I think I went overboard

muskrat man · Post by **muskrat man** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 8:52 pm

I was bored and had some free time between customer knives today sooooo here we go. This knife used to be a schrade 175 florist knife, with a big sheepfoot blade. Someone had butchered it on a grinder, but I salvaged enough to make a little drop poointish blade after alot of tuning I got it to lay down in the liners but the pull was hidden now, I didn't want to make an EO jack out of it, so what I did was cut the liners and spring down about 1/2- 3/4 of an inch reshaped everything and reshaped the underside of the liners so I would be able to get to the pull while I still had material left at the end to conceal the point. I drilled a new hole inthe liners and spring since I cut the original out, and I drilled a lanyard hole. Since nothing else was original about it I mirror polished the blade, and did a little vine on the spring. I installed the stag in the old sheffield manner (thanks to upnorth for introducing me to this type of handle fitting by pointing out how the old sheffield cutlers fitted thier handles when I did some work for him), brass pins and lanyard tube, should make a good little EDC, and an EDC it will be

Sorry about the pics, the sun was shinging through the window and screwed my lighting all up, way too bright.

El Lobo · Post by **El Lobo** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 9:11 pm

Well Kaleb,

To my eye, that is one of the most imaginative, and nicest, pieces you've done. The stag is most excellent, and the lines are very smooth.

Bill

sunburst · Post by **sunburst** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 10:05 pm

I agree with Bill that this knife is very appealing and one of your best yet..

Sunburst

Sauconian · Post by **Sauconian** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 10:13 pm

WHOA.......M.M. That's neat ! I gotta get out to some flea markets, and find some old stag to send you. Wouldn't that stag make any knife special ?

Fran

muskrat man · Post by **muskrat man** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 10:29 pm

thanks guys, just for those who are not framiliar with the 175 model schrade, here is a pic. this blade had lost alot of length and width due to shome bozo sharpening it on a bench grinder.

This is what it looked like, new anyway

gmusic · Post by **gmusic** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 3:26 am

Very nice job Kaleb! Exceptional stag..............

Forensic Jim · Post by **Forensic Jim** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 4:21 am

Great looking transformation you did there Kaleb. That filework is awesome!

Hukk · Post by **Hukk** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 4:26 am

Excellent work, that could have made a real nice Barlow too.

muskrat man · Post by **muskrat man** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 9:15 pm

Thank you everyone. The comments are much appreciated. It was a fun project. Inbetween commisions I'm working on another schrade that I think ya'llwill find interesting, see it in the R&R forum

Edgewise · Post by **Edgewise** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 10:49 pm

Man, you can turn junk into jewelry.

upnorth · Post by **upnorth** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 1:47 pm

Nice customizing MM! Your stag fitting is the best!
"Fat" stag just doesn't "cut it" with me. The old Sheffield boys are smiling down on you, along with a lot of passed American cutlers.

muskrat man · Post by **muskrat man** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 2:29 pm

thanks guys I love the feedback

muskrat man · Post by **muskrat man** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 2:20 am

just thought I'd give a little update on this knife. I grew to dislike the blade, the shape just didn't appeal to me anymore, so I found a 175, shortened the blade and polished it. It reminds me of an old sheffield gardeners knife now and have been carrying it daily.
I'll try to snap some pics tommorow.

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