imperial/camco
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jonet143
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imperial/camco
replaced a badly worn imperial with a camco. either a loose blade, lack of lube....? there is a .00050 lip in the blade heel where it worked it's way between the center liner and backspring.. knife had no snap. no repair so i fitted a nice old camco blade, gave it a half stop discarded the worn spring and pen blade. now i have a nice thin EO frankenknife that is as sharp as a razor.
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johnnie f 1949
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orvet
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Re: imperial/camco
Johnnie,
That Frankenknife looks a lot better than many new ones I have seen!
Nice job!
Dale
That Frankenknife looks a lot better than many new ones I have seen!
Nice job!
Dale
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jonet143
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Re: imperial/camco
thanks dale, i'm gonna edc this one for a while. bought it because the bone was great. now it's gotta new lease on life! 
ps dale::tu:: my stiddy is great!
ps dale::tu::
my stiddy is great!johnnie f 1949
on the cutting edge is sometimes not the place to be.
please support our troops - past and present
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please support our troops - past and present
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Ringmaster
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Re: imperial/camco
Definitely a success, Johnnie ! Lots of character, and life, left in that old trooper.
Bravo,
JR
Bravo,
JR
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Re: imperial/camco
Great job, Johnnie
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Re: imperial/camco
Frankenknives are my favorites....it's fun to mix and match...and it really doesn't take too much work to tune a larger blade (kick and tang) to fit a smaller package. I usually just put a pin thru both (new and old blades), clamp together with vice grips, then use the old blade's tang to grind the new blade's tang to shape....works really well.
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