Tiger Meaner?

Solstice

Solstice

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After the Tiger AD came out of the BCS, I just had to have one in a Meaner version. So I start bugging Skunk to bug Amy about bugging Garth to get Jerry to authorize one....but I'm guessing somebody somewhere in there started drinking and forgot about it!:grumpy: Either that or everyone might be a little busy with another knife.....not sure which one that might be???:confused:

Anyway....got tired of waiting (go figure) and decided to make my own!:D



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looks good!!


there was a tiger meaner. the original le came in tiger and snake. but good luck finding one for sale.
 
MORIMOTOM said:
looks good!!


there was a tiger meaner. the original le came in tiger and snake. but good luck finding one for sale.
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Yeah....like I said I got tired of waiting for one!;) I got little to no chance of finding someone who's going to part with a LE MrS or LE LrMrS.:(
 
What the??? Did you get those slabs from a tiger AD? Something's not adding up here. I'm guessing there's a half dissected AD outside the frame of the shot somewhere. It's probably a little scared and really confused. Poor thing. But man, it sure made for a killer Meaner. Nice one.
 
Solstice said:
Yeah....like I said I got tired of waiting for one!;) I got little to no chance of finding someone who's going to part with a LE MrS or LE LrMrS.:(
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in two years on bf, ive seen one on the exchange.


odd, because they were at the bcs for quite some time when i bought mine.


sometimes you gotta take matters in to your own hands!! :thumbup:
 
Damn the Man said:
What the??? Did you get those slabs from a tiger AD? Something's not adding up here. I'm guessing there's a half dissected AD outside the frame of the shot somewhere. It's probably a little scared and really confused. Poor thing. But man, it sure made for a killer Meaner. Nice one.
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LOL...yeah, I pulled the slabs off a AD and put them on a Sage/Black canvas Meaner. This is what it looked like before:


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What about the poor AD that gave his own skin for his brother Meaner? Do we need to establish a rescue center? PM me for the appropriate address to send all discarded INFI.
 
Damn the Man said:
What about the poor AD that gave his own skin for his brother Meaner? Do we need to establish a rescue center? PM me for the appropriate address to send all discarded INFI.
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It's currently skinless!:eek: I thinking about getting some ironwood and putting some new scales on it. I don't have a Busse with wood...although the other way around happens occasionally!:p
 
Looking Good my friend! Now all you need to do is Double Cut it!
 
The black slabs couldn't go back on the AD?

Nice work. School me on how you did the tube fasteners.
 
Nice job on the scales.
I saw a tutorial on doing those tube fasteners in another thread here not too long ago. Now I wish I had saved it! Finding it may be a problem for us ....
 
Great work bro!

I haven't tackled any tube fasteners yet, maybe soon...
 
Solstice said:
After the Tiger AD came out of the BCS, I just had to have one in a Meaner version. So I start bugging Skunk to bug Amy about bugging Garth to get Jerry to authorize one....but I'm guessing somebody somewhere in there started drinking and forgot about it!:grumpy: Either that or everyone might be a little busy with another knife.....not sure which one that might be???:confused:

Anyway....got tired of waiting (go figure) and decided to make my own!:D
i ordered them through amy, don't look at me, i was sober.


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Guyon said:
School me on how you did the tube fasteners.
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dialton said:
Wicked posted this thread
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=422855&highlight=tube+fasteners
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That's how I did them. First one I did was the Rat Uncle Mojo and it required a little bit of practice....but once you figure out the trick to getting the length of the tube right, it's just a matter of doing it. Takes me about 30 min to swap out a pair of slabs now. That's if everything goes right. The Meaner Street's original tube fasteners gave me alot of trouble this time around, I ended up cracking one of the slabs (black canvas).:mad: Which is the reason I can't re-use them.:rolleyes:

Here's a few things I can pass on that might help anyone avoid my mistakes:

1) The best way to drill them out is to go as far as you can with 1/4" drill bit, then take a 9/32" or the next size up and use it to "crack" off the flared part of the fastener. The reason being is that sometimes the tube is a real pain to hammer out, some are tighter than others.

2) The length of the tube should be slightly higher than the highest point of the plane of the slab. Easiest way of judging this is either using a depth gauge (most mics have them built in) or laying the knife (with slabs held in place) on a flat surface and sliding the tube down through the hole until it bottoms out (hits the flat surface). That distance should be mirriored on the other end of the tube. It doesn't have to be perfect...a slight extra tube length generally just means a wider flare.

3) The screw/bolt head shape is important. I actually tried 3 different types before I found the right one. The best way to get an idea of what will work is to use the old/original flared fastener as a templet. Find a shape screw/bolt that fits in snugly but has just a little of it's top sticking out above the flare.

And lastly...practice on a piece of wood first. It helps....I wish I had. I ended up having to drill out two sets of flares before I got it right!:o

Hope all or any of this helps.
 
Solstice said:
The Meaner Street's original tube fasteners gave me alot of trouble this time around, I ended up cracking one of the slabs (black canvas).:mad: Which is the reason I can't re-use them.:rolleyes:
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I know exactly how you feel :mad: I have done that a few times myself!

You can still reuse those machined slabs. Carefully glue the two pieces with rubber toughened super glue. Get the seam as tight and even as possible. When that dries you can lay the repaired piece on a oversized 1/8" piece G10 or Micarta and epoxy the whole thing together. Just redrill the the 1/4 fastener holes and reshape the liner to the same outline as the original handles. Now you have a very strong reinforced Mag Handle. The liner will prevent the original slab from splitting while the tube fasteners are flared.

Obviously you will also have to add a liner to the other slab to even things out. If the handles end up being too thick then you can always sand the liner down to about 1/16 or so. Please chime in if anyone has a source for 1/16 g10 or Micarta.
 
That's darn cool... I mean FREAKINGAZZCOOL!!!! :D:thumbup::thumbup: I like it!
 
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