TL29 proto
TL29 proto
After seeing the fine work that Saw Filer did on his TL-29 (where he altered the screwdriver blade), I thought I would try one of my own.
Mine did not come out anywhere near as nice as his, but it was an interesting experiment. Bone is from Culpepper. I am planning to try something like this again.
Glenn
Mine did not come out anywhere near as nice as his, but it was an interesting experiment. Bone is from Culpepper. I am planning to try something like this again.
Glenn
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L ks great!
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Nicely done, Glenn! I like it!
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Nice job Glenn!
Is that marigold bone?
Is that marigold bone?
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Nice work Glenn.
Love the handle, you can call him a Barlow now.
Gary.
Love the handle, you can call him a Barlow now.
Gary.
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Yes, that is the Marigold. It was kinda "pitty", so I just left it like that. Gives it some character...orvet wrote:Nice job Glenn!
Is that marigold bone?
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Nice work Glenn, I like it
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Thanks for the comments everyone. I can't take credit for that idea, that was Saw Filer's geniusglenn wrote: Nice Like what you did with the screw driver blade.
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Ahh but you took it one step farther with the splendid idea of making it a sheepsfoot blade. I like it a lot. I'll be contacting you about this TL-29 I have...glennbad wrote: I can't take credit for that idea, that was Saw Filer's genius
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Beautiful!
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I like it! If one blade is good...than two must be better
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Glenn, That's a great job you did with the screwdriver/wire stripper blade. I did the same thing, sorta'. I had a broken clip blade on an early model schrade 8 OT. I filed, like you, from the top down on the blade, and made my own version of a sheepsfoot. I didn't change out the scales though. You did really well on that . I like it! Dale H.
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268bull wrote:Glenn, That's a great job you did with the screwdriver/wire stripper blade. I did the same thing, sorta'. I had a broken clip blade on an early model schrade 8 OT. I filed, like you, from the top down on the blade, and made my own version of a sheepsfoot. I didn't change out the scales though. You did really well on that . I like it! Dale H.
Thanks for the kind words. I hate to see good knife parts go to waste. When I saw what SF had done with his, it was a no-brainer. This project was a good one to experiment with. One of the issues I had was the screwdriver blade had such a stout snap on it, it was near impossible to open it as short as it was. I ended up filing down the tang some to ease up on the spring pressure.
I got some other ideas with this pattern, now just gotta find the time to work on them...
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That may be the coolest TL29 mod I have seen yet. I LOVE IT!!
The bone is awesome too, but the secondary is just too cool.....
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The bone is awesome too, but the secondary is just too cool.....
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That is very cool. I have a couple of these kicking around. One may need to be offered up to the modifier gods.
Re: TL29 proto - update!
Just a little update on this knife. The wharn/sheep blade did not have good snap on the close, as I had to take down the tang some so it would open easier. In the end, I decided to turn it into a single blade. I even played around with the bolster, cutting a thread and crimping in, and slimmed down the handles.
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Sorry the wharny didn't work out, but WOW the end result is gorgeous!! Very nicely done, Glenn!!
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Thanks! It will work out, that was just my first try at that. I have a bunch of "first tries" at things that end up in the trash pile.
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It looks good Glenn!
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Glenn Did you pinch the bolsters??If my electrical crew had 29's with handles like those nothing would EVER get done Beautiful
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Yeah, it's kinda hard to see in the pictures. It is amazing what a little sanding and a file can do to a knife to spiffy it up.garddogg56 wrote:Glenn Did you pinch the bolsters??If my electrical crew had 29's with handles like those nothing would EVER get done Beautiful
I've done more with this one knife than I have with most of the others I've worked on...and it still doesn't look too bad.
Thanks for the words!
Glenn