mr_will
09-09-2012, 21:47
This job was for a friend in HI that I have done some work for in the past.
this is how I got the knife. When I got it, it rattled like a pissed off rattle snake.
http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp195/crankgoboom/DSCF0139.jpg
http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp195/crankgoboom/DSCF0137.jpg
http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp195/crankgoboom/DSCF0140.jpg
I learned something on this pimp. Installing a 7/16 pivot and .25" stop pin on a knife that was in rough shape to start with is not an easy task in any way, shape, or form. After all said and done it came out great.
Done to the knife
- 7/16 chainring bolt pivot
- 1/4" stop pin
- Radiused all edges and corners.
- install g10 liner to thicken scales.
- Refit everything on the knife the lock face and lock bar, stop pin, liners, scales, and the back spacer.
- Full torx screw conversion on it.
- Clip flip for left hand carry and I counter sunk the factory clip screw holes and put screws in them to give it more of a finished look instead of 3 holes being there.
- Etched and stone washed the blade, I tried to darken the liners but the thin liner would not darken. So the liners and clip got stone washed. The clip darkened on it's own which was nice.
This was a fun Pimp and I learned a good bit on it.
Fitting the scales and back spacer, the backspacer was U shaped when I got the knife.
Ignore my wife's foot, she walked out to the garage just as I was taking the picture.
http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp195/crankgoboom/IMG_20120909_122105.jpg
http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp195/crankgoboom/IMG_20120909_140327.jpg
http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp195/crankgoboom/IMG_20120909_140340.jpg
And it is a KNIFE!! Still needs an edge but that is the easy part.
http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp195/crankgoboom/IMG_20120909_163135.jpg
http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp195/crankgoboom/IMG_20120909_163150.jpg
It centered up beautifully. This actually surprised me.
http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp195/crankgoboom/IMG_20120909_163212.jpg
http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp195/crankgoboom/IMG_20120909_163226.jpg
http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp195/crankgoboom/IMG_20120909_163244.jpg
http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp195/crankgoboom/IMG_20120909_163257.jpg
http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp195/crankgoboom/IMG_20120909_163312.jpg
fixed the lockup as well, when I got the knife it was at about 75% and the lock bar face was fubar.
http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp195/crankgoboom/IMG_20120909_163502.jpg
this is how I got the knife. When I got it, it rattled like a pissed off rattle snake.
http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp195/crankgoboom/DSCF0139.jpg
http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp195/crankgoboom/DSCF0137.jpg
http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp195/crankgoboom/DSCF0140.jpg
I learned something on this pimp. Installing a 7/16 pivot and .25" stop pin on a knife that was in rough shape to start with is not an easy task in any way, shape, or form. After all said and done it came out great.
Done to the knife
- 7/16 chainring bolt pivot
- 1/4" stop pin
- Radiused all edges and corners.
- install g10 liner to thicken scales.
- Refit everything on the knife the lock face and lock bar, stop pin, liners, scales, and the back spacer.
- Full torx screw conversion on it.
- Clip flip for left hand carry and I counter sunk the factory clip screw holes and put screws in them to give it more of a finished look instead of 3 holes being there.
- Etched and stone washed the blade, I tried to darken the liners but the thin liner would not darken. So the liners and clip got stone washed. The clip darkened on it's own which was nice.
This was a fun Pimp and I learned a good bit on it.
Fitting the scales and back spacer, the backspacer was U shaped when I got the knife.
Ignore my wife's foot, she walked out to the garage just as I was taking the picture.
http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp195/crankgoboom/IMG_20120909_122105.jpg
http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp195/crankgoboom/IMG_20120909_140327.jpg
http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp195/crankgoboom/IMG_20120909_140340.jpg
And it is a KNIFE!! Still needs an edge but that is the easy part.
http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp195/crankgoboom/IMG_20120909_163135.jpg
http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp195/crankgoboom/IMG_20120909_163150.jpg
It centered up beautifully. This actually surprised me.
http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp195/crankgoboom/IMG_20120909_163212.jpg
http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp195/crankgoboom/IMG_20120909_163226.jpg
http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp195/crankgoboom/IMG_20120909_163244.jpg
http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp195/crankgoboom/IMG_20120909_163257.jpg
http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp195/crankgoboom/IMG_20120909_163312.jpg
fixed the lockup as well, when I got the knife it was at about 75% and the lock bar face was fubar.
http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp195/crankgoboom/IMG_20120909_163502.jpg