My rehandle and shield projects (with tutorials)

waverave

waverave

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Look out world...I'm learning how to modify slipjoints! This really opens up some creative doors for me :thumbsup:

Camillus TL-29 Beginner's Rehandling Project - not perfect by any means but it was a great learning experience.
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sunknife said:
Looks awfully good to me, lotsa depth in those scales.:thumbsup:
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Thank you sir :thumbsup:

akaMatt said:
That looks pretty amazing, Darren! Wouldn't have said you were just learning! Nice job. I need to try my hand at that sometime, just haven't done it yet.
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Thank you sir :thumbsup: I kept telling myself the same thing and then finally pulled the trigger. If you ever want to give it a go let me know and I can pass on my lesson's learned :) (quite a few of them)
 
Campbellclanman said:
That is one nice job there matey- I actually wish I could do that- seeing your whole process and mistakes and how you recovered from them would be extremely interesting reading in this Thread my friend! Great Job!:) :thumbsup:
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Thanks Duncan great idea. I didn't take any in-process photos this time but definitely will for the next project :thumbsup:
 
Looks mighty good to me.
Did you reprofile the screwdriver blade or get the sheepsfoot from a donor knife?
Either way, a useful blade combination. :)
 
afishhunter said:
Looks mighty good to me.
Did you reprofile the screwdriver blade or get the sheepsfoot from a donor knife?
Either way, a useful blade combination. :)
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Thanks! That is how it came. I'm not too savvy on the history of the TL-29 but wondering if there were different configurations instead of electrician's version?
 
CasePeanut said:
Looks great! What books/videos/forum posts did you use to learn how to do the recover?
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Actually just a few YouTube videos to help learn how to peen and a lot of patience from some folks that answered my questions. @Terdl76 provided me with a lot of help. The rest I am just figuring out on my own.
 
waverave said:
Actually just a few YouTube videos to help learn how to peen and a lot of patience from some folks that answered my questions. @Terdl76 provided me with a lot of help. The rest I am just figuring out on my own.
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Thank you! It looks great. I hope you take some WIP photos next time!
 
That came out beautifully :thumbsup:
Great job :)
I have done one recover project on a traditional and plan on doing others on a few moderns I have.
For me it was getting the right equipment-- like a dremel, sanders and buffers, etc.

It sure opens up possibilities :)
 
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