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I’ve been modding a bunch of my knives lately and thought I would create a thread for everyone to share their Spyderco mods. So let’s see them!

Today I did the dodo, pits and added a clip to my swayback. The day I got the swayback I acidwashed the screws so they weren’t shiny anymore.

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A while back I skinnied my rex45 native along with some other tweaks.

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Nice work LC! I particularly like that Dodo. :cool:
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These look great LC!
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Good job on the acid wash! They all look great :cool:
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Nice work!!!
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Put a new clip on my mini Swayback. Was getting hotspots w/ the first clip (a modded Southard clip), so redrilled for an RGT milled one - hotspots gone, feels really good.
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Time permitting I am going to work on getting the hardware done tomorrow...

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Those look great dig dug!

I dyed the scales this morning. I used black but no matter what I tried this was as dark as they would get. Not bad.

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Liquid Cobra wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 18, 2020 1:38 pm
 Those look great dig dug!

I dyed the scales this morning. I used black but no matter what I tried this was as dark as they would get. Not bad.

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Those look awesome, IMO better than completely black would look... :D
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DigDug72 wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 18, 2020 11:23 am
 Put a new clip on my mini Swayback. Was getting hotspots w/ the first clip (a modded Southard clip), so redrilled for an RGT milled one - hotspots gone, feels really good.
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I absolutely love the mini swayback look. I own a couple of traditional handmade swaybacks I bought in Sheffield and this size is more in line with those, which I really like. Nice work!
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DigDug72 wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 17, 2020 9:24 pm
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You're quite the Master Shrinker.
Greatly appreciate your work.
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tonijedi wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 19, 2020 4:01 am
DigDug72 wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 17, 2020 9:24 pm
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You're quite the Master Shrinker.
Greatly appreciate your work.

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I have modified my Dodo...
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I seldom modify my knives as I am satisfied with how they function out of the box.

I did de-wave this Tropen as I never had a need for immediate deployment.
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mikey177 wrote: ↑
Sun Oct 05, 2025 4:33 am
 I seldom modify my knives as I am satisfied with how they function out of the box.

I did de-wave this Tropen as I never had a need for immediate deployment.
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Thanks, Dan!
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I got some too- all Para 3’s 😬

Wish there were more support for LW’s
(Specifically stretch 2’s and stretches 2’s xl)
If there are, cost kinda defeats the purpose, like those police 4 scales
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