I want my Yo waved

[merciful]

I've never tried a waved blade, but the idea has fascinated me. Lately, I've been carrying my Yojimbo to draw into reverse grip, which requires an inertial opening. It's pretty quick, but does require a bit of coordination and no matter how often I practise the draw, I don't think I'll be absolutely sure of it coming off under pressure. So after seeing the removable wave on the P'kal (in markg's P'kal review), I improvised a very temporary mod to the Yo (wadded up some tinfoil to fit the hole, stuck a finish nail into the foil at the right angle): and it worked every time.

I wonder if STR could retrofit removable wave add-ons to other knives? The angled pin seems to me to be a more sure way of catching the front of a pocket than grinding away part of the Yo's blade. I guess it'd require drilling a threaded hole into the blade to accept the attachment, but I haven't had a look at a P'kal to say for sure.

[krazichinaman]

I've never tried a waved blade, but the idea has fascinated me. Lately, I've been carrying my Yojimbo to draw into reverse grip, which requires an inertial opening. It's pretty quick, but does require a bit of coordination and no matter how often I practise the draw, I don't think I'll be absolutely sure of it coming off under pressure. So after seeing the removable wave on the P'kal (in markg's P'kal review), I improvised a very temporary mod to the Yo (wadded up some tinfoil to fit the hole, stuck a finish nail into the foil at the right angle): and it worked every time.

I wonder if STR could retrofit removable wave add-ons to other knives? The angled pin seems to me to be a more sure way of catching the front of a pocket than grinding away part of the Yo's blade. I guess it'd require drilling a threaded hole into the blade to accept the attachment, but I haven't had a look at a P'kal to say for sure.

Have you tried to use a zip-tie in the spyder hole? Works wonders. If you want, you can always use a dremel to make your own wave. I've done a few for myself and it isnt all that bad.
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[merciful]

Thanks, Krazi: I haven't tried the zip yet, but I will. The dremel-ed option doesn't strike me as quite as likely to catch every time as the angled pin: have a look at how it sits on the P'kal and see what I mean. Maybe I'm wrong, anyway, but I'm not sure I want to grind a chunk off the Yo to find out.

[CombatGrappler]

Just ask STR yourself. He has his own forum at BladeForums.com now.

[merciful]

Hey, thanks. I would have gotten around to a PM soon enough, but that's cool to know about his forum.

Just ask STR yourself. He has his own forum at BladeForums.com now.

[Bassman]

In order to put a stud in the blade, you need to drill a hole in the spine, which is, as far as human are concerned, impossible to do with any precision without annealing the blade. (anneal = making the steel soft as before heat treatment) Even if you could drill a hole, threading it would definitely break the tap. ANYWAY, if you did get someone to anneal it, and got someone to drill and tap a hole in it, then you'd still have to have it re-heat treated back to Rc 59-61 to be like it was before :-) after paying for all of that, you might as well buy a P'kal :D

[merciful]

Thanks, Bassman. I haven't seen a pic that shows exactly where the stud is in the P'kal: are you sure it's in the spine and not the side of the blade? It might not matter much, anyway, the project still might not be feasible.

[Stenny]

It is in the spine.

[merciful]

Well, there ya go: I haven't bought a knife in a month or so, anyway. To the dealer!

It is in the spine.

[So-Lo]

Just ask STR yourself. He has his own forum at BladeForums.com now.

Thanks for the info, I didn't know this untill now. :cool:

[Michael Cook]

:spyder: Buy a waved rescue, delica, or endura first. They're inexpensive and you'll find out if you like the wave or not without messing up your yo. :spyder:

[Michael Cook]

:spyder: here's some pics of someone's waved yo (not mine, alas!) :spyder:

[merciful]

Thanks, Michael. Those are the very pics that got me started on the idea. I'm questioning doing that to my Yo, because I've got a feeling that the pin on the P'kal is more likely to catch firmly on the front of my jeans pocket when drawn into a reverse grip, since it sticks out more. Others have pointed out the potential disadvantages of the P'kal style of wave, but since I don't carry anything in my RF pocket but a knife (since I discovered a quarter stuck in the Yo that caused it not to open), and so don't have any reason to be reaching around in there, I don't think it'd bother me.

:spyder: Buy a waved rescue, delica, or endura first. They're inexpensive and you'll find out if you like the wave or not without messing up your yo. :spyder:

[So-Lo]

:spyder: here's some pics of someone's waved yo (not mine, alas!) :spyder:

I waved and blasted this Yo, and also took the pics, and posted them. :D

Thanks, for all the kind words, it does work great!

[merciful]

You should indeed be happy with the work.

Have you tried it so that it catches the front of the pocket, and draws into reverse grip?

I waved and blasted this Yo, and also took the pics, and posted them. :D

Thanks, for all the kind words, it does work great!

[So-Lo]

It would take some practice to get it to open 100% of the time. I do feel it could be done, I however do not really care for a waved knife. Just give me a hole and I'm happy :D


:p

I do think the Yojimbo is the best looking waved knife I have ever seen, BUT I may be biaist! :)

[merciful]

Thanks. The silly temporary home-made version of the P'kal-style wave I tried on my Yo worked flawlessly every time I tried it, so I think the P'kal may be for me.

Anyway, there are very few ways that owning another Spydie could be a bad thing. None are coming to mind right now.

[CRS]

After reading the title of this thread, I was thinking...THAT'S GOTTA BE PAINFUL :eek: :eek: :eek:

CRS