TL29 proto

glennbad · Post by **glennbad** » Mon Mar 26, 2012 1:20 am

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

FRJ · Post by **FRJ** » Mon Mar 26, 2012 2:25 am

Glenn,
I think that is a great effort. Good job!

goldpan · Post by **goldpan** » Mon Mar 26, 2012 3:30 am

That is soooo kooool!

RandyFew · Post by **RandyFew** » Mon Mar 26, 2012 4:56 am

L

ks great!

whitebuffalo58 · Post by **whitebuffalo58** » Mon Mar 26, 2012 6:40 am

Nicely done, Glenn! I like it!

WB

orvet · Post by **orvet** » Mon Mar 26, 2012 7:51 am

Nice job Glenn!

Is that marigold bone?

ringergary · Post by **ringergary** » Mon Mar 26, 2012 8:27 am

Nice work Glenn.

Love the handle, you can call him a Barlow now.

Gary.

glennbad · Post by **glennbad** » Mon Mar 26, 2012 11:00 am

orvet wrote:Nice job Glenn!
Is that marigold bone?

Yes, that is the Marigold. It was kinda "pitty", so I just left it like that. Gives it some character...

Glenn

tjmurphy · Post by **tjmurphy** » Mon Mar 26, 2012 11:17 am

Nice work Glenn, I like it

glenn · Post by **glenn** » Mon Mar 26, 2012 4:27 pm

Nice

Like what you did with the screw driver blade.

glennbad · Post by **glennbad** » Mon Mar 26, 2012 5:57 pm

glenn wrote: Nice Like what you did with the screw driver blade.

Thanks for the comments everyone. I can't take credit for that idea, that was Saw Filer's genius

Glenn

jerryd6818 · Post by **jerryd6818** » Mon Mar 26, 2012 6:29 pm

glennbad wrote: I can't take credit for that idea, that was Saw Filer's genius

Glenn

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...

TripleF · Post by **TripleF** » Mon Mar 26, 2012 6:30 pm

Beautiful!

Saw Filer · Post by **Saw Filer** » Mon Mar 26, 2012 10:39 pm

I like it!

If one blade is good...than two must be better

268bull · Post by **268bull** » Mon Apr 02, 2012 4:13 am

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.

glennbad · Post by **glennbad** » Mon Apr 02, 2012 5:01 pm

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...

Glenn

IMBand · Post by **IMBand** » Mon Apr 02, 2012 5:04 pm

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.....

IM

novice · Post by **novice** » Tue Apr 10, 2012 12:55 pm

That is very cool. I have a couple of these kicking around. One may need to be offered up to the modifier gods.

glennbad · Post by **glennbad** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 12:44 am

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.

Glenn

whitebuffalo58 · Post by **whitebuffalo58** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 1:55 pm

Sorry the wharny didn't work out, but WOW the end result is gorgeous!! Very nicely done, Glenn!!

WB

glennbad · Post by **glennbad** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 5:30 pm

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.

Glenn

orvet · Post by **orvet** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 9:54 pm

It looks good Glenn!

garddogg56 · Post by **garddogg56** » Sat Jun 16, 2012 1:30 am

Glenn Did you pinch the bolsters??If my electrical crew had 29's with handles like those nothing would EVER get done

Beautiful

glennbad · Post by **glennbad** » Sat Jun 16, 2012 11:38 am

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

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.

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

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