Orvet Custom TL-29
Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 3:10 am
I'm pretty sure the lock on my 194OT has saved me a bunch of cut fingers over the years, and I've always wanted a bigger spear-point knife with the same lock. Just like a TL-29 lock. In the past I've ground the screwdriver into a knife blade a few times but was never happy with it. So I contacted Orvet and sort of explained what I wanted in a new EDC.
(In the pics that follow, please keep in mind it is an EDC. I probably should have cleaned it before taking pics; today I've used it to scrape a bit of headgasket off a cylinder block, skinned some wires and scraped crud so I could install a new headlight, show some scouts how to skin a coyote, do some layout work in the shop, and do some carving to get the light box made so I could take the pics!)
As one might guess, this knife originated as a TL-29. Dale removed the screwdriver blade and fit the lock to the knife blade. (Seems like there was something else . . . )
Oh yeah, installed the nifty stag scales! I love the popcorn, no slip in this knife.
I know the lock on TL-29s can be a bit controversial, but I look at it like this: I'm not using the tip of the thing to turn screws (well, not on a regular basis). But I do use a knife a lot, and that lock gives a bit of extra security. Complaints are sometimes made about the extra thickness, but for my purposes that really isn't a concern. I can't imagine doing a TL-29 to single-blade conversion and not fitting the lock to the blade, as you can see was done here:
Like the guy selling stuff on late-night-TV says, "But wait! There's more!" I like some filework on the blade and spring to give a little extra gripping surface. Dale's filework accomplishes that nicely.
And of course, no Orvet Custom knife would be complete without this:
(Well, without the maker's mark. Most people would probably prefer not to have extra fingerprints and smears!)
Jim
(In the pics that follow, please keep in mind it is an EDC. I probably should have cleaned it before taking pics; today I've used it to scrape a bit of headgasket off a cylinder block, skinned some wires and scraped crud so I could install a new headlight, show some scouts how to skin a coyote, do some layout work in the shop, and do some carving to get the light box made so I could take the pics!)
As one might guess, this knife originated as a TL-29. Dale removed the screwdriver blade and fit the lock to the knife blade. (Seems like there was something else . . . )
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I know the lock on TL-29s can be a bit controversial, but I look at it like this: I'm not using the tip of the thing to turn screws (well, not on a regular basis). But I do use a knife a lot, and that lock gives a bit of extra security. Complaints are sometimes made about the extra thickness, but for my purposes that really isn't a concern. I can't imagine doing a TL-29 to single-blade conversion and not fitting the lock to the blade, as you can see was done here:
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- back.JPG (35.19 KiB) Viewed 1770 times
- filework.JPG (48.75 KiB) Viewed 1770 times
Jim
