HANDLE REMOVAL?!?!?!NATIVE SS

[tenchu66]

Hello, does anybody know how to remove the handles on a Native SS. there are no screws so i cant see how the knife is held together. thanks alot

[J Smith]

It is held together with pins that are pressed in and would be very hard to take apart and even harder to get back together.

I learn something new everyday,even though I don't want to. Jeff

[tenchu66]

is the pin mechanism similar to how a link in a bike chain is held together? if so can a chain breaker be used? thanks alot. btw anybody who wants custom boker handles i am the king :D

[vampyrewolf]

I'm no genius, so don't take my word on this as gold.

I believe spydies in the stainless version(for the most part, obvious exception is the cricket, might be more) are put together with rivits, which in this case just start as straight pics, squished to specs, cut off and polished flat(I know the cut off and polished part is correct). So in theory one could gently and slowly pry the handles off and do custom work to put new handles on, provided the new material was strong enough to handle the stresses.

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I have done plexiglass handles on a tufram cricket. I have 1 set of scales left and I'm sending them out to a collector tomorrow. They fit dead on with my tufram. I have a set of SS scales made too, other than the d-pin for the pivot, which allows me to keep the linerlock and add full stainless scales on to the basic frame.

another option is thw work with "Vess" is doing, adding overlays on the knife. Have a look at his latest crickets, and at SC_Rebel1957's MoP cricket, now imagine that with 1/8" black CF (have a nice chunk sitting here).

My next project though is adding scales to my ss 'fly. G-10 bolsters fileworked down, and then 3/4 scales of CF.

[java]

tenchu,

Prying the scales apart as you suggest will probably void your warranty and can ruin the knife if do cannot put it back together with the tolerances of the original manufacturer. Practice on a few knock-offs before trying this on a valued piece like a Spydies. As VW suggested and Vess has done, most after market mods on blind pinned, rivitted, or even screwed knives are done by adding scales to a prepared metal handle. Frank Recupero ueses this type of process for most pinned models as does Santa Fe Stoneworks.

Inlays start by rough milling the handles and custom fitting the pocket and inlay. With some wood inlays, undercutting the edges so that when installed (with epoxiy usually) the undercut helps maintain a snug and environmentally sealed fit.

I don't know what kind of rivits Spyderco uses but Mike at SFO told me they could not replace the broken blade on my SS Rookie (CC# 003) becuase removing the rivits would ruin the handle. The rivits are installed and then ground and finished so well that you could not tell where they are just by looking at the handle. I had no choice but to file a claim against the "Big Brown Bomber" and used the money to buy a PE SS Rookie (CC# 002).


Stay safe! Stay sharp!


Edited by - java on 9/22/2003 10:44:29 AM

[danzomekahiro]

Like, everything Master Java said, dude. Why do you want to split your Native?

[danzomekahiro]

Java

I am practicing your novel yet engaging form of speech. Would I pass as a citizen of one of the more developed states such as Maine or Vermont? I realise that the vulgar and illiterate tongue of such Western states as Iowa and Illinois are beneath me, but I feel sure that my Irish manservant can adopt the rough and ready 'lingo' of your frontier,

Wishing you tea and buttered crumpets

Dan

[java]

Dan,

Jolly good show old bean! You are spot on on the use of said vernacular although twould not serve your aims to stir up the good folk of Iowa and Illinois! Nothing more ear shattering and nerve-wracking than a herd of riled up Yankees, don't ya know?? No word on a Viele as of yet. Still checking....cheers, mate!

Stay safe! Stay sharp!