What's your Cold Steel EDC today?

[vjb.knife]

Does anyone remember the Shinobu Folders from Cold Steel during the late 1980's? I had some of them back then but sold them off, except for a broken one that I had bought for something like $6. Well I decided to make a fixed blade knife with it and this is what I came up with. I used the blade and the lock back piece that hooks into the back spine of the blade. I fit those two pieces into a block of ebony wood with some nickel silver pins and a piece of stainless tubing and epoxied them all together. I shaped it to make the handle and then layered on a bunch of polyurethane. Finally I carved out a hard scabbard using oak for a little color contrast. I assembled the two halves again using nickel silver pins and finishing with lots of layers clear polyurethane. I also managed to glue some felt pieces inside the scabbard to make the blade fit like a glove and prevent the blade from moving, rattling or falling out. Here it is.

 

[Centermass]

Picked a couple of these up recently for good prices. Haven’t had one for probably ten years or so, and not sure why I got rid of that one. Forgot what an easy carry it is and how much I like it. A Mummert clip definitely makes the sheath a better IWB than the weird flat clip they come with. I imagine an UltiClip would work better, too.