Waved Recurved Axis AFCK!!

Originally posted by medusaoblongata
Just finished this up a few minutes ago...
Did it all with a Dremel, took a few hours...
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I can see a 5 day waiting period on Dremel tool purchases in the future!!!

My word that is uuugly, but then again my wife likes me so go figure! :D
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So...is that a user, or a collector piece?
The only thing I don't like about it is that so much metal was removed at the top of the blade. I thought about doing something similar with an Axis AFCK, but was just going to remove the metal right at the front of the hole, since pulling it to the rear would make it engage just like the Wave. You could even do it with a 710, putting the hook where the thumbstuds are, with a section of the spine angled down to meet it.

It's cool that you had the guts to modify the knife so extensively. Send it in for BM's Lifesharp service, and see if it draws any comment:p
The blade looks like it'll be weak, but I bet that thing would be awesome for light work.
 
Originally posted by komondor
Who says this knife can't be patented?

I see the first Axis bottle opener.
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And I got the second!!!! :mad:

What the F***?!!! D***, d***, double d***!!! I htought I was gonna be FIRST!

Medusaoblongata, that is downright CREEPY!! Not the knife, but the fact that essentially you and I were doing the same damn thing at practically the same time, but on two different axis-locking knives. I modified my BM 720 this very day, after having a brain-storm (some might say fart?).

The intention with mine was to make it have a cap-lifter on the spine; I didn't realize how well it waved until I pulled it out of my pocket later and it was open.

Mine still has the original blade planform and edge geometry, although the heat treat may have suffered a little. But, it being 154CM with the high molybdemum content, I'm hoping not. I tried to be very careful and patient with the cuts, and I cooled it in ice when it started to get hot to the touch. Actually, I ended up near the end just putting it in the freezer for about 5 minutes, and then dremeling until it got warm again. Oh well, if the heat treat is screwed, it will still be better than the blade on my SAK, I would BET!

Nice recurve, MO. But, gotta add... yours IS uglier than my 720. ;) :D

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You could even do it with a 710, putting the hook where the thumbstuds are, with a section of the spine angled down to meet it.
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That is essentially just what I did with my 720. It looks better, and works great for a cap-lifter. You probably have to pull it to the rear more than MO's or the WAVE to be reliable as a blade-opening method. But I didn't do the mod for that reason, so it's not a big deal. In fact, I did the mod because I had already drilled out the stud holes a little oversize, because I hate thumb studs. But that wasn't working quite like I wanted, so in a feverish nightmare ( ;) ), I thought up the cap-lifter mod, after seeing a knife with a cap-lifter on its spine over on the Usual Suspects Net forums.}
 
You've removed so much steel (not to mention the soul of the design), that I'd stop calling it an "AFCK" and switch to "F'dUpK" if I were you. Will you wave a Sebenza for us? ;)
 
You have to remember...some people like ugly...(EasEWryder?)

Did you have any regrets after you did it?
 
I wonder how this knife is holding up or if Jason even still has it. This is a two year old post.
 
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