Knife #4

Here is knife number four. This one is a Spyderco Viele 2 production knife that I customized. The only thing on the knife that I left alone is the blade. I took the original G10 scales off and made my own out of manzanita root. It's a little hard to see in the photos but the manzanita is a beautiful deep red burl. Manzanita root bulbs are full of cracks and voids so you have to spend quite a bit of time filling them with superglue. The results are well worth it though.

I made a brass backspine and file worked it with a rope pattern. The original knife didn't have a backspine at all so I made this one up to replace the spacers that were there.

I jeweled the false bolster and the pocket clip and polished the pivot screw. I also jeweled the liners. For the jeweling on the liners, I did stripes rather than the more traditional geometric pattern of circles.

This knife also holds my first attempt at file working screws. File working screws is difficult and time consuming when you are first starting out but once you get a rhythm going they go much faster. They really add an extra touch to a knife.