Show your mods!

[cmiksovsky]

First time modder here. My brother is an ultra-light backpacker. His base weight - the weight of the pack he carries with all gear less food and water - is about 11lbs. He'll do a week with a pack like that. So, every gram counts. He likes the Spyderco Bug because all he really needs is a small blade to open pouches of food, cut a cord, etc. For his birthday, I decided to give him the world's lightest Bug. I CNC-machined pockets on both sides of the handle and then inlaid some lasercut, brightly-colored stained wood (so they were less likely to get lost if he set them down outside). They turned out pretty well. The two holes came in handy for fixturing. Attached are some pics showing before and after one side was cut. Standard Bug weighs 11g, and these each weigh 8.5g, so mission accomplished.

[DougC-3]

Nice work! I now have new respect for a couple of Bug Sets I won in a contest years ago! I never regarded them seriously before.

[vivi]

First time modder here. My brother is an ultra-light backpacker. His base weight - the weight of the pack he carries with all gear less food and water - is about 11lbs. He'll do a week with a pack like that. So, every gram counts. He likes the Spyderco Bug because all he really needs is a small blade to open pouches of food, cut a cord, etc. For his birthday, I decided to give him the world's lightest Bug. I CNC-machined pockets on both sides of the handle and then inlaid some lasercut, brightly-colored stained wood (so they were less likely to get lost if he set them down outside). They turned out pretty well. The two holes came in handy for fixturing. Attached are some pics showing before and after one side was cut. Standard Bug weighs 11g, and these each weigh 8.5g, so mission accomplished.

That's a pretty awesome mod! I do ultralight cross country cycling with ~8lbs of gear, and I use a modded Spyderco Ark. Looks like this knife beats mine by a few grams

[J D Wijbenga]

@cmiksovsky Impressive mod! The only thing I change on my Bug's is thin and sharpen the edges.

[iouzip]

Tenacious pocket catch mod I did this morning.

[joegreen]

Spyderco Native 5 Maxamet with Custom Titanium Deep Pocket Clip

[plumlum]

Spyderco Native 5 Maxamet with Custom Titanium Deep Pocket Clip

really nice work!
Can I ask who created the deep carry clip? thx

[plumlum]

Beyond impressed with this new pingo "python" creation. handle mods, and well everything mod.
so many textures!



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[HarleyXJGuy]

Beautiful.

[Jazz]

Beyond impressed with this new pingo "python" creation. handle mods, and well everything mod.
so many textures!



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That's freakin' beautiful. Love the handle material.

[plumlum]

Thanks, I wish I could take credit for it! : ) The handle edits make it much easier to deploy and hold.

[Jazz]

The Hawkbill was just too small for my liking, so it's now a Wharnfly.

[z4vdBt]

This is the plan. Will post after pic when it comes back.

[ThePeacent]

This is the plan. Will post after pic when it comes back.

looking forward to it! :rolleyes:

[vivi]

This is the plan. Will post after pic when it comes back.

I do similar to all my Pacific Salts. Huge improvement.

[z4vdBt]

I do similar to all my Pacific Salts. Huge improvement.

Good point. I'll send in my PS next. :)

[z4vdBt]

I do similar to all my Pacific Salts. Huge improvement.

Post some pics please.

:)

[Rhix]

Here’s a shot of my newly dyed Cruwear Para 3, used RitMore Racing Red. Hats off to Attila who posted his results and instructions in another thread. Shown next to my M390 PM2.

[Rhix]

Also threw my smurf blue Persistence in the pot with the Para 3 scales. It came out sort of dark blurple.

[Rhix]

I also threw part of the Delica GITD kit into the racing red soup.