Knife Picture Thread - Page 21

boomchakabowwow · 10-30-2012, 21:07

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Originally Posted by perado

There have been a couple of Elishewitz designed Benchmades. Yours is an Ares. Excellent design; it was recently re-introduced in M390 steel.

thank you!! i just bought it on a whim,and never learned about it!! thanks.

**NeverMore1701** · 10-31-2012, 21:22

Put the finishing touches on the Benchmade:

Made a vertical belt sheath for the Liontribe:

And got my ZT 0561 in the mail (pic with my 301):

reel1 · 11-01-2012, 09:10

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i've carried this sog for about 22 years. the rubber grips deteriorated, so last year i sent it to them, and they replaced them for me. 3 overseas deployments with me and still going strong

nursetim · 11-01-2012, 10:19

NeverMore1701, dude! That first one is great. I've never seen a benchmade like this. Could you tell us more about it and what you've done to it? Strong work

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***Travclem*** · 11-01-2012, 10:24

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Originally Posted by nursetim

NeverMore1701, dude! That first one is great. I've never seen a benchmade like this. Could you tell us more about it and what you've done to it? Strong work

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I may be wrong but, I believe it used to look like this:

boomchakabowwow · 11-01-2012, 11:11

I want that ZT!

**NeverMore1701** · 11-01-2012, 13:07

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Originally Posted by Travclem

I may be wrong but, I believe it used to look like this:

Bingo. It was a fun project, and makes a very handy little neck knife.

**NeverMore1701** · 11-01-2012, 13:20

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Originally Posted by nursetim

NeverMore1701, dude! That first one is great. I've never seen a benchmade like this. Could you tell us more about it and what you've done to it? Strong work

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I picked it up for cheap here on GT from someone who didn't like the SOCP. When I got it, I could see why, it's a pretty terrible stock design. I didn't have a definite direction when I started on it, just dove in and started messing around.

First I cut off the godawful ring, ground down the finger grooves that didn't quite fit my hand, and stripped the black coating off. Then I made some micarta out of a tan T-shirt and epoxied it on. I also lengthened the handle just a hair with the micarta. Not much, but enough to improve the feel a bit.

Shaped the handle down to a pretty thin profile, ghetto jimped the blade shoulder on the spine, thoroughly dulled and rounded the spine, and very slowly cut the angle into the spine. That part took a while, as I could only do a very small bit at a time to keep the blade cool. Put a good edge on it, pressed out a kydex neck sheath, and am pretty happy with it.

If I would have had a definite direction from the beginning it probably wouldn't have sat half-finished for several months, and some of the details might have ended up a bit cleaner, but I just wanted a project to mess around with, and it filled that role just fine, with the added bonus of turning out well enough for me.

***syntaxerrorsix*** · 11-01-2012, 13:30

I'm glad you got some use out of that thing

Looks good.

**NeverMore1701** · 11-01-2012, 14:58

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Originally Posted by syntaxerrorsix

I'm glad you got some use out of that thing

Looks good.

I agree with you, it was pretty terrible in stock form, at least I can use it for something now

**NeverMore1701** · 11-01-2012, 23:17

Did a couple more sheaths today, these I drilled for a tek-lok. Glad I found it laying around, I need to get one for each of my sheaths, they're awesome.

Cheapo Wal-Mart special Winchester branded chinese fixed blade I've had for years, it takes a great edge, has been beat to crap, and hasn't let me down:

Old Camillus boot knife I got when I was 10 or so, I really wish double edged knives were legal to carry in Texas, this one is just dandy (cleaned up the curve on the sheath after I took the pic):

Clutch Cargo · 11-02-2012, 00:03

My TigerShark is one of seven and looks like this:

nosuchagency · 11-04-2012, 18:37

Gombey · 11-04-2012, 19:07

Oh, and this is my boot knife

It's a Gerber.

perado · 11-13-2012, 21:32

I picked up another BM 710; this time with M390...and some Cuscadi scales for it and an old 705:

A sweet little ProTech:

***Cochese*** · 11-13-2012, 21:34

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Originally Posted by Gombey

Oh, and this is my boot knife

It's a Gerber.

Carry one everyday at work

Guardian. I broke my sheath and Gerber replaced it free.

perado · 11-13-2012, 21:37

And, being in some knife forums; I picked up some forum specials:

**NeverMore1701** · 11-14-2012, 02:12

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Originally Posted by perado

And, being in some knife forums; I picked up some forum specials:

Ah, I'm on the hunt for a nice BF edition Rift, missed the last one that came up by about 2 minutes.

How do you like your Cuscadi scales? I'm seriously contemplating one for my ZT 301.

perado · 11-14-2012, 09:03

Cuscadi does excellent work. The fit and finish are flawless. Since getting them, those two have gotten more pocket time than any others.

Gombey · 12-06-2012, 22:39

It's so nice I had to post it twice.

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**NeverMore1701** · 12-06-2012, 23:15

FrankenBlur:

Edwood · 12-08-2012, 00:07

JrFreak · 12-13-2012, 18:38

Picked this up today as a "curio" item. That is until house bill 2548 gets signed into law. It's my 2nd Microtech. Bought a new mini socom on eBay years ago for $85. Now they are worth $230.