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OT, but you could always "stabilize" it with superglue, or soak the wooden piece in Danish oil for a few hours. Besides, for an overlay scale which is not a load-bearing part of the knife, any wood should be okay... <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0> C...

Well, I went and got me a SS Cricket... <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0> The pics were just too inspiring... :D The Plan: 1. Filework the blade and polish it to mirror-finish (if it's not already) 2. Filework the edges of the handle scales - all of them. 3. Fu...

Finish it! <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0> Looks very good. Unusual, but good... <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0> I was thinking of doing the same thing, only making the scale fit the entire side, and fileworking everyt...

Same story, only in reverse. All through university I had a nice beard going. Made me look older, and more "distinguished". But once I've graduated I shaved and didn't recognize myself, four years of books and caffeine changed me way too much... <img src="smile.gif" width=15 heig...

Ah, yes... <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0> That kind of service is really hard to come by, on internet or otherwise. Most times around here you stroll into a knife store, and immediately you are looked upon like you have a second head growing out of your neck...

The red thread is actually from a local Walmart. Dunno what it's for, I just saw it was the right thickness so I grabbed it, waxed it and stitched the sheath. Fooling around with color... Didn't work too well, so I'm going back to regular colors. Normally I use waxed or nylon thread specifically for...

Yep... <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0> I've narrowed the colors down to brown and white as well. Brown sheath and brown thread, or brown sheath and white thread. But with black, even violet thread goes if the tooling is painted violet like on the new Perrin p...

Not happy with the Native sheath yet. It's covered with grotesque scars, as intended, and the colour is more or less what I wanted it to be, but the color of the stitching... I just can't decide. I tired white, brown, green and now red... Just experimenting. <img src="http://members.rogers.com/...

Yeah, it's starting to look like Guntings are unbreakable... <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>

I was kinda hoping someone dropped theirs on cement floor and broke the tip or something, but guess even that doesn't happen all that often. Ah, well... :D

I am looking for a PE Gunting, even damaged one. Chipped tip? Broken clip? No problem... <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0> The reason is this: I make leather sheaths for the Gunting on nearly daily basis now, and some clients request that the sheath be made wit...

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Another contest? And for a CF knife?! Wow! <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>

Why purchase Spyderco? Well, let me give you a good example. For once, just o-n-c-e, in my whole life I strayed away from Spyderco and purchased a Kershaw Leek. A friend wanted it, and I wanted to see what the SpeedSafe thing was all about. Well, it's been less than a week since I got the knife, and...

Sadly, I have had a very similar experience recently. I was mailing away a Delica to the USA, in a box only millimeters larger than the knife's size (i.e. TINY). The CanadaPost clerk inquired what was inside and instead of the usual "hand tool", "cutlery" or such I wrote "po...

I'm sure it'll end up being a very beautiful knife! Don't forget to post pics and maybe a story about the G-10 experience... <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>

Sounds good. <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0> What about the space between the colors? I tried putting fileworked aluminum as spacer between two woods on a throwaway cheapie knife, and it came out pretty good...

Nice looking materials! And the colors seem to work together well. The pieces are kinda small though... Maybe not enough for both sides, but certainly enough for one and a half. What I would do is make some kind of a Yin-Yang combination of colors on master side and position the leftovers strategica...

I like the Santa Fe Stoneworks looks. A two-colored Spydie might look nice... I thought about combining a few woods on one Spydie too, but I couldn't find two or more that would complement each other... <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>

Yup... This is really getting sad. Very sad indeed... I am in Canada, where tecnhically one-hand openers are still legal, but who knows what the future will bring. BTW, how do you open an Opinel one-handed? <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0> I'd love to learn th...

A fully take-apartable SS Cricket... This just might be THE knife for customization. I wonder if I should try one for a full-blast custom: filework blade and handle, add scales, the works... Might turn out great. The only problem I can see is re-attaching the clip. That would require longer screws, ...

Yes, I have heard a lot of nastiness about G-10 and especially CF. Which is why I mostly stuck with woods. At least there I know more or less what to expect... <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0> I will probably get an SS Cricket, but for EDC. After doing Delica ...