KnifeCrazyEric joins the Community!

KnifeCrazyEric · #1

Hello Community!

I just unboxed my first (and definetly not my last!) Spyderco.

It's a Spyderco Tenacious with a plain edge in black! wonderful knife.
Now i wonder, could you point me into a direction for cool mods or personalizations?

Thanks in advance!

~Eric

spyder moist · #2

welcome to the forums,
congrats on your 1st spydie, I hope you enjoy your time with the spyderco community :)
Ive learned a lot from the people on these boards.

chuck_roxas45 · #3

KnifeCrazyEric wrote:Hello Community!

I just unboxed my first (and definetly not my last!) Spyderco.

It's a Spyderco Tenacious with a plain edge in black! wonderful knife.
Now i wonder, could you point me into a direction for cool mods or personalizations?

Thanks in advance!

~Eric

Welcome to the forums!

Put a polished bevel on it. :)

KnifeCrazyEric · #4

chuck_roxas45 wrote:Welcome to the forums!

Put a polished bevel on it. :)

This looks amazing, but :

My Tenacious is black coated :/ any other ideas for modding?

chuck_roxas45 · #5

KnifeCrazyEric wrote:This looks amazing, but :

My Tenacious is black coated :/ any other ideas for modding?

Yep, but I think polished bevels on a black blade is even more awesome. :)

KnifeCrazyEric · #6

chuck_roxas45 wrote:Yep, but I think polished bevels on a black blade is even more awesome. :)

How do i do this? and are there any other mods?

chuck_roxas45 · #7

KnifeCrazyEric wrote:How do i do this? and are there any other mods?

Sure, there's one guy here who put on awesome micarta scales on his Ten. :D

KnifeCrazyEric · #8

chuck_roxas45 wrote:Sure, there's one guy here who put on awesome micarta scales on his Ten. :D

What do i need to polish my bevel? will 3000 grit polishing paper do?

Edit : 300 grit yeah right..

chuck_roxas45 · #9

KnifeCrazyEric wrote:What do i need to polish my bevel? will 3000 grit polishing paper do?

Edit : 300 grit yeah right..

Yeh, but you need to start with something coarser like 200, then move on to 400 and make sure that all 200 grit scratches are gone before moving on to the next grit, which a good rule of thumb is double the last one. Ex, 200, 400, 800, 1500, 3000.

You have to take care not to scratch the black blade. I suggest practicing on a cheapo or old knife before touching your Ten.

ChapmanPreferred · #10

Welcome to the forums.

KnifeCrazyEric · #11

chuck_roxas45 wrote:Yeh, but you need to start with something coarser like 200, then move on to 400 and make sure that all 200 grit scratches are gone before moving on to the next grit, which a good rule of thumb is double the last one. Ex, 200, 400, 800, 1500, 3000.

You have to take care not to scratch the black blade. I suggest practicing on a cheapo or old knife before touching your Ten.

I have a ****ty BlackTacTanto from walther, but it's diff steel so it might be bad practice material?

Donut · #12

Welcome to the forum.

Please check out the mod thread in the picture forum: http://www.spyderco.com/forums/showthre ... -your-mods!

anagarika · #13

Welcome!

The important question would be what kind of mod do you need/want? What aspect you might want it improved?

Polishing bevel is not only beautiful, but also making it cut better! Having a black blade limits your blade modding choice

Handle: do you like it as it is? What improvemwnt you want?

Revival · #14

chuck_roxas45 wrote:You have to take care not to scratch the black blade. I suggest practicing on a cheapo or old knife before touching your Ten.

What you should do is practice on your tenacious so when you get your Paramilitary 2 x 4, Manix, Native, Military, Endura, Delica, Salt, Caly 3, Sage you will be ready to go. JK....Welcome to the forums. Spydercos are a sickness....you have been warned. :D

Holland · #15

welcome to the forums!

Pomelly · #16

Nice Nickname

welcome to the forum!
I can't help with personalizations...

Holland · #17

i like what this guy did:

dillon_b12 wrote:After carrying my Tenacious for a few months, I decided to make some changes.

I haven't been able to enjoy the mod yet since the blade was way off-center when I got everything put back together so I tightened it up quite a bit hoping I could back it off and things would straighten up. Unfortunately, I stripped the pivot screw. Got a new pivot screw and a few handle screws from Spyderco just haven't had a chance to get the stripped one out.

http://www.spyderco.com/forums/showthre ... ds!/page10

KnifeCrazyEric · #18

I have thought up a theme for the knife. i want to design it in a "Zombie-Killer" athmosphere, maybe with a symbol etched into the G-10, some fluorescent green paintings on the G-10, maybe a wave-mod and a polished bevel. ideas?

Holland · #19

this could help

GRIFFIN HAWKS wrote:I had some fun with a Dremel Tool today (^;

Next up; More Scale Work !

KnifeCrazyEric · #20

Holland wrote:this could help

this looks quite amazing. if i cut the scales up like this, filled them with a really toxic green and somehow etched a biohazard-symbol into the blase it'd look fabulous!

how do i etch symbols into blades? :l