A very special Mod!

[#goldpan]

First a little background. Then the knife! I am a middle aged man raising a granddaughter by my self. And recently we hit a milestone. Ruby, my granddaughter, just turned 17. It seems like just yesterday I was awarded guardianship. She was 9 years old when I brought her home to live with me. I tried real hard to think of something special I could get her for her 17th birthday, but I am really out of touch when comes to modern teenagers.... I,m starting to sound like my old man.... since she already has a small knife collection I decided to give her a SAK, The Officers model. Of course I had to mod it!

I used the old covers for templates and cut out some slabs of Manzanita. After shaping and sanding and oiling and buffing it, I think it came out pretty nice!

Even though she got some other neat things for her birthday she likes this the best! What could be more special than a custom from your grandpa?

Randy

[garddogg56]

looks great RANDY

[philco]

Something tells me she'll treasure that knife for years to come.

Nice job on the knife......... and on being "Grandpa".

[stockman]

Randy, She sounds pretty special. Nice job!!

Harold

[FRJ]

The knife is beautiful and I'm sure your granddaughter is too. She's a lucky girl in many ways.
Good job.

[Ramrod]

Cool.
Mark

[junebug]

VERY COOL,BRO!!!

YER A GOOD MAN.......
HAPPY B-DAY TO RUBY

[orvet]

Awesome Randy!
And the knife is cool too but I love the story about the granddaughter.
I have not had to raise a g-daughter alone, but my wife and I have helped raise about 3 of ours.
The youngest is about 15 now and loves to come back to our house (where she used to live) and clean my shop for me. Granddaughters are great!

[royal0014]

Nice!

[#goldpan]

Thanks guys! And yes granddaughters are the greatest! She gives my life purpose for sure!. Always has good grades. Stays away from trouble and has a black belt in Tai Kwon Do as well. He he... she my body guard dont ya know

[glennbad]

Knife projects like this are special. Looks great!