Glow In The Dark button in your Spydie ;). Done in 2 minutes.

Dexter · #1

Hi there

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No need to write too long - just a simple mod that you can make in ~2 minutes, and the result looks like this:

What do you need?
- a Glow In The Dark tailcap:

- a leather hole-punch:

- nail paint or Superglue (nail paint is good for this job if you do not want to stick the button permanently and damage your FRN (or other) handle)

So, after preparing above listed items just cut off the desired thickness part of the tailcap (this little 'button' inside the tailcap) and punch it with the leather hole-punch. I used 4mm one and it should do for most of the lanyard wholes in Spydies

. Than add a little bit of nail paint on the edge of the 'button' and place it in the lanyard hole. That's it - nice and simple

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Cheers.

Bladespec · #2

VERY cool idea might try this some time, very usefull in the dark if u drop your blade too.

bada61265 · #3

next thing ya know someones gonna put a flashlight in a knife....

ChrisM · #4

bada61265 wrote:next thing ya know someones gonna put a flashlight in a knife....

Tool Logic already did.
Neat mod Dexter, I would like to have something like that on my nightstand knife.

ChapmanPreferred · #5

Victorinox had one in a knife handle by the early 90's.

Domanfp · #6

Glow powder and some epoxy will do the same trick but would not be as reversible..

SQSAR · #7

Thanks for the 'bright' idea.

FIMS · #8

Glowing How-To!

Spyderbro · #9

Thanks for the tip. Will try that.

NaturalMystic · #10

I've got some yellow GITD powder and pre-mixed paint from Glow-Inc a few years ago and tried the paint but it didn't come out great. I need to play around with the thickness/consistency of the paint to get it thicker. I've got some clear varnish that I bought to try it out with.

Hey FIMS, great seeing you at the USN GTG on Friday.

jackknifeh · #11

That's a great idea and it looks good.

I've messed with making scales for a knife and plan on doing more. I think the GITD idea would be great for new scales. The problem I've seen in GITD material (I haven't seen much) is you have to "charge" it with a flashlight and/or it doesn't glow very long. If the material would get charged from normal room light that would be great and/or glow for a long time. Any information on these two things?

Jack

NaturalMystic · #12

jackknifeh wrote:That's a great idea and it looks good.

I've messed with making scales for a knife and plan on doing more. I think the GITD idea would be great for new scales. The problem I've seen in GITD material (I haven't seen much) is you have to "charge" it with a flashlight and/or it doesn't glow very long. If the material would get charged from normal room light that would be great and/or glow for a long time. Any information on these two things?

Jack

Hi Jack, check Glow-Inc. They've got a lot of info on GITD materials, powders, projects, etc and as far as I know, their product is supposed to some of the better quality stuff on the market.

Dexter · #13

jackknifeh wrote:That's a great idea and it looks good.

I've messed with making scales for a knife and plan on doing more. I think the GITD idea would be great for new scales. The problem I've seen in GITD material (I haven't seen much) is you have to "charge" it with a flashlight and/or it doesn't glow very long. If the material would get charged from normal room light that would be great and/or glow for a long time. Any information on these two things?

Jack

Yeap, tritium would be better, but it's radioactive and needs to be dealt with a special care.

But GITD blue material glows definitely longer than green one and needs less time of 'charging' with (day or tungsten/led) light. Honestly speaking, I just carry my Delica daily and lay it down while being home and it's 'charging' itself to that degree, that it glows vividly during the night time

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P.S. If you want it to glow longer, try 'charging' it with an UV LED - it works

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