Hey TW! Let's see your knives!

SOG Seal Team Elite in foot well.

 

Here is my EDC knife. A Benchmade Griptillian with custom aluminum scales.

 

who made your scales? death of failings is making some for me right now for my griptilian

 

Not crazy about Elmax but it’s a pretty nice knife. Hinderer Design. I own one and it compares nicely to a similar Hinderer.

 

I have had them for 4 years or so. If I remember right it was Allen Putman. At the time they were some of the only ones I could find in the country. They are great.

Edit: I found him https://bladescales.com/products/classic-griptilian-scales?variant=15844081762362

 

I think they quit Elmax. Can’t be sure.

 

OH NO YOU DIDNT!!!!

My BRK. Deer antler handle. CPM3 blade.

 

BRK make some great stuff. Especially the bone handled knives. I like that.

 

Hey guys, anybody have anything to say about knives made out of 420HC? Good or bad, let me here it. Looking at a set of buck paklite skinning and caping knives

 

Cleaned it up this week looks great took it all apart after soaking it in Marvel Mystery Oil (the screws in the handle sides were frozen) used Simichrome polish to clean the blade up with because I did not want to use any harsh abrasive on the finish, It came out good and it still has a good edge on it. For those who missed what this is about I found this knife in about 9 foot of water while fishing and it had been there for some time. The Sheath is still soaking and is restoring well also Now have it in Lexol Leather conditioner to get it back to where it can be used it was Rock hard and now I can get the knife in and out of it again. Before pictures and after of the knife.

 

Great restoration job!!!

 

Came out great! Good job man! I have an axe I want to restore but I've been slacking lol

 

A bit more far gone than the knife but should be fun project lol

 

IMO Buck’s 420HC is pretty decent. It won’t hold an edge as long as the super steels out there, but it is plenty easy to sharpen.

 

Handles are easy to match up but stay away from the ones that use a Metal wedge to lock it in since the metal does not expand and contract so they get loose, the wood ones are best with the main wedge countered with a small wood one at 11: Oclock to lock it.

 

Thanks for the tips!

 

do you guys usually use polish on your blades? I've always just used a baking soda paste

 

I was going to do that but was not sure of how good the finish was and wanted to avoid marring it up besides I have a large can of the Simichrome polish so natural choice.

 

Benchmade Impel. CA legal auto opener. It has a 1.98" blade length to get under the 2" max limit. It was a lot of $ per inch of knife!

Sometimes I feel like it's a really expensive letter opener, and I was dumb to buy it. Other times it seems cool. Jury is still out.

 

I usually use fermunda paste