Matriarch Drone/Trainer?
Matriarch Drone/Trainer?
Sal, is Spyderco going to make a drone for the Matriarch?.
Here's how I built a Civilian trainer. Since a good trainer should be built to the same standards as the live; the overall cost should be near the same price.
I came across a Civey with a badly broken tip due to wrongful use. I rescued the knife from it's abuser for mere $20.
Since the tip was broken to far back for repair, I had the edge and points ground down to bluntness. However, this was still too toothy for safe use. To further enhance it's bluntness, I employed A/B expoxy putty. I molded the putty into a bead and countoured around the edge, building it up in thin layers. I even rebuilt the original tip profile in pure putty. Since cosmetics were not a concern, The putty thickness was just shy of interfering with proper closing. Lastly, I painted the scales ugly orange. Sand down the 'edge' if you've tapered it a bit too much.
The putty edge does not cut, however the pure putty tip has broken off with repeated hard impacts. No prob, more putty.
Now it may be hard to find a broken Matriarch. But what if you found a old Endura? Have the edge ground way down. The grind job should be extreme, because you're going build the S-curve profile in epoxy putty. Before slapping on putty on your ground blade, practice your molding skills on cardboard cut-out patterns.
A large tube of Stainless Steel colored two part A/B putty can be had at Home Depot for $6.00. There's enough putty to practice your molding skills before recreating your training blade profile.
If any other questions on this project; email me. sroberson@fresnobee.com
Train smart, safe, and well.
Seth
Edited by - seth on 6/14/2001 8:43:37 AM
I came across a Civey with a badly broken tip due to wrongful use. I rescued the knife from it's abuser for mere $20.
Since the tip was broken to far back for repair, I had the edge and points ground down to bluntness. However, this was still too toothy for safe use. To further enhance it's bluntness, I employed A/B expoxy putty. I molded the putty into a bead and countoured around the edge, building it up in thin layers. I even rebuilt the original tip profile in pure putty. Since cosmetics were not a concern, The putty thickness was just shy of interfering with proper closing. Lastly, I painted the scales ugly orange. Sand down the 'edge' if you've tapered it a bit too much.
The putty edge does not cut, however the pure putty tip has broken off with repeated hard impacts. No prob, more putty.
Now it may be hard to find a broken Matriarch. But what if you found a old Endura? Have the edge ground way down. The grind job should be extreme, because you're going build the S-curve profile in epoxy putty. Before slapping on putty on your ground blade, practice your molding skills on cardboard cut-out patterns.
A large tube of Stainless Steel colored two part A/B putty can be had at Home Depot for $6.00. There's enough putty to practice your molding skills before recreating your training blade profile.
If any other questions on this project; email me. sroberson@fresnobee.com
Train smart, safe, and well.
Seth
Edited by - seth on 6/14/2001 8:43:37 AM