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Something for Devin
Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 2:12 am
by glennbad
A while back a thread was started in General about a kid named Devin. He has had some medical issues, and was interested in knife collecting. A bunch of people got together to send Devin some seed knives for his collection. See details in this thread...
http://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/kni ... =2&t=31016
Anyway, I thought it would be cool to do a mod for him. I don't know if it's his first "custom", but it's his first GT.
I used Catalina Amber jigged bone from Culpepper. I forgot to take a pic of the original knife, so the first pic is another exactly like it. The original knife's handles were all shrunken and pulled away.
I even did a little file work on the inside of the middle scale, LOL.
I hope he enjoys it.
Glenn
Re: Something for Devin
Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 2:19 am
by jerryd6818
Love the file work Glenn and you know what a sucker I am for that Catalina Amber. Another great job. I cannot imagine him not being thrilled. Another job well done my generous friend.
Re: Something for Devin
Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 2:23 am
by FRJ
Yeah, Glenn. A very nice job indeed. The young man will no doubt be happy to own that knife.
Re: Something for Devin
Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 10:00 pm
by Elvis
Careful Glenn. You're getting pretty good at this and that can only mean one thing.....more work coming your way. It looks like you enjoy it though and that's all that really matters.
Re: Something for Devin
Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 10:14 pm
by TripleF
Absolutely gorgeous Glenn!!
Re: Something for Devin
Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2012 1:39 am
by Quick Steel
You turned a duck into a beautiful swan. Great job.
Re: Something for Devin
Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2012 2:04 am
by ea42
Fantastic Job Glenn!!
Re: Something for Devin
Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2012 12:05 pm
by orvet
Great job Glenn and for a good cause too!
Re: Something for Devin
Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2012 12:42 pm
by glennbad
Thanks! I had forgot how frustrating and fun at the same time these patterns are to work on. I'll have to do a few more.
Glenn
Re: Something for Devin
Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2012 12:45 pm
by PigSticker
Looks real nice who wouldn't like that gonna have to order some scales that color
Re: Something for Devin
Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2012 12:49 pm
by glennbad
PigSticker wrote:Looks real nice who wouldn't like that gonna have to order some scales that color
Honestly, you can't go wrong with Culpepper's stuff.
Glenn
Re: Something for Devin
Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2012 7:53 pm
by gringo
beautiful rebuild...
Re: Something for Devin
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 1:51 am
by just bob
Is there a tutorial for file work like this somewhere on this site? If not why not post one - that looks great and shouldn't be that hard to pick up. I looked with Google and there is one posted on line in a pencil drawing that is very hard to understand.
Re: Something for Devin
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 3:30 am
by glennbad
Well, the one that I did is about as basic and simple as you can get. ANYBODY could do that.
I thought that someone did a tutorial some time back.
Glenn