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My Charge knife, a work in progress

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Re: My Charge knife, a work in progress
Reply #30 on: November 18, 2018, 04:12:35 PM
Question? Is there a way to put a toothpick or tweezer in this without having to remove the removable clip? :think: I saw Kampfer's Thread about using Style tweezers but I would like to keep my clip and have a toothpick as well :ahhh

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Re: My Charge knife, a work in progress
Reply #31 on: November 18, 2018, 04:26:27 PM
Interesting question  :think: :popcorn:
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Re: My Charge knife, a work in progress
Reply #32 on: November 18, 2018, 06:06:04 PM
The big washer thing on the other side feels to be aluminium. File/dremel in a groove?  :think:


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Re: My Charge knife, a work in progress
Reply #33 on: November 18, 2018, 11:11:50 PM
The big washer thing on the other side feels to be aluminium. File/dremel in a groove?  :think:

I had wondered about that :think: and may try it since I will have an extra (in case I mess this one up :ahhh ) from the other handle :tu: I just didn't know if someone else had already tried this but maybe not :D not yet anyways...... :ahhh :D
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Re: My Charge knife, a work in progress
Reply #34 on: November 19, 2018, 01:00:09 AM
The big washer thing on the other side feels to be aluminium. File/dremel in a groove?  :think:

I had wondered about that :think: and may try it since I will have an extra (in case I mess this one up :ahhh ) from the other handle :tu: I just didn't know if someone else had already tried this but maybe not :D not yet anyways...... :ahhh :D
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Re: My Charge knife, a work in progress
Reply #35 on: November 27, 2018, 12:35:08 PM
The big washer thing on the other side feels to be aluminium. File/dremel in a groove?  :think:

I had wondered about that :think: and may try it since I will have an extra (in case I mess this one up :ahhh ) from the other handle :tu: I just didn't know if someone else had already tried this but maybe not :D not yet anyways...... :ahhh :D
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No progress on this yet ::) So I continue to carry a SAK with it :ahhh :D Will try this when I make time to do it :facepalm: :D


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Re: My Charge knife, a work in progress
Reply #36 on: November 29, 2018, 09:23:02 PM
Wow, that is a super cool mod  :like:


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Re: My Charge knife, a work in progress
Reply #37 on: November 29, 2018, 10:50:43 PM
Thank you so much Sir :hatsoff:


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Re: My Charge knife, a work in progress
Reply #38 on: November 30, 2018, 07:45:33 AM
COOL


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Re: My Charge knife, a work in progress
Reply #39 on: November 30, 2018, 11:56:18 AM
COOL

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So far I have carried this knife everyday and it has been a good companion to my MTs and so compact that I never know it's there until needed :like:


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Re: My Charge knife, a work in progress
Reply #40 on: November 30, 2018, 06:02:27 PM
New pic of it :tu:



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Re: My Charge knife, a work in progress
Reply #41 on: November 30, 2018, 06:12:57 PM
Nice  :dd: :like:
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Re: My Charge knife, a work in progress
Reply #42 on: November 30, 2018, 06:20:01 PM
Cheers!
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Re: My Charge knife, a work in progress
Reply #43 on: November 30, 2018, 07:12:28 PM
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Re: My Charge knife, a work in progress
Reply #44 on: November 30, 2018, 08:00:55 PM
Thanks guys :hatsoff: still liking it and carrying it everyday  :tu:


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Re: My Charge knife, a work in progress
Reply #45 on: December 17, 2018, 12:35:04 PM
Well after receiving a few parts from NKlamerus I decided to put another one of these handy dandy knives together :cheers: I had the handle, a diamond file, a PE Wave blade, and other misc parts but after getting scissors I figured I would put them all together :tu:



No long reach bit or bit holder in this one but I may take a Rebar square shank Phiilips and put in here so I can use the bit adapter with it :like:



They are very similar toolswise



but have a few differences as of now ;)



I like having the flat driver in there as I could mod it as an awl or use it as is as a pry bar :think: but if I add the square Phillips then out it will have to go but I could enlarge the hole and put it and an awl on the other end :think: So many options and ways to go with this :ahhh


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Re: My Charge knife, a work in progress
Reply #46 on: December 17, 2018, 01:12:56 PM
Good work Ponch :tu:
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Re: My Charge knife, a work in progress
Reply #47 on: December 17, 2018, 01:33:51 PM
Excellent work Poncho  :cheers: :like:
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Re: My Charge knife, a work in progress
Reply #48 on: December 17, 2018, 01:57:16 PM
That is fantastic, Poncho! :like:

The stowed MUT bit is quite a good idea for the tool.  :)
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Re: My Charge knife, a work in progress
Reply #49 on: December 17, 2018, 03:10:33 PM
Thanks DT, Ws and GLBM :salute:

That is fantastic, Poncho! :like:

