@@BlessKnives bro it is absolutely killing me that I know how to make stuff work better than somebody that has years of experience. I suppose we all are aiming for perfection but will never reach it Also finding my inferior equipment has been challenging to say the least. That’s 100% why you are an inspiration for me 👊😎🤘🤘
First thing, congratulations to Grumpy! As far as the pivot, it does seem weird when the larger sized bruisers have smaller pivots but I guess it’s more an aesthetic issue than a functional one. If you think about it, on a tag-along trailer, the Reese hitch is held in by a single pin, even if the trailer is rated for multiple thousands of pounds. I’m sure the smaller pivot would give years of use without issue but it does just look weird. Really cool watching the process unfold of finding issues and working through solutions. Excellent stuff as always, hope you have a great week!
@@jeffreydawson4520 valid point Jeffery. And like Donny mentioned it thinned out the Ti on the lickside so whatever I gained in pivot strength I lost because of that thin area. I learned a ton so it was a overall success. Always appreciate your perspective bro👊😎🤘🤘
I'm glad it all worked out in the end. It reminds me of stories I've heard of people remodeling and old house. The more you dig into it, the more issues that need to be fixed. It was very interesting from the spectator point of view.
Holy crap! Thank you, brother Dave! Man, these Chupacabras are gorgeous knives, but watching you work on them worries me. Seeing your thought processes on how to fix or mod a knife is wonderful. It's almost like we're alllearning together with your videos, brother. I am glad you got it back to a place you are happy with it. Have a great week! Much love to you and Hotrod. Stay well down there.
@@GrumpyGrunt so glad you got this gaw bro. Hopeful you will be able to use some of these. Was definitely a challenge but got the results I wanted in the end. Be sending tracking to you tomorrow 👊😎🤘🤘
I love all of the info in these Sunday videos, it really shows the engineering that goes into making a folding knife function properly. Thanks for another great Sunday video
@@Dopey6621 thanks Dopey. I am no expert but I try to show and explain these things to the best of my abilities 👊😎. Truly appreciate your feedback brother
Heck yes, congrats Grumpy 🎉🎉🎉 I’m surprised the other person didn’t claim it since they comment on practically every giveaway video (and nothing else) and never say anything substantive-basically exactly what you surmised… couldn’t be happier that Grumpy won 🎉🎉🎉
I felt like an old MasterCard commercial, "Custom knife: $700. Custom knife resale: $500. Realizing you have a genius machinist bro named SatuDave after seeing some of the design and modification flaws: Priceless!" That was a master class...if not a mastercard class 😂. 👊😎
@@MitchBollig 🤣. I appreciate your sentiment bro. Merrily figuring it out on the fly. Learned a ton from this one. Definitely no expert. Thanks Mitch. Glad you liked this one 👊😎🤘🤘
Definitely like these style of videos showing us how you go about fixing issues. As far detent ramps go, I've seen some crazy stuff right from the maker. I bought a knife recently that has a way to deep of a ramp and it goes almost to the detent hole, all done on a cnc.
@@chriswebb3018 thanks bro. Seems like this one was a good learning experience. That’s insane to me why anyone would want a ramp like that Appreciate the feedback brother 👊😎🤘🤘
Crazy all the things you found in there, for sure a can of worms. Makes sense about the stock thickness versus the pivot, as well as the difference with modding versus functionality fixes. Good to step away from it and come back, especially since you're talking about refinishing. Thanks for showing it all bubba, very well explained, not dry at all, I enjoyed it.
Loved seeing you go through and fix it. I would’ve never thought about off setting the blade. I thought that would’ve caused a lot of problems. Cool video brother..
