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@hugo7
After the Opinel posts above I started hankering after a No. 8 to mod. Then I remembered that I still haven't made any more progress on my No. 12 mod.
I needed to do something a bit more creative and manual than sitting at a laptop and doing laundry so took a long lunch and just cracked on with the dremel, saws and files.
Chopped the bottom off:
Hacked the blade up a bit:
Filed the handle down to make it slimmer and tidied it up a bit and this is where we are:
Why bother? Blade thickness:
(I'll try and tidy the post later)