The stowed MUT bit is quite a good idea for the tool.  :)

This is my favorite screwdriver period (even better than some dedicated ones :o ) it has that screwdriver feel that even the Vic inline Phillips nearly has :cheers: but since it locks it is even better :like: will more than likely put the Rebar Phillips on the other and use the bit adapter with it :tu: just to see which in :like: better :tu:


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Re: My Charge knife, a work in progress
Reply #50 on: March 26, 2019, 07:53:48 PM
Well I haven't gotten a factory awl in the other pivot end yet but I did do this and am pretty happy about it :cheers:

I took one of the long LM bits (not the Phillips/straight driver one) and used a Supertool awl as a guide and ground one of the ends down and made an awl that fits in the bit driver of my knife and also in any LM bit driver  :tu:

It made the bit a little shorter than it was but the awl is still plenty long enough :like: After grinding it, I took a diamond sharpener plate and cleaned it up and sharpened it :tu: I have tried it on plastic and wood so far and I am pleased with the results :like: I may work on it a bit more but maybe not :think: :cheers:
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Re: My Charge knife, a work in progress
Reply #51 on: March 26, 2019, 08:10:46 PM
That is awlsome, Poncho!  :like:
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Re: My Charge knife, a work in progress
Reply #52 on: March 26, 2019, 08:12:21 PM
Thanks GLBM :hatsoff: it is still all a work in progress and I hope to continually improve on it :tu:


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Re: My Charge knife, a work in progress
Reply #53 on: March 26, 2019, 08:45:12 PM
 :cheers::popcorn:
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Re: My Charge knife, a work in progress
Reply #54 on: March 27, 2019, 04:52:49 AM
Good idea Poncho !    :like: :tu:


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Re: My Charge knife, a work in progress
Reply #55 on: March 27, 2019, 10:53:46 AM
Thanks Steve :hatsoff: I am pretty happy with it :tu: Works for the uses that I always use an awl for anyways :D


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Re: My Charge knife, a work in progress
Reply #56 on: March 28, 2019, 01:03:57 AM
Liking it.

For me I wanted every tool I couldn't carry in School when I teach. So I put them in one place, I call it my outdoor/woodworking tool:


We need a club or something in this forum, there are so many tools you can do this to.

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Re: My Charge knife, a work in progress
Reply #57 on: March 28, 2019, 01:12:09 AM
Thanks :hatsoff: and great pic HG :like: It is true that this can be done with many MTs and the combinations are endless really :cheers: We have the Hacked Leatherman Tool Club but these guys are (to me) as good as a regular folder and have the extras that I really like and perhaps do need a club of there own :think: :cheers: :tu:


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Re: My Charge knife, a work in progress
Reply #58 on: March 28, 2019, 04:44:58 PM
Thanks :hatsoff: and great pic HG :like: It is true that this can be done with many MTs and the combinations are endless really :cheers: We have the Hacked Leatherman Tool Club but these guys are (to me) as good as a regular folder and have the extras that I really like and perhaps do need a club of there own :think: :cheers: :tu:

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That's about everything you need for outdoor woodworking. Well done!

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Re: My Charge knife, a work in progress
Reply #59 on: January 18, 2021, 01:45:10 AM
Since the Gerber Armbar is very similar to my Charge knife, I figured that putting this post in here would be a good way to look at both of them :tu:

So after some back and forth about getting one or not... I broke down and got one ::) :D

I really :like: the Armbar and have wanted to get one since the beginning  :ahhh the bad feedback has been what has kept me from getting one until now :salute:

I am hoping that since I did wait that I won't have any of the early bugs that the first run has shown :whistle: ;)

So far so good  :tu:



I do agree what most have said about the scissors though :facepalm: why couldn't they have used a better design :dunno: still they cut, so there is that  :salute: the awl is a bit small but seems sharp enough to drill or poke holes in things  :pok: :D

I really :like: the bit driver and the option to use regular 1/4 inch bits  :woohoo: of course none of these lock and that is a bit of a drawback :oops: not a complete deal breaker but a push tab lock could have been incorporated and this tool would have been much harder to beat :cheers:

Next up is the knife blade :like:





My one seems to lock up well and just about as tight as can be :cheers: I really love the shape of this blade and wished that Gerber and other MT companies used this shape blade in more tools  :tu:

I wished it came with a clip but with the way it is designed wpuld be harder to implement :think: one side the clip would be in the way of the bit driver and the other side would be in the way of the knife :dunno:

I almost forgot about the hammer end :ahhh this is a really great feature that takes no space up and if I don't end up carrying this knife, I may take it apart and try to incorporate this into my Charge knife :whistle:



My Charge knife is very similar to this knife and actually predates it :cheers: it does have everything the Armbar has except for an awl and the hammer but adds a diamond file and also has a removable clip  :tu:



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