@@markparks9996 thanks bro. It was only a .005 shift and I was luck it didn’t cause any problems but it was a gamble. Learned a ton on this project 👊😎🤘🤘
Thanks for showing how you fixed the problem i know who i would send something to that needed to be modded great work Dave Hopefully y'all had a great 4th Have a great week Bro. & Congrats to Grumpy could not have went to a better person. 👊🔪💜
Just opened and your desk is beginning to look like mine!! THANK YOU FOR ADDING ME!! JUST MISSED IT!! CONGRATS TO GRUMPY Wow I absolutely understand what youre saying and doing.. I would agree that the Detent post and hole are not factory. Id be disappointed if it were. Ramps on both Sides
I like working on my knives ive never done anything extreme the biggest thing ive ever done to a knife is drill and add thumb studs ive got a few knives that I would like to remove the flipper tabs on but im not quite sure how to go about that i don't think it's something I can do With a dremel. I like all the technical talk and measurements you get into i find that stuff interesting great video man 👍
@@davidhelka8929 thanks David. 👊😎🤘🤘Tooling is a huge part of it for sure. I’m super happy to have finally acquired the tools needed to do this kinda work. But if you are creative and determined it’s amazing what can be accomplished. Have you seen any of Donny Bless’s work. Dude does amazing quality with very little equipment
Thanks for the insight into all aspects of what and how things of a good working knife should be. I feel your ocd of not being able to leave something that's not right , every cnc,beamsaw, anything in the shop I touch I end up fixing so it's working 100% accurate n correctly so everyone else that doesn't know or care makes a better quality product. I need to switch over to a machine shop here in Tucson with workers that care, and to learn more tired of being the guy they come to to fix stuff.
@@terrancefunderburgh1613 Thanks man. Pride in one’s work is fading. Everyone wants to get paid top dollar and do as little as possible it seems. Just my perspective. I appreciate you watching 👊😎🤘🤘
Great video Dave, thanks for taking the time to explain all this stuff. I'll never do anything like this but it's dam interesting. Have a great week and see ya next Sunday
Cool video brother. I'm bummed out myself didnt kno there was that many issues with the blade. I just thought it had the detent rock issue. I honestly just kno when I like a knife and when I dont. Im not that mechanically inclined as you. Didn't notice all the issues
@@paullmight42 yeah bro. So many people name Paul that I couldn’t remember your last name. It truly makes me happy to see you posting up your mods. Wish more people would try that kinda stuff. Being able to learn and do more has been something I enjoy. Keep up the great work brother 🤘🤘
Congrats to Grumpy. 💯😎 ...i feel you on your gaw spill. I try to stay out of em now days. You thinking 1/4" pivot on the OD? Still watching , great video so far bro. 😎
@@satudave you're lucky now if it's a real account. Whenever I see a real account win..it makes me happy. I don't care who it is , at least I know it's a real account and not somebodies alt. I guessed the 1/4" pivot right! See what they say about broken clocks 😆😆🤣
This reminds me of an old adage in the watch world - if it does not have a good mechanism, it doesn't matter how pretty it is on the outside, it will never keep good time. Which is why any knowledgeable watch collector pays far more attention to the movement than the aesthetics. Knives also should be designed from the inside out. Make the function perfect, then make it pretty (or rugged or whatever the end visual design desired). But if you start with poor design, bad tolerances, wavy blade etc, then you are basically having to recreate the knife design. Looking at this knife, I would (personally) never buy a knife from this designer. Just the blade tolerance is a deal breaker for me. It is a KNIFE. The blade is the last item that should have tolerance issues. Thanks as always for the ramble. Cheers!
@@RamboAdventures-oi1mn this one definitely had its fair share of issues. I have owned several of his other folders and never had any issues. I can’t write off the maker especially since I have no idea if someone else modified it. Guessing by the other mods I could say that it honestly wouldn’t surprise me if the blade had been refinished as well. Either way I am happy with the result and if I ever part with it the new owner will be aware of everything that I have done so that there would be no confusion. That to me is the biggest mistake. Whomever modified it should have disclosed that information. 100% agreed it has to function properly 1st. Truly appreciate your feedback my friend. Hope you have a great week👊😎🤘🤘
Great stuff Dave. I really hope that wasn’t Casey’s handiwork in there. You showed how drawing a knife does not make one a designer or a maker. Turns out there’s more to it. 😂
@@5door indeed Doug. But all the other work I have seen from him didn’t have issues like this one so I seriously doubt it came like this. Just wished the person that modified it would have disclosed that. Oh well. Done and over now and I am actually extremely happy with the result. Thanks as always for checking in bro👊😎
The geometry of the pivot, stop pin, blade interface seems weird to me-I would expect the pin to be further back behind the pivot so I dug out a couple of comparable knives and all of them have the pin further back except for one, the ZT0562, which is a flipper. I have a question, I have a Narrows I wanted to put on washers but it’s a size I can’t locate (1/4” pivot, 0.050 ball). Do you think I could lap some PB washers down to with sufficient accuracy? I have a surface plate, but I don’t think it would turn out right. All the weirdness inside that knife makes me think someone must’ve got their first Dremel and should’ve thought twice. Thanks for the video and all the detail, Satu.
@@ElCapAddict yeah the layout was off in my opinion too. As far as lapping that much material I don’t think it’s a practical option. Maybe ask skiff if they would make up some🤷♂️. Appreciate you’re feedback bro👊😎🤘🤘
@@satudave I did ask Skiff, right now he’s trying to locate some 0.050” balls to make some bearings for it so maybe he’ll get around to it. Thanks, Satu✌️
That is pretty awesome fix. I would love to know what equipment you use. I mess around some but on cheaper knives cause I don’t own anything like the knives you have. Like to but not there yet. What type of eq do you use to drill that pivot out? That is not easy to drill a slightly off center hole.
@@malcolmholt2010 thanks for checking out the video. Way too hot to do any recording outside this type of year. For the off set I put a rotary table on my mill Used a end mill and rough the hole until,005 undersize and then ream it became it was a hardened steel blade. Hope that helps
@@scottmurphy2278 I have seen a few…most were solid but a couple have had minor issues mostly due to people messing with them like this one. Don’t think I have ever seen one on their table with any issues ever. That is my experience at least
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Parallelism is key; especially on washer knives. .001 of in the wrong spot will throw everything off. I appreciate your attention to detail.
@@BlessKnives bro it is absolutely killing me that I know how to make stuff work better than somebody that has years of experience. I suppose we all are aiming for perfection but will never reach it Also finding my inferior equipment has been challenging to say the least. That’s 100% why you are an inspiration for me 👊😎🤘🤘
First thing, congratulations to Grumpy! As far as the pivot, it does seem weird when the larger sized bruisers have smaller pivots but I guess it’s more an aesthetic issue than a functional one. If you think about it, on a tag-along trailer, the Reese hitch is held in by a single pin, even if the trailer is rated for multiple thousands of pounds. I’m sure the smaller pivot would give years of use without issue but it does just look weird. Really cool watching the process unfold of finding issues and working through solutions. Excellent stuff as always, hope you have a great week!
@@jeffreydawson4520 valid point Jeffery. And like Donny mentioned it thinned out the Ti on the lickside so whatever I gained in pivot strength I lost because of that thin area. I learned a ton so it was a overall success. Always appreciate your perspective bro👊😎🤘🤘
I'm glad it all worked out in the end. It reminds me of stories I've heard of people remodeling and old house. The more you dig into it, the more issues that need to be fixed. It was very interesting from the spectator point of view.
@@kenfaulkner5544 that is a great analogy bro. I did feel like every time I examined it I found a new issue. Was a good learning experience for me👊😎🤘🤘
Holy crap! Thank you, brother Dave!
Man, these Chupacabras are gorgeous knives, but watching you work on them worries me. Seeing your thought processes on how to fix or mod a knife is wonderful. It's almost like we're alllearning together with your videos, brother. I am glad you got it back to a place you are happy with it.
Have a great week! Much love to you and Hotrod. Stay well down there.
@@GrumpyGrunt so glad you got this gaw bro. Hopeful you will be able to use some of these. Was definitely a challenge but got the results I wanted in the end. Be sending tracking to you tomorrow 👊😎🤘🤘
I love all of the info in these Sunday videos, it really shows the engineering that goes into making a folding knife function properly. Thanks for another great Sunday video
@@Dopey6621 thanks Dopey. I am no expert but I try to show and explain these things to the best of my abilities 👊😎. Truly appreciate your feedback brother
Heck yes, congrats Grumpy 🎉🎉🎉
I’m surprised the other person didn’t claim it since they comment on practically every giveaway video (and nothing else) and never say anything substantive-basically exactly what you surmised… couldn’t be happier that Grumpy won 🎉🎉🎉
@@ElCapAddict me too Ed. When I drew that name last week I didn’t recognize it so I am super excited this will go to a brother I know👊😎🤘🤘
I felt like an old MasterCard commercial, "Custom knife: $700. Custom knife resale: $500. Realizing you have a genius machinist bro named SatuDave after seeing some of the design and modification flaws: Priceless!" That was a master class...if not a mastercard class 😂. 👊😎
@@MitchBollig 🤣. I appreciate your sentiment bro. Merrily figuring it out on the fly. Learned a ton from this one. Definitely no expert. Thanks Mitch. Glad you liked this one 👊😎🤘🤘
Definitely like these style of videos showing us how you go about fixing issues. As far detent ramps go, I've seen some crazy stuff right from the maker. I bought a knife recently that has a way to deep of a ramp and it goes almost to the detent hole, all done on a cnc.
@@chriswebb3018 thanks bro. Seems like this one was a good learning experience. That’s insane to me why anyone would want a ramp like that Appreciate the feedback brother 👊😎🤘🤘
Crazy all the things you found in there, for sure a can of worms.
Makes sense about the stock thickness versus the pivot, as well as the difference with modding versus functionality fixes.
Good to step away from it and come back, especially since you're talking about refinishing.
Thanks for showing it all bubba, very well explained, not dry at all, I enjoyed it.
@@Gman1024 thanks man. I appreciate the feedback. Was definitely more than I was expecting Learned a bunch and in the end happy with the result 👊😎🤘🤘
Loved seeing you go through and fix it. I would’ve never thought about off setting the blade. I thought that would’ve caused a lot of problems. Cool video brother..
@@markparks9996 thanks bro. It was only a .005 shift and I was luck it didn’t cause any problems but it was a gamble. Learned a ton on this project 👊😎🤘🤘
Enjoyed seeing your work on this knife with the detailed explanations. Great video.
@@boboschnoggins965 very much appreciate the feedback bro👊😎. Thanks for watching 🤘🤘
Satu Dave Sunday baby! I'm here for it! Congrats Grumpy✌
@@TheBeardofDOOM thanks brother👊😎truly appreciate you watching
Amazing reworking of that knife. It is going to break in nicely!
@@polentras thank you Denise. It’s my favorite Chupacabra that I’ve owned now👊😎🤘🤘
Great video bro! I love hearing your train of thoughts on all of the issues and possible fixes. Congrats to Grumpy on the GAW win!
@@JDizzle_Designs thanks bro. I’m certainly no expert but I’m more than happy to share my experiences. Thanks for watching man👊😎🤘🤘
Thanks for showing how you fixed the problem i know who i would send something to that needed to be modded great work Dave Hopefully y'all had a great 4th Have a great week Bro. & Congrats to Grumpy could not have went to a better person. 👊🔪💜
@@Fedharrison5634 thanks Ed. Super excited that Grumpy took the win too. Have a great week bro👊😎🤘🤘
Just opened and your desk is beginning to look like mine!! THANK YOU FOR ADDING ME!! JUST MISSED IT!! CONGRATS TO GRUMPY Wow I absolutely understand what youre saying and doing.. I would agree that the Detent post and hole are not factory. Id be disappointed if it were. Ramps on both Sides
@@wcreview8227 it was kinda of in need of some attention for sure bro. All said and done I’m satisfied with the outcome. Learned a ton too👊😎🤘🤘
I like working on my knives ive never done anything extreme the biggest thing ive ever done to a knife is drill and add thumb studs ive got a few knives that I would like to remove the flipper tabs on but im not quite sure how to go about that i don't think it's something I can do With a dremel. I like all the technical talk and measurements you get into i find that stuff interesting great video man 👍
@@davidhelka8929 thanks David. 👊😎🤘🤘Tooling is a huge part of it for sure. I’m super happy to have finally acquired the tools needed to do this kinda work. But if you are creative and determined it’s amazing what can be accomplished. Have you seen any of Donny Bless’s work. Dude does amazing quality with very little equipment
Thanks for the insight into all aspects of what and how things of a good working knife should be. I feel your ocd of not being able to leave something that's not right , every cnc,beamsaw, anything in the shop I touch I end up fixing so it's working 100% accurate n correctly so everyone else that doesn't know or care makes a better quality product. I need to switch over to a machine shop here in Tucson with workers that care, and to learn more tired of being the guy they come to to fix stuff.
