Hello! Just recieved a nice new all brown (yep, muddy blade and brown mudders! Excellent!) scrapper 5 today. I love the feel of the knife though I'm not 100% sure about the mudders yet.

I think however that my feel for the knife would be better if the choil was improved. I would like to deepen it. Have any of you done a choil mod on a S5? Thanks! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

KifeGuy did it here:

http://www.scrapyardknives.com/ubbthread...part=1&vc=1

Looks very nice!

Thanks. That was my first.


I have done a second one. I went ahead and removed the Res-C to get a full satin polish properly on the Ricasso on the second one.

Most of the mods on the second one are similar to what I did on the first. However, I dropped the point on the first a bit and just slightly shallowed out the edges belly. On the second, I left the factory blade shape and just reprofiled the edge, spine, choil and finish.

The pics are prior to the Flared tube being put back on. I had somebody else flare the tube back on as I don't have a proper vice to flare the tube as it should be done - Or I would have done mine properly and a few others properly as well.

Unfortunately, the second isn't mine. The second ones end finish is a bit nicer than mine since I removed the Res-C to get the finish properly done. Plus, I purchased some better finishing belts prior to the second one.

This is a SHARP cutting tool. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> - I LOVE SR-101! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />









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sweet steel there...love my S5 but could manage a choil like that too!

love the S5, KG!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

Here's mine that I did a while back; the choil shape is a bit different:

How did you go about doing that?

A dremel w/ 60 grit drum, 120 grit drum, 240 grit drum, and a little elbow grease and sheet sandpaper (400 grit and 1500 grit), then some Mother's Billet metal polish to finish.

Very nice, thank you. I don't believe I have that many drums for my dremel, mine is the very basic kit for stuff around the house.

you can buy dremel attachments for like $1 at walmart.

Here's mine!!!

That's the plan, or maybe send it off to someone to make it all fancy and satin-y. Though that'll be after I scuff this muddy up real good <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Thanks Mike.

Your choil is very nice as well and very functional. I just angled mine a bit for a slightly different effect. Either is good. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />