Hi knife people Im gonna cut the guards off my regulator.
Any of you do this? What grit sandpaper should I use(I know nothing about sandpaper)

Heres how I want it to look like
Before

After

Here is a post Dan made when he introduced the De-Regulator

http://www.scrapyardknives.com/ubbthread...true#Post377236

320 - 400 looks like the magic number

Never tried it because Dan ended up sendiing the De-Regulators out all sanded and pretty! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

I was going to say rough with 320 then move up until you are happy.

cut the tips off with a coping saw and then sand them the rest of the way. i put neoprene on my knives and shape them down about the same way but i finish them off with these scotchbrite wheels i have. they get rid of the sanding lines and give the rubber a nice look and texture that makes them non slip.

If you remove the guards like your photoshopped image, you will have part of the "tang" exposed I think. My Reg has the tang slightly buried in the handle. Hope this makes sense. I saw a cross section of the Regulator somewhere. If I find it I will post a link so my reply is more understandable.

I found the pic, but it isn't the same as mine. You can see the bottom of the blade isn't buried in the handle as I suggested, but mine definitely was. I took the handle off of mine and the top of the handle has a depression from where the bottom of the blade was buried into it.

So I cut the basic shape with a knife then sanded it with mostly 120 grit and finished it of with 320.
It came out looking pretty good, now I can use the choil, which is pointless with the guard.
Now its a large bushcraft knife. It used to weigh 13.6 now its 13.4.



Thats how my deregulator was so I left some res-c to cover it.



Now to get kydex made for it. Does anyone know a kydex maker that uses morning wood camo?

looks good. i'm suprised they dont offer a knife already made like that.

Sneaky - I believe that Dave Brown of Buy Brown sheaths uses some of that Kydex.

Looks cool! As sleek as that brute is gonna look.

Looks good! Nice work

Looks great. Try David Brown on the kydex morning wood material.