From two... One!

[Eelephant]

Just finished this up. Took the blade out of that nasty Jensen electrician and the bones of that Camillus, and made a new knife. I mean, the grain on that chestnut is boring af, I dig, and there’s a couple nitpicky things I could complain about, but I think it turned out pretty well! It’s definitely my favorite kind of knife now, a slim, lightweight single blade slipjoint with a beefier than normal blade...

I would rather have saved the Camillus scales and shield, but I broke the scales while disassembling. I still have the shield and would love to put it on, but honestly, i’m afraid I’ll mess it up.

[herbva]

Nice work, and very creative. Beware - this hobby can be very addictive!

[Reverand]

My only complaint is that you don't like the Chestnut handles. I think that they look great on it!

[Meridian_Mike]

Great job!

Inlaying a shield takes time.... just go slow and be patient.

[Eelephant]

Nice work, and very creative. Beware - this hobby can be very addictive!

Thanks, man. Yeah, one of my favorite things to take 2 rough specimens and turn them into something useful. Good stuff.

[Eelephant]

Great job!

Inlaying a shield takes time.... just go slow and be patient.

Thanks, man! Well, you just hit the nail on the head. Patience is not one of my noticeable qualities. Haha!

[1967redrider]

Awesome user! Yeah, I bet trying to inlay a shield is next level stuff.

[Eelephant]

My only complaint is that you don't like the Chestnut handles. I think that they look great on it!

Thanks, man! I guess I’m just feeling self conscious about it, cuz I don’t like to spend money on specialty scales (I.e., bone, horn, weird rare wood, etc...), so usually just scrounge what I can from a buddy’s custom lumber business scrap pile. The problem is none of his wood has been cut with visually pleasing grain cuts in mind, so sometimes it comes out a little boring looking, as opposed to some of the fancier stuff out there. I also use a lot of oak, which can also look a little boring, but you can get oak strapping that is perfect size for scale roughs for cheap at Home Depot.

Haha! I tried pine once for the hell of it. Never again. Prolly the ugliest results I’ve ever seen!

Here’s a couple I did with oak.

[Eelephant]

Awesome user! Yeah, I bet trying to inlay a shield is next level stuff.

This one’s not even an inlay, it’s got the little spikes that attach it to the wood. I don’t even want to attempt that! I had one person tell me they usually shave off the spikes and inlay it anyway. I just can’t imagine the sort of patience one must have to dig out the recess (with what? A dremel and an exacto?). Precision as well. Mine would have huge gaps between the shield and the recess I just carved, it’d be unevenly deep, etc... at least that’s what I assume, and has prevented me from even trying. I’ll try a couple practice runs on some stock someday, but for now? Negative.

[Jeffinn]

I still have the shield and would love to put it on, but honestly, i’m afraid I’ll mess it up.

…..every knife modder/mechanic has felt this way at some point.
I’m just not in love with knife shields. In a lot of cases it amounts to sticking a crappy tin shield smack dab in the middle of some great looking bone/Micarta/exotic wood handles. That’s just my opinion though, lots of these folks love their knife shields!
I can and occasionally do put shields on my knives and it definitely requires patience, steady hands and good eye sight!
Nice job on the knife!
Jeff

[Eelephant]

I still have the shield and would love to put it on, but honestly, i’m afraid I’ll mess it up.

…..every knife modder/mechanic has felt this way at some point.
I’m just not in love with knife shields. In a lot of cases it amounts to sticking a crappy tin shield smack dab in the middle of some great looking bone/Micarta/exotic wood handles. That’s just my opinion though, lots of these folks love their knife shields!
I can and occasionally do put shields on my knives and it definitely requires patience, steady hands and good eye sight!
Nice job on the knife!
Jeff

Thanks, man!