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eddymunster
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Re: How many times a week you give your collection a look?

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I want a Ti Lite conversion. Very cool.
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eddymunster wrote: Thu Mar 14, 2024 4:59 pm I want a Ti Lite conversion. Very cool.
Thanks eddy.

I don't currently have any available, and I don't make them often. It's been over a year since I made one.


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Avatar- Ti-Lite Auto Conversion. Video- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q79nia-_DzU

My youtube knife channel- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjSYCK ... 3s5HNcsL5A

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Killgar wrote: Thu Mar 14, 2024 6:59 pm
eddymunster wrote: Thu Mar 14, 2024 4:59 pm I want a Ti Lite conversion. Very cool.
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Those are sweet lookin. I especially like the drilled out version.
When you did make them were they available here or on another site?
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LaneLander wrote: Thu Mar 14, 2024 7:01 pm

Those are sweet lookin. I especially like the drilled out version.
When you did make them were they available here or on another site?
Thanks LaneLander.

I started making them about 2 years ago. The bottom three in that pic are the first generation, the top three are the second (I call that model "Auto-Lite"). The 1st generation have handles I made from coarse g10, the 2nd generation have their original handles (and a safety I designed and fabricated).

Although I've sold several, I've never actually had the chance to post them for sale anywhere. As soon as I mention that I've finished any I get people contacting me asking to buy them (I never do pre-orders). I posted the first batch of Auto-Lites on Bladeforums just to show what I had made, I hadn't even thought of a price yet, and I was sold out within an hour.


Here are a few Talkblade threads where I discussed my Ti-Lite conversions in the past-

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=30456&hilit=Ti-Lite

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=30112&hilit=Ti-Lite


I linked my youtube channel in my sig line below. You can see more of these conversions there, including a few disassembly videos showing the internal workings.
Avatar- Ti-Lite Auto Conversion. Video- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q79nia-_DzU

My youtube knife channel- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjSYCK ... 3s5HNcsL5A

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Those are very cool. If I had one I would snap it every now and then.
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It IS very cool . . .I'm surprised I have not yet seen a clone on DH-Gate . . . .
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jerryk25 wrote: Thu Mar 14, 2024 7:48 pm It IS very cool . . .I'm surprised I have not yet seen a clone on DH-Gate . . . .
Dammit Jerry, you probably just jinxed him...lol
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Dang. . . when I go to Hell, there will only be Rizzy's with busted sear arms, poppers, and grindstone sharpened buck knife clones.

and not a single K12-AL to be seen.
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Love to read everyone's comments 👍
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LGustin wrote: Thu Mar 14, 2024 7:38 pm Those are very cool. If I had one I would snap it every now and then.
jerryk25 wrote: Thu Mar 14, 2024 7:48 pm It IS very cool . . .I'm surprised I have not yet seen a clone on DH-Gate . . . .
Thanks guys.

As far as my design being cloned, I certainly can't satisfy the demand for Ti-Lite autos by myself. And although my conversions are expensive, I don't do it for the money, so being cloned wouldn't hurt me financially. I might even take some pride in knowing that I inspired Ti-Lite autos to finally be mass-produced.

Heck, if they did a good job of it, and produced a quality knife, I might even buy a few :D .
Avatar- Ti-Lite Auto Conversion. Video- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q79nia-_DzU

My youtube knife channel- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjSYCK ... 3s5HNcsL5A

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Killgar wrote: Thu Mar 14, 2024 7:29 pm
LaneLander wrote: Thu Mar 14, 2024 7:01 pm

Those are sweet lookin. I especially like the drilled out version.
When you did make them were they available here or on another site?
Here are a few Talkblade threads where I discussed my Ti-Lite conversions in the past-

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=30456&hilit=Ti-Lite

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=30112&hilit=Ti-Lite
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Regarding getting knives out and looking at them.....I get them out about once a month. I have no one else to show them to. Only two people have ever seen my collection.
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johns7076 wrote: Fri Mar 15, 2024 3:06 pm Regarding getting knives out and looking at them.....I get them out about once a month. I have no one else to show them to. Only two people have ever seen my collection.

You can show me?

'll show you mine.
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eddymunster wrote: Fri Mar 15, 2024 4:53 pm
johns7076 wrote: Fri Mar 15, 2024 3:06 pm Regarding getting knives out and looking at them.....I get them out about once a month. I have no one else to show them to. Only two people have ever seen my collection.

You can show me?

'll show you mine.
I never tire of looking at your pics!
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