About that Smock blade cutout thingy..

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About that Smock blade cutout thingy..

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I wonder if that could be sharpened into one big serration?

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I'm not sure I could live with the handle but at least that part of the blade would still cut. Someone make this happen.
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Re: About that Smock blade cutout thingy..

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Gonna have to second this one, that “integral gut-hook” would be awesome (though maybe not too practical).

If I had the skills, I’d do something similar to an extra/old Ouroboros I have... don’t think I’d risk it on a new Smock.

Cool idea, D,
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That would work if you are going for a real finger cutter.
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Re: About that Smock blade cutout thingy..

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Looking at it, should be possible but the heel of the blade would end up very fragile. Also the choil is very useable despite concerns. Personally I avoid cutting with that portion of blades on knives that are sharpened all the way back anyway, hate getting crud in my pivots.

Somewhat related, I was able to turn a Spey blade on this Roughrider into a guthook/clamshell package opener with a bit of a spatula thingy. Making the choil into a “Veff” serration shouldn’t be any harder than that.
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Re: About that Smock blade cutout thingy..

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Ouch. I cringed thinking about it (as I do use the choil).

But should be possible, even DIY with some basic equipment ... it's quite thin already.
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spyderg wrote:
Tue Apr 23, 2019 3:34 pm
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Somewhat related, I was able to turn a Spey blade on this Roughrider into a guthook/clamshell package opener with a bit of a spatula thingy. Making the choil into a “Veff” serration shouldn’t be any harder than that.8D25A930-4B35-466B-B832-72C55F04205A.jpeg
That is really cool ^
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Spydergirl88 wrote:
Tue Apr 23, 2019 7:16 pm
spyderg wrote:
Tue Apr 23, 2019 3:34 pm
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Somewhat related, I was able to turn a Spey blade on this Roughrider into a guthook/clamshell package opener with a bit of a spatula thingy. Making the choil into a “Veff” serration shouldn’t be any harder than that.8D25A930-4B35-466B-B832-72C55F04205A.jpeg
That is really cool ^
Thnx! Originally my plan was to turn the Spey into an awl but when I got it, I realized it wasn’t going to work with the position of the nail nick and the height it sat at so I came up with this instead. It works great. I just couldn’t see much use in a third blade, the knife has a clip main, and a sheepsfoot so the spey, for me, was useless. But I had to have the knife cause it’s got a caplifter too!
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