take one MOD blade
and some handle bar tape for a road bike and hey presto I knife costing under £20
and some handle bar tape for a road bike and hey presto I knife costing under £20
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I guess you could use duck tape too, maybe with a layer of masking tape on top to provide more grip.
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Ratbag said:Andy
PM'd you. Looks like a good project. I fancy some nice lime green tape myself. Do you know where these blades can be obtained from?
Thanks
Rat
Not the only one interested in where you can get these blades from
leon-1 said:Not the only one interested in where you can get these blades from
Idem dito ... (I had a brainwave: knife ... paracord ... :togo: )
This thread is going to be soooo monotonous
Andy ... I'm not gonna ask why you used pink mate
What grind is it? Looks like it has a second bevel ... Or is it just the pic?
Anyway, good idea you had!
I thought people here knew I sold these and other sheffield blades.
http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17612
please deal with me through britishblades if possible though. Also if you are going to order do it now as I had to ask for some more today and don't want to mess them about keep asking for one or two
http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17612
please deal with me through britishblades if possible though. Also if you are going to order do it now as I had to ask for some more today and don't want to mess them about keep asking for one or two
a bit more details
the knife blade is just one that I had which at the time was spare and I was going to do a bit of gardening and needed a chopper. These blades come direct from the factory with in most cases a shaving sharp edge. There is a very tiny secondary bevel but this doesn't seem to affect it in use over a knife without the secondary bevel. I have thought about using bike handle bar tape in the past andd thought the shocking pink stuff we had in would have a bit of comic value making it less scary and also easy to find when I put it down in grass. (I did consider green paracord).I must point out that we had the tape from when the bike shop my brother worked at was throwing it out and we can't have waste. This blade has one rolls worth of tape on it and there were two rolls in the package. I have thought about doing a matching green river blade but I'm not sure how well it would work with the thinner tang. The good thing about this method is it hides the step from the blade to the tang where the guard would be on the normal MOD knife
I have had to redo the tape a few times to get it to feel right and this has meant that it's not as sticky anymore so needed copydex to hold the ends down. It is now a usable handle with a bit of give to it but gets the job done.
This post on BB shows one which has a para cord wrap handle
http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showpost.php?p=289915&postcount=209
the knife blade is just one that I had which at the time was spare and I was going to do a bit of gardening and needed a chopper. These blades come direct from the factory with in most cases a shaving sharp edge. There is a very tiny secondary bevel but this doesn't seem to affect it in use over a knife without the secondary bevel. I have thought about using bike handle bar tape in the past andd thought the shocking pink stuff we had in would have a bit of comic value making it less scary and also easy to find when I put it down in grass. (I did consider green paracord).I must point out that we had the tape from when the bike shop my brother worked at was throwing it out and we can't have waste. This blade has one rolls worth of tape on it and there were two rolls in the package. I have thought about doing a matching green river blade but I'm not sure how well it would work with the thinner tang. The good thing about this method is it hides the step from the blade to the tang where the guard would be on the normal MOD knife
I have had to redo the tape a few times to get it to feel right and this has meant that it's not as sticky anymore so needed copydex to hold the ends down. It is now a usable handle with a bit of give to it but gets the job done.
This post on BB shows one which has a para cord wrap handle
http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showpost.php?p=289915&postcount=209
