conversion of COLD STEEL TI-LITE

DISTORTION · Post by **DISTORTION** » Tue Oct 21, 2003 3:00 pm

surely some of us posess the very expensive ti-lite.
has anyone managed to convert one yet?

mine came to me second-hand so im toying with the idea of
making a clockspring style quickie of it.

godamned titanium is tough to mill and drill,tougher than i thought.

perhaps cold-stee
l offers a conversion kit?

Vagrant · Post by **Vagrant** » Tue Oct 21, 2003 5:20 pm

Since I frequetly do not "look before I leap" my advice is first figure out how to keep it shut under spring pressure. One that springs open is no fun if you can't have it stay closed.

DISTORTION · Post by **DISTORTION** » Tue Oct 21, 2003 5:58 pm

MR. VAGRANT

YES,VERY TRUE.COLDSTEEL WAS KIND ENOUGH TO CONVENIENTLY
LEAVE A SMALL HOLE IN THE TANG INTO WHICH I INTEND TO
INSTALL A FULCRUM-RELEASE LOCKPIN.OF COURSE THE EXISTING
LINERLOCK WILL KEEP IT OPEN.

THANX FOR LOOKIN OUT FOR ME.

DISTORTION · Post by **DISTORTION** » Sun Oct 26, 2003 9:51 pm

i know some wont approve,but ya know what makes a good release
for a wildcat conversion?

old extracter for BARETTA92f.

hey,its keepin er shut.

made a couple practice-scalesto get the fit just right.

this is actually working-out for me,for the now.

DISTORTION · Post by **DISTORTION** » Tue Nov 04, 2003 12:41 am

very limited progress,
today i fragged an old wind-up robot and pirated
its narrow clockspring.
a little thick for the intended purpose but the
surface-grinder at the pipeyard should cure that.or destroy it,
and then ill discover that the toy-bot was worth more than the knife.

if it werent fer bad luck,.........

Vagrant · Post by **Vagrant** » Tue Nov 04, 2003 5:59 pm

Assorted dealers on BA have beeen known to have springs for autos. [Try Zaback or PVK to start with].

mrbigg · Post by **mrbigg** » Wed Nov 05, 2003 6:36 am

sounds interesting mr distortion - got any pics so we can see what you are up to?

DISTORTION · Post by **DISTORTION** » Sun Nov 09, 2003 5:36 am

no pics.no camera.
i would love to share half-a-dozen things im up to but alas,
i cannot.and that sux too,here is the place i could get the best help.

i really want to show my first attempt at filework.
the knives are el-crappo but the design looks alot like the barbed-wire
that i intended.

shit,buy a camera or more springsteel.hmmm........

Gonzo_Beyondo · Post by **Gonzo_Beyondo** » Sun Nov 09, 2003 4:54 pm

you can get digital cameras very cheap, or cheaper even still is a plain ol' webcam... it works.

Target has a nice Canon 2 megapixel on sale, bout $200

yeah it's hard with so many great knives in that price range.

omega · Post by **omega** » Thu Feb 05, 2004 3:05 am

Sorry to have not caught this thread sooner.

Yes it has been done. Rather expensively too.

A pair of blue anodized ti-lites were converted to coil spring autos by a machinist here in kansas city.

With the cost of the original knives, combined with the cost and difficultly of re-milling the titanium, the project was abandoned due to cost. There is also that pesky issue of duplicating that blue mirror finish once all the mangling was done. We figured to do it properly would result in a $500 knife.

Proto 1 went to the machinist for his efforts. Proto 2 was sold.

Razor_54 · Post by **Razor_54** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 1:41 am

Well here's the first one i have seen on BA.

SWEET.

http://bladeauction.com/cgi-bin/osa/Vie ... ber=728097

Vagrant · Post by **Vagrant** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 7:43 am

Let's see how high things go at the last minute as snipers and counter-snipers go at each other.

BennytheBlade · Post by **BennytheBlade** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 2:11 pm

If they had only rescaled it, it would have looked ALOT better.
Cool anyways tho.

blackjack · Post by **blackjack** » Sun Feb 22, 2004 7:57 pm

Vagrant wrote:Assorted dealers on BA have beeen known to have springs for autos. [Try Zaback or PVK to start with].

PVK definitely has them.
blackjack