@@terrancefunderburgh1613 Thanks man. Pride in one’s work is fading. Everyone wants to get paid top dollar and do as little as possible it seems. Just my perspective. I appreciate you watching 👊😎🤘🤘
Some serious modification magic Dave.
@@rustyknifelover4463 well it was way more work than expected but I did learn a lot 👊😎
Very cool to hear the thoughts behind the process. Great video brotha 👍
@@jeremyspaulding7735 thanks Jeremy. Appreciate you watching bro👊😎🤘🤘
Great video Dave, thanks for taking the time to explain all this stuff. I'll never do anything like this but it's dam interesting. Have a great week and see ya next Sunday
@@Doug-do7ge thank you Doug. I hoped it would not be too dry for most. I’m sure it’ll be a less viewed one but it was 100% how it happened 👊😎🤘🤘
Thanks for making this video. I am learning a lot. I always wanted to know how to fix these kind of issues
@@tomcat5284 appreciate you watching bro👊😎. I will try to do more like it when I have the opportunity 🤘🤘
Loving this style of content.. keep it coming brother!! Congratulations grump!!! 👊🏼🍻🍻🤘🤘🤘
@@jpolhamus71 thanks Jeff. Super cool that Grumpy won👊😎🤘🤘
Holy smokes man. A lot of work on that one.
@@ScotchNThings that is a fact bro. Was way more than I expected but in the end it was a good learning experience
I LOVE these long form videos!!! I’m always here for these!! Love to pick your brain on this stuff
@@Sharper_Than_Most thanks bro. Truly appreciate the support. Although it would be difficult to do something like this every week. 👊😎🤘
Congratulations Grump Grunt🎉🎉🎉🎉
@@rustyknifelover4463 super excited he won too👊😎
Congratulations to the winner and great video brother have a great week 🤘🤙👊
@@stevegareau123 my brother 👊😎. Thanks Steve. Hope you have a great week as well
Cool video brother. I'm bummed out myself didnt kno there was that many issues with the blade. I just thought it had the detent rock issue. I honestly just kno when I like a knife and when I dont. Im not that mechanically inclined as you. Didn't notice all the issues
@@JoseR.95 I knew you didn’t mod it bro. It was a great project and I learned a lot so overall a win in my book. Appreciate you brother 👊😎🤘🤘
Thanks Dave too cool 😎
@@MatthewJefferis808 thanks man. Appreciate you watching 👊😎🤘🤘
Awesome info as usual!
@@nicholasedwardbehindtheedg2343 thank you Nick. This one was a bit different but I learned a bunch👊😎
I love seeing your thought process on how and why you do the modifications!
@@S8NSAYS thanks bro. Was hoping this one would not be too much for some folks👊😎🤘🤘
Great video Dave. Respect. D
@@dstone9748 thank you 👊😎. Have a great week man 🤘🤘
@@satudave yessir
I love mine!
@@almanneck8159 your ODKW?
You talking about me? I appreciate you and all your help bro!
@@paullmight42 yeah bro. So many people name Paul that I couldn’t remember your last name. It truly makes me happy to see you posting up your mods. Wish more people would try that kinda stuff. Being able to learn and do more has been something I enjoy. Keep up the great work brother 🤘🤘
@@satudave there's like 10 regular pauls at this point haha...again, i appreciate you! LOVE listening to and watching you work....
