Who can Striderize the handle on my Buck Damascus 970 Dagger?????

Bimmer1

Bimmer1

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I just purchased a new Buck 970 Damascus dagger. It is a limited production knife that is serialized. I do not like the factory cherrywood scales. Is there someone out there that can "properly" remove the cherrywood and "properly" paracord wrap the handle in the Strider style of cord wrapping? I want this knife for a user.
Is this possible?

Please email me at bimmer1@wfeca.net

Thanks!
 
Why ruin the handles on a limited production knife??? And with a cord wrap?

Anyone can cord wrap a knife, its not that difficult to do really, it depends on what style wrapping you want. i would suggest getting a diff knife for a user than that one...
 
For some reason the fact that this knife is limited production doesn't interest me. I just hate wood handles. I am thinking about using black canvas micarta with three holes drilled through the handle material and tang to give the knife a more tactical look.
 
the black micarta might be a better idea than the cord wrap, although, to drill the holes in the tang, you will need carbide bits, and those can be pretty pricey.
 
I'm missing something. Where does the cord that is used to do the first wrap around the handle come from (process starting in step 2)? Where does the end of it go between steps 3 and 4? Is it looped back up?
 
What I did was start the cord by laying it down next to the central cordage, securing it to the central cordage with some supper glue and then start wrapping from the guard back. After wrapping the handle, I tucked the end under the wrap I had just completed at the butt and again secured that end with some super-glue.
This may not be the Strider way to do it, but it seemed to work for me. Friction may also hold the ends in.
I just did it once for fun to see what it was like, so never really got to test it much. Not really into the cord-wrap thing, though many are so I wanted to have the basic idea down in case a customer wanted it. I thought the Stider style was rather unique and hadn't seen it before. I just realized, they may have a patent on that style (never know, these days). Well, if I ever plan to sell a knife with that wrap on it, I will have to call them and ask, just to be fair and safe.
Let us know what you figure out.
Always nice to know the "right" way to do it.
 
Thanks for the info.

I'm going to try cord wrapping my first project like that, almost done cutting away the outline with a Dremel and a hacksaw. If it flies, I'll certainly post everything I did to get there.
 
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