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In a moment of bravery (that soon melted as it got tough) I decided to take a dremel to my Koster and modify the scales. 
What the hell was I thinking?
Well - I wanted the handles to allow a little more versitility. It was VERY comfortable in a standard power grip, even a reverse power grip, but I could not choke up on the knife very easily, I could not get my thumb on the blade very comfortably, and thus it was tough to peel, chest lever and other things.
Here is the original handle:
It looked great - and I am sure for most people it was awesome. I liked it too - but I just wanted to tweak it a bit.
Once I shaped it the way I wanted it basically, I hand sanded the rest. Once that was done - I had to clean up and even out the finish on the blade.
I then forced a patina with mustard and resharpened it on my new Japanese Water stones.
I managed to get the bevels even and mirrored. It took some work - but I think I am happy with how it all turned out. The only thing I am not pleased with is that I lost your logo from the knife. Would you be willing to put it back on for me Dan - or now that it is modified - do you want it left off?I The patina is not very deep - but it will patina more as I use it - which I plan to - a lot.
TF
What the hell was I thinking?
Well - I wanted the handles to allow a little more versitility. It was VERY comfortable in a standard power grip, even a reverse power grip, but I could not choke up on the knife very easily, I could not get my thumb on the blade very comfortably, and thus it was tough to peel, chest lever and other things.
Here is the original handle:
It looked great - and I am sure for most people it was awesome. I liked it too - but I just wanted to tweak it a bit.
Once I shaped it the way I wanted it basically, I hand sanded the rest. Once that was done - I had to clean up and even out the finish on the blade.
I then forced a patina with mustard and resharpened it on my new Japanese Water stones.
I managed to get the bevels even and mirrored. It took some work - but I think I am happy with how it all turned out. The only thing I am not pleased with is that I lost your logo from the knife. Would you be willing to put it back on for me Dan - or now that it is modified - do you want it left off?I The patina is not very deep - but it will patina more as I use it - which I plan to - a lot.
TF