@@paullmight42 much appreciated bro
Congrats to Grumpy. 💯😎 ...i feel you on your gaw spill. I try to stay out of em now days. You thinking 1/4" pivot on the OD? Still watching , great video so far bro. 😎
@@apex_alchemy_knives yeah it’s odd that even someone who just jumped in doesn’t even check to see if they won🤷♂️
@@satudave you're lucky now if it's a real account. Whenever I see a real account win..it makes me happy. I don't care who it is , at least I know it's a real account and not somebodies alt. I guessed the 1/4" pivot right! See what they say about broken clocks 😆😆🤣
This reminds me of an old adage in the watch world - if it does not have a good mechanism, it doesn't matter how pretty it is on the outside, it will never keep good time. Which is why any knowledgeable watch collector pays far more attention to the movement than the aesthetics. Knives also should be designed from the inside out. Make the function perfect, then make it pretty (or rugged or whatever the end visual design desired). But if you start with poor design, bad tolerances, wavy blade etc, then you are basically having to recreate the knife design. Looking at this knife, I would (personally) never buy a knife from this designer. Just the blade tolerance is a deal breaker for me. It is a KNIFE. The blade is the last item that should have tolerance issues. Thanks as always for the ramble. Cheers!
@@RamboAdventures-oi1mn this one definitely had its fair share of issues. I have owned several of his other folders and never had any issues. I can’t write off the maker especially since I have no idea if someone else modified it. Guessing by the other mods I could say that it honestly wouldn’t surprise me if the blade had been refinished as well. Either way I am happy with the result and if I ever part with it the new owner will be aware of everything that I have done so that there would be no confusion. That to me is the biggest mistake. Whomever modified it should have disclosed that information. 100% agreed it has to function properly 1st. Truly appreciate your feedback my friend. Hope you have a great week👊😎🤘🤘
Great stuff Dave. I really hope that wasn’t Casey’s handiwork in there. You showed how drawing a knife does not make one a designer or a maker. Turns out there’s more to it. 😂
@@5door indeed Doug. But all the other work I have seen from him didn’t have issues like this one so I seriously doubt it came like this. Just wished the person that modified it would have disclosed that. Oh well. Done and over now and I am actually extremely happy with the result. Thanks as always for checking in bro👊😎
You are a craftsman
@@kathleensmith370 thank you 👊😎very much appreciated
The geometry of the pivot, stop pin, blade interface seems weird to me-I would expect the pin to be further back behind the pivot so I dug out a couple of comparable knives and all of them have the pin further back except for one, the ZT0562, which is a flipper.
I have a question, I have a Narrows I wanted to put on washers but it’s a size I can’t locate (1/4” pivot, 0.050 ball). Do you think I could lap some PB washers down to with sufficient accuracy? I have a surface plate, but I don’t think it would turn out right.
All the weirdness inside that knife makes me think someone must’ve got their first Dremel and should’ve thought twice.
Thanks for the video and all the detail, Satu.
@@ElCapAddict yeah the layout was off in my opinion too. As far as lapping that much material I don’t think it’s a practical option. Maybe ask skiff if they would make up some🤷♂️. Appreciate you’re feedback bro👊😎🤘🤘
@@satudave I did ask Skiff, right now he’s trying to locate some 0.050” balls to make some bearings for it so maybe he’ll get around to it.
Thanks, Satu✌️
That is pretty awesome fix. I would love to know what equipment you use. I mess around some but on cheaper knives cause I don’t own anything like the knives you have. Like to but not there yet. What type of eq do you use to drill that pivot out? That is not easy to drill a slightly off center hole.
@@malcolmholt2010 thanks for checking out the video. Way too hot to do any recording outside this type of year. For the off set I put a rotary table on my mill Used a end mill and rough the hole until,005 undersize and then ream it became it was a hardened steel blade. Hope that helps
Yes, what mill do you have?
Thanks Dave for a deeper dive on troubleshooting this issue. Have a great week. Congrats to Grumpy. Take care.
@@Marco_Ye thank you Marco. I was hoping this one wasn’t too technical and boring 👊😎🤘🤘
@@satudave Not at all always good to learn something and get another perspective.
How have all the other old Dominion knife works knives been? Solid? Or all have issues?
@@scottmurphy2278 I have seen a few…most were solid but a couple have had minor issues mostly due to people messing with them like this one. Don’t think I have ever seen one on their table with any issues ever. That is my experience at least
Another great Satu Sunday vid and interesting deep dive into the goat sucker(loose translation of Chupacabra 🤣).
@@meursault1654 the goat sucker🤣. Thanks bro🤘🤘👊😎