I recently fixed up a used Lone Wolf T2 in my shop and wanted to share some photographs with my Blog. This was a pretty involved project. For those unfamiliar with the Bill Harsey T2, it's a now discontinued Lone Wolf knife from the Pre-Benchmade Era. The original scales were made of a plastic nylon molded material and the pocket clip was mounted tip down. Additionally, the finish of the blade was a plain bead blast, one of my least favorite and one of the most non-rugged finishes on the market.
For this T2, I decided the original bead blast finish on the blade had to go. After pulling the blade off the knife, I used scotch-brite pads to hand rub a satin finish on the blade. The horizontal striations are quite fetching I have to admit.
Naturally, I had to build some scales. Lets be honest, nylon scales suck, they're plasticy, don't feel right... just not high quality. I built a set of custom G10 scales out of some OD material I had left over from a run of my custom knives. I think the results were pretty good.
In this photo you'll notice two large holes near the pivot and three smaller ones towards the base of the scales. The original pocket clip can still be mounted for tip down carry using the two large holes near the pivot, but I decided a standard three hole pocket clip would be better and I prefer to carry my knives tip up.
The pivot area was tricky on this build. I had to hand carve out a small recess for the pivot to sink into. It's one of my least favorite things to do, but it came out pretty well.
Overall I'm pretty happy with how the knife came out. I think it looks a heck of a lot better than the standard nylon handled T2's, and functionally it's better now that I've mounted the pocket clip in the correct position.
