tools for sure. would love a belt sander, but not in the cards right now. looking forward to seeing some pics.
 
quick note for anyone without a vice: a handy pair of deck boards with just the right sized gap between then can be very useful,.
 
Well,I got up late today & farted around selling knives,answering emails & PMs,then packaging knives to send off to new homes,then running to the PO,so I didn't get to work on my LRK.
But Hanna is in remission!Yeahaw!
 
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Well,I got up late today & farted around selling knives,answering emails & PMs,then packaging knives to send off to new homes,then running to the PO,so I didn't get to work on my LRK.
But Hanna is in remission!Yeahaw!
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And this is all very much appreciated!
 
Ok,I finally got my 2nd one done.
I gotta warn you all though,I got carried away on this thing.:o

I opted for orange liners under the Shade Tree J-Glow Burlap.
I also tried a mustard patina,but it came out really splotchy with parts still looking like bare metal,so I blued the whole thing.

Then I really got a wild hair up my..... & decided to try some orange tritium vials in the pin.:eek:

I had to drill a hole in the pin stock & luckly we have a lathe at work & I was able to get the hole pretty much centered with the lathe,but the smallest bit I had was still quite a bit bigger than the trit tubes,so it was hard to get the tubes centered without pushing them too far into the pin while all gooped up with epoxy & the one on the left isn't centered.:(
I have some ideas rattling around in my gourd for my next attempt with trit tubes don't worry.....;)
I still have 2 blue & 2 red.

Then I got another hair & decided to try some freehand jimping & as you can see...I failed at that,(I need to figure out a jig for nice evenly spaced groves)so I ground that mess down & made a nice thumb ramp,but almost ground into the K...I got lucky there.:thumbup:
It looks funny,but feels good.:p
Sorry for the resemblance to the Funky EDC Chris(KFU)but you should have seen the mess I made of the jimping.:barf:

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I gotta say I am pleased with the thumb ramp,it is located just right & fits my thumb perfect.
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Check out the scales in the scales,looks reptilian eh.(or fishy?):rolleyes:
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I also went thin on the scales.
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Here you can see the glow powder in the scales illuminated & the trit in the pin glowing a bit.
It is much brighter in a darker setting than my dinning room/kitchen with background lighting on,but trying to get a pic in the dark just yielded fuzzy pics.:(
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Here you can see how I reprofiled the point.
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Wow! That is something. You got a real eye for neat ideas. I would have never thought of any of that.

I think it looks awesome!

Glenn
 
Cool! I like the idea of the tritium in the pin - well done!

I have to use a tripod to get decent pictures of anything glowing - I took these when trying to show Dahlken's glowing eye beads -

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best

mqqn
 
Thanks gents.
Now what to do for the next one.......hmmmm,the wheels are turnin'.

Maybe I should let John do the thumb notches.
 
Ya'll remember my cord wrapped LRK+?

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Well.......
I decided I didn't like the epoxied wrap so I put some natural micarta with black liners & brown micarta pins on it.
I thought I had the grain of the pins aligned with the scales,but I guess I was seeing saw marks through the epoxy & they are off.
No biggie,it'll still cut don't worry.:)

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It's alive..it's alive.....Frankinknife lives.....
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Oh yeah,I blued the spine too.
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duuude. love it buddy. looks great. i have been considering ordering some micarta. this may seal the deal. nice job myke. :thumbup:

thanks for sharing.
 
nice job myke, been planning on trying another handle as well, think you just pushed me over the edge
 
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