F1 Rehandle?

[Chopper]

I am thinking of rehandleing an F1 when it arrives following a trade.

Has anyone done this before and do you have any step by step pictures of your work?

In particular I would like to see a pic of the knife without the handle.

 

[Shinken]

there is a thread over on bb on this exact subject!

Do a search on there!

 

[Chopper]

I have just looked high and low on BB, and I can't find anything.

If anyone has a link to the page it would be a great help.

 

[Simon E]

This might help, its not a re-handle but one from a new blade (same thing anyway )

http://www.knifeforums.com/forums/showtopic.php?tid/784773/

 

[Longstrider]

This might help, its not a re-handle but one from a new blade (same thing anyway )

http://www.knifeforums.com/forums/showtopic.php?tid/784773/

If only life was that simple. Unfortunately the F1 blade blanks are sold as a Full Tang version of the original. Strip an F1 down and remove the thermorun handle and what you get is NOT the same...quite.

I too would appreciate it if someone has a photo of the exposed tang of a stripped down F1 as I'm considering this as a future project myself and would like to know what I'll find under the thermorun before I do it.

 

[Shinken]

Here is one!

http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27503&page=2

But this hasnt got a pic of the handle removed,

Ask the question over on BB someone there is bound to have pic of one!

 

[Simon E]

If only life was that simple. Unfortunately the F1 blade blanks are sold as a Full Tang version of the original. Strip an F1 down and remove the thermorun handle and what you get is NOT the same...quite.

I too would appreciate it if someone has a photo of the exposed tang of a stripped down F1 as I'm considering this as a future project myself and would like to know what I'll find under the thermorun before I do it.

Huh! Just goes to show, assumption is the mother of all *******