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The first set of PROMOD (profile modified) ENDELA scales to come off my machine... the knife will be a gift from a father to his son... an F15 Strike Eagle Weapons System Officer at Seymore Johnson Air Force base in NC...

Those are great Boomer!

FIRST set off the CNC machine... 3D PROMOD Endela/Military scales in black G10 with blue G10 liners... diamond checker texture...

BOOMER52 wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 26, 2021 7:23 pm

FIRST set off the CNC machine... 3D PROMOD Endela/Military scales in black G10 with blue G10 liners... diamond checker texture...

love your work!

So I started with taking the bump off part of the ricasso. Really bothered me on closing/ opening. It's more pm2 like now. Then moved on to the scales. They were much too slick! Much better now and not as hard to do as I thought.

The bump-ectomy makes a pretty dramatic change! Lightens up the look. Did you groove the oem scales? I saw your pic in another thread and thought they were Putman scales. Nice work!

Woodpuppy wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 15, 2021 11:40 am

The bump-ectomy makes a pretty dramatic change! Lightens up the look. Did you groove the oem scales? I saw your pic in another thread and thought they were Putman scales. Nice work!

Removing that bump made all the difference! So much better now. Yes I did do the scales myself. Here's some more pics. And a Native Chief I did.

3d printed Ball Bearing cage designed by a user on this forum: memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=1005336

Look mom, new pants! I've always loved this blade shape, one of Spyderco's finest IMO, but never bonded with the orange peel finish on the scales. So I reached out to @WValtakis on BF and asked him to knock down the orange peel and put on a bead blast/stonewash finish. This is the result...fabulous work. Thank you Chip!

Also I was on my way to deleting the ungainly large flipper tab, but I like flippers so I decided to first try reducing and reshaping it myself. Now it has a more balanced appearance and more importantly it works!






Plays nicely with the Swayback too.

Flattered off upper jimping, lower jimping is not sticking above scales anymore. Painted cf with yellow marker, still holding up after couple months.

Endela K390 straight spine mod w/Bento Box M390 PM2 for contrast.

Just completed another PROMOD (profile modified) series knife... this one an ENDELA/Military... full contour scales in black G10 with a seashell fluting texture... black canvas Micarta back spacer...

BOOMER52 wrote: ↑

Fri May 21, 2021 8:43 pm

Just completed another PROMOD (profile modified) series knife... this one an ENDELA/Military... full contour scales in black G10 with a seashell fluting texture... black canvas Micarta back spacer...

I love your work it's inspired me to do my own profile mods. I wish I had access to a cnc all I have is a 3d printer.

Salt 1 boxcutter.

z4vdBt wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 17, 2021 7:50 am

Salt 1 boxcutter.

Nice! Adding a wave might make it even better :)
I've considered doing something similar with my Byrd Rescue. Was this intentional or making the best of an accident?

PeaceInOurTime wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 17, 2021 4:28 pm

...Was this intentional

yup - a commission - Josh at Razoredgeknives.

z4vdBt wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 17, 2021 6:05 pm

PeaceInOurTime wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 17, 2021 4:28 pm

...Was this intentional

yup - a commission - Josh at Razoredgeknives.

z4vdBt wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 17, 2021 7:50 am

Salt 1 boxcutter.

https://i.imgur.com/ffRDvnb.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/AK0lub7.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/vSJmcrO.jpg

That looks so funny but I actually love it! :D Definitely a cool little blade.

These are the only two anodized knives that I own -- a Chaparral and McBee. I anodized them myself with help from a buddy who does anodizing. Was very cool to learn to do this.