Schrade 7OT revival and other recent rambles
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 9:17 pm
Here is a trashed 7Ot I bought a while back for $3 at a flea market. The nice thing is this one is 1095, not the usual schrade+ stainless steel (which I am not a fan of) but a result of that was a rusted and pitted blade. Other problems included battered brass, broken spring ect.
Here is what it looked like before
I first tore it apart and make a new spring and reassembled it with trial pins and flatground the blade (rough ground in this pic).
I had went ahead and reground the brass to remove all the bad dings, so I decided since I was doing this much work to it I might aswell go all out, I serrated the liners and did an arrowhead pattern on the lock bar.
new handles of turquoise with red liners and spacers are rough cut and ready for fitting.
Now, I'm a fan of buck 110's and they have a following by hunters and collectors alike. However there are a few prople who like something different and a few hunters don't like how the locking action gums up under skinning conditions. I am working on the prototype of a slipjoint buck 110. This modification can be done to anyones buck 110 with our without half stop. I'm still working on getting all the bugs worked out and getting a good stiff action while still not being a nail breaker. Another one I'm working on is a buck 110 exchanger, much like the already marketed and discontinued buck selector only in a nice solid brass frame with good hanles other than a molded synthetic handle with no liners and crummy action.
Just a few of my recent endeavors that are still works in progress
Here is what it looked like before
I first tore it apart and make a new spring and reassembled it with trial pins and flatground the blade (rough ground in this pic).
I had went ahead and reground the brass to remove all the bad dings, so I decided since I was doing this much work to it I might aswell go all out, I serrated the liners and did an arrowhead pattern on the lock bar.
new handles of turquoise with red liners and spacers are rough cut and ready for fitting.
Now, I'm a fan of buck 110's and they have a following by hunters and collectors alike. However there are a few prople who like something different and a few hunters don't like how the locking action gums up under skinning conditions. I am working on the prototype of a slipjoint buck 110. This modification can be done to anyones buck 110 with our without half stop. I'm still working on getting all the bugs worked out and getting a good stiff action while still not being a nail breaker. Another one I'm working on is a buck 110 exchanger, much like the already marketed and discontinued buck selector only in a nice solid brass frame with good hanles other than a molded synthetic handle with no liners and crummy action.
Just a few of my recent endeavors that are still works in progress