Waved BM 556 and Bm 558

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Well, I got inspiration from looking at STR's breath taking work on his knives and decided that I should take the risk and try it myself. It turns out I'm no good with the dremel AT all... They dont look pretty especially the Ritter mini, but I can tell you that both the waves WORK very well!

What do you guys suggest to take out the roughed up scratches on the ritter mini? Here are a few pics of the work I did today on a whim. Please keep in mind that this is the first time I have ever modifed anything with metal. I have never worked with metal before this.

*558 Mini Ritter is the Grip in OD green
*556 is in the black

I guess on a good note, I dont have to worry about scraching up the "new" ritter mini anymore =P












Work was done with a dremel and like I said and as you can see I'm no good with the tool. I took my time, but the darn thing kept on moving everywhere and hopped onto the blade a few times thus the scratches. On the RItter, there were 2 deep ones so I figured I would try to give it an even "grind look" but as you can see, my bright idea didnt work so well.

None the less, I did this and I'm happy that I tired it.
Oh well, my pretty waved knife will be the delica 4 wave that I have coming to me in the mail anyways. =P

So how would you suggest in removing the grinding marks?
 
800 grit sandpaper would remove the marks and give you a decent looking matte finish, if you want to polish it you could do that too.
 
The mailman droped me off a present today! So here is my moddifed Ritter Mini grip next to the real deal delica4 wave! I ended up using some 200ish grit sandpaper and it took the grinding marks right off. I touched it up a bit as well and I think it looks much better than it did yesterday.







As you can see not all the scratches were removed, but most of them were.
 
That doesn't look bad at all now that the marks are gone! If you went a higher up on the grit, you may be able to get a better looking finish, especially now that the major marks are gone.

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Nice work.

If those will open my beer, I'm all for them. Otherwise I'll just keep my hole/thumstud:)

John
 
Bungwrench said:
I'm sorry but I think you ruined those blades.
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To each their own. I find that I have made them even more useful. I now have the benefit of the axis lock with the quick opening of the "wave" feature. Nothing better than 2 very fast ways to open a knife.

z282z06
The purpose of waving the knife is to allow the knife to be opened when you pull the knife out of the pocket. Once the knife is out of the pocket, the will already be in the locked position.

John FrankI
My modified BM's wave are not deep enough to open beers =*( But the delica is which means the delica will follow me to parties!
 
Peter_E_Ryt said:
That doesn't look bad at all now that the marks are gone! If you went a higher up on the grit, you may be able to get a better looking finish, especially now that the major marks are gone.

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Not all the marks are gone, most of them are. I think Ill eventually try to use a higher grit, but the thing is s30v is one hard metal! lol
 
More power to you for giving this mod a shot. I learned some hard lessons by trying to do too much with a dremel though. You're mods are a good start, but the dremel is no replacement for a good solid bench mount grinder or larger grinding wheel. You're next step should probably getting a two wheel grinder at Lowes or Home Depot. I want a big grinder, but I don't have a couple thousand dollars lying around to buy one right now. Even with a basic grinder it's amazing what you can accomplish. I think the key is the fact that you have two hands controlling the blade you're modifying. The dremel is for touch ups, not major mods. Nice first shot though, keep us posted on your progress.
 
realstagman said:
More power to you for giving this mod a shot. I learned some hard lessons by trying to do too much with a dremel though. You're mods are a good start, but the dremel is no replacement for a good solid bench mount grinder or larger grinding wheel. You're next step should probably getting a two wheel grinder at Lowes or Home Depot. I want a big grinder, but I don't have a couple thousand dollars lying around to buy one right now. Even with a basic grinder it's amazing what you can accomplish. I think the key is the fact that you have two hands controlling the blade you're modifying. The dremel is for touch ups, not major mods. Nice first shot though, keep us posted on your progress.
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Thanks for the props! Yeah, I do in fact have a 2 wheel grinder. My brother deals with CNC machines all day long and what not so naturally we have things sitting around the house.
 
So, Ive done 2 more grips over the past month and I must admit that having a grinder works much better than a dremel!

So, if you plan to add the wave to your knife, I would recommend using a grinder!
 
Chinese man said:
So, Ive done 2 more grips over the past month and I must admit that having a grinder works much better than a dremel!

So, if you plan to add the wave to your knife, I would recommend using a grinder!
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How exactly do you make the wave using the grinder? is there a special wheel that will allow you to make cuts into a peice? what does it look like (pic would be nice). I'd like to add a wave to whatever knife i get next because its unlikely I'll get one with one pre-installed.
 
Well, you use the grinder to do most of the work. Ie remove most of the metal to get the flat part of the spine. You use the dremel to cut the "wave" or hook portion out.

The red section I used a bench grinder to grind the metal away. If you use a dremel, this will take a LONG time to cut all that metal off.
The blue section, I used a dremel to shape it. I found it easier to cut a "triangle" into it first, then shape it.



If you have any more questions please let me know.

*Note*
Don't mind my horrible skills at editing photos =P
 
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