Klein Hawkbill Electricians Knife Conversion

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Plas62
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Klein Hawkbill Electricians Knife Conversion

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Inspired by some of the beautiful work I've seen here. I tried my hand at some conversions, below are pic's of a Klein Hawkbill that I redone. I eliminated the screwdriver blade, modified the tang of the main blade to utilize the locking liner, made a rear bolster and re-handled in walnut from an old damaged gunstock I had lying around, also in the pic's is a Boker USA Congress I had picked up at a local Antique Store.

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Re: Klein Hawkbill Electricians Knife Conversion

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Nice work. Do you have any before pictures?
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Re: Klein Hawkbill Electricians Knife Conversion

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Thanks
No I didn't take pic's before I started, the next one I do I'll try to take some before pic's.

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It looks good Jim.
You have to be careful, as I have said many times; customizing knives is way more addictive than just collecting them! :lol: :lol:
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It's to late, I'm already hooked.
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Plas62 wrote:It's to late, I'm already hooked.
Image Too bad. You will know you are really addicted when you sell your safe queens to buy old broken knives just so you can repair them! :lol:
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