This Busse Ruck came to me as a user and the owner wanted to give it a satin finish and yellow liners.
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Busse Ruck
Posted in Fixed Blades, tagged busse knives, Busse Ruck, convex edge, full satin, knife liners, knife mods on January 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Scrapyard Regulator
Posted in Fixed Blades, tagged convex edge knife, fixed blade, knife modification, satin finish, scrapyard knives, Scrapyard Regulator on January 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Here is a Scrapyard Regulator that was given a full satin finish and convex edge.
Busse Basic 11
Posted in Fixed Blades, tagged Busse B11, Busse Basic 11, knife modifications, knife mods, satin finish, strip a knife, v edge on June 22, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Here is a Busse Basic 11 that I removed the handle on and gave a satin finish with a polished V-edge. These B11s are very nice. I am a fan of the Res-C handle because of how comfortable it is to use.
Busse SAR 5 Knife Modification
Posted in Fixed Blades, tagged Busse Sar 5, convex edge, fixed blade, fixed blade modifications, knife mod, knife modifications, micarta, skeletonized tang on June 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This Busse SAR 5 received a skeletonized tang and convex edge. I also sanded down the micarta handles so they weren’t as wide. The INFI dimples were left intact and the blade was given a semi satin finish.
Swamp Rat Swamp Warden
Posted in Fixed Blades, tagged convex edge, knife modifications, knife mods, rounded spine, satin finish, skeletonized knife, SR101, Swamp Rat Swamp Warden on June 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I stripped and satined this Swamp Rat Rat Warden. I also rounded the spine all the way around. The owner says it feels much better in hand now. The Swamp Warden is a handy little knife.
Busse BATAC and Scrapyard Regulator
Posted in Fixed Blades, tagged Busse Badger Attack, Busse BATAC, convex edge, convex knife, convex sharpening, fixed blade, knife modifications, modified knives, polished edge, scrapyard knives, Scrapyard Regulator on May 30, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Here are a couple of past projects that I did a while back. The Busse BATAC was a hard user that I gave a full convex zero edge removing the saber grind and replacing the handles with black allen bolts. The Scrapyard Regulator was also a saber grind and I made it a full convex [...]
Busse BWM and Skinny ASH with Red Liners and Zero Convex Edge
Posted in Fixed Blades, tagged Busse ASH, Busse BWM, busse knives, Busse Skinny ASH, convex edge, fixed blade. convex knife, knife modifications, knife mods, liners, polished convex edge on May 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This Busse BWM and Busse Skinny ASH both came coated. The owner of this pair wanted a satin finish and zero convex edge. The last request was to add some contrasting red liners. They make a great matching pair now.
Busse Active Duty Modification
Posted in Fixed Blades, tagged Busse Active Duty, Busse AD, convex edge, knife mod, knife modification, polished edge, satin finish, skeletonized tang, talon hole removal on May 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This Busse Active Duty is unique because it has a Gamewarden handle on it. It to me with a white coating on it. The owner wanted me to give it a full satin finish with convex edge and also wanted me to remove the talon hole and enlarge the choil so you can choke up [...]
Swamp Rat Ratmandu RMD
Posted in Fixed Blades, tagged convex edge, convex knife, knife modification, knife mods, polished edge, ratmandu, satin finish, slicing newspaper, swamp rat knives, swamp rat rmd on May 24, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Here is a thorough pictorial of a Swamp Rat Ratmandu knife modification. I like taking pictures in natural light and all of these pictures are all varying degrees of that to help show the satin finish and polished convexed edge. SR101 is an awesome steel that gets crazy sharp. I have included a short video [...]
Busse Bushwacker Mistress BWM
Posted in Fixed Blades, tagged Busse Bushwacker Mistress, Busse BWM, chopper, convex edge, convex knife, knife modifications, knife mods, knife sharpening, machete, remove coating, satin finish, satin knife on May 23, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Heres a Busse BWM from a while back that I gave a satin finish and convex edge. The BWM is a great chopper. Its not too thick and pretty quick in hand.
Busse FFBM and Busse Sarsquatch
Posted in Fixed Blades, tagged Battle Mistress, Busse FFBM, Busse Sarsquatch, convex edge, convex knife, knife modifications, knife mods, satin finish on May 22, 2011 | 2 Comments »
The FFBM is what I call half satin with a convex edge. This was done for the contrast in the raw and satin INFI. The Sarsquatch was modded on the spine and given a convex edge.
Satin Swamp Rat Ratmandu and Swamp Warden
Posted in Fixed Blades, tagged busse knives, convex edge, convexing a knife, convexing an edge, knife modifications, knife mods, rmd, satin finish, Swamp rat ratmandu, swamp rat rmd, swamp warden, torx bolts on May 19, 2011 | 4 Comments »
This Swamp Rat Ratmandu and Swamp Warden came with a black crinkle coat on them. I gave the RMD a satin finish with convex edge and black torx bolts. The Swamp Warden received a satin finish and a convex edge. I also radiused the spine all the way around to the choil. It feels much [...]
Busse BOSS St
Posted in Fixed Blades, tagged Boss St, Busse, Busse Boss St, convex, convex edge, knife modifications, knife mods, knife sharpening, satin, satin finish on May 17, 2011 | 2 Comments »
This came with a black crinkle coat on it from the factory and the owner wanted to make it satin with a convex edge. Handles were reinstalled with tubing.
Busse SHBM and ABAIII
Posted in Fixed Blades, tagged ABA III, anorexic badger, badger attack, Busse SHBM, convex edge, satin, satin finish, SHBM on May 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
These 2 came with coatings on them and the owner wanted to make them a scratchy satin with convex edges. I reattached the handles with tubing.
Busse BATAC
Posted in Fixed Blades, tagged convex edge, convex, fixed blade, satin finish, Batac, badger attack, knife mods, knife modifications, saber grind, busse knives on May 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This Busse CG BATAC came coated to me and the owner wanted me to remove the coating and give it a nice satin finish with a convex edge.
Busse Skinny ASH and Swamp Rat Ratmandu
Posted in Fixed Blades, tagged ASH, busse knives, convex edge, convexing a knife, knife modifications, knife mods, polished edge, satin finish, Skinny ASH, swamp rat on May 17, 2011 | 2 Comments »
The Skinny ASH was a user and pretty beat up. The owner asked if I could clean it up and put a fresh edge on it. The Ratmandu was given a full satin finish with a convex edge. Ratmandus are one of my favorite Swamp Rat designs.
Swamp Rat HRLM and Ratmandu
Posted in Fixed Blades, tagged convex, convex edge, fixed blade, hrlm, knife modifications, knife mods, ratmandu, rmd, satin, swamp rat, torx on May 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This pair was given a full satin treatment and polished convex edge. The HRLM handles were reattached with black torx bolts and the RMD with tubing.
Busse Gladius
Posted in Fixed Blades, tagged Busse Gladius, convex edge, gladius, gladius sword, knife modifications, knife mods, satin finish, sword, zero edge convex on May 16, 2011 |
I removed the handles on this Gladius and gave it a nice satin finish along with a zero convex edge. I then reinstalled the handles with Torx bolts. Its hard to photograph a sword so I hope these photos show the blade well.
Welcome to the Knife Mods Blog
Posted in Fixed Blades on May 16, 2011 | 3 Comments »
The goal of this blog is to share my love of all things sharp and shiny. This blog will showcase knife modifications done by me. I will post every knife I modify here along with other things I think you might find interesting. I will be updating this blog often so check back frequently. Feel [...]






