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Old 02-14-2008, 07:10 AM
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Modifying the Fat Battle Mistress
As some of you know, I got myself a Busse FFBM (Fat Fusion Battle Mistress) at the end of last year.



It was big, fat and green.... at 8mm (0.31") thick it had plenty of scope for modding... and trimming off some of the excess....So I set about it...

You know the drill...

Strip, strip...



Sand, sand...



At first I thought I would get away with leaving the handle on...but... I had to drill out the tube fasteners and do the whole blade.



All work was done without power tools and I'm very pleased with the finished knife.

I settled for a 600 grit hand rubbed satin finish because it's durable and easy to restore.









It lost about 1.5mm (0.059") thickness overall... which makes it about 6.5mm (0.255") thick.

The green linen Micarta came out really well and the new handle shape feels great.

The testing should be fun.

Thanks for looking.
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Old 02-14-2008, 07:12 AM
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Awesome job!


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Old 02-14-2008, 07:12 AM
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Sweet.... I like it a lot!!
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Old 02-14-2008, 07:18 AM
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That looks awesome!
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Old 02-14-2008, 07:20 AM
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Nice job on that..It looks good . Must find the courage to attempt that myself.
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Old 02-14-2008, 07:29 AM
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Yeah. thats awesome!

would look good on red/black g-10
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Old 02-14-2008, 07:44 AM
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Very nice work!
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Old 02-14-2008, 07:57 AM
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Super nice Soupy, If I get time I'm gonna do the same. I really like the way the handles turned out !
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Old 02-14-2008, 08:02 AM
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that came out beautiful! ...WOW!
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Old 02-14-2008, 08:08 AM
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Really diggin the handles and the 600g finish looks great!
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Old 02-14-2008, 08:17 AM
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How did you press the slabs back on? Did you improvise something, or is there a tool for this? Looks cool!
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Old 02-14-2008, 08:22 AM
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Nicely done Soup. Did you use new slabs for the handle or simply sand the old ones down a bit?
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Old 02-14-2008, 08:30 AM
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Best Mod Yet... That thing should really serve you on your walk abouts.

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Old 02-14-2008, 08:45 AM
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Holy Smokes! That is a super duper awesome job! I too also prefer the hand satin finish for my own users. What grit did you start off with?
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Old 02-14-2008, 08:56 AM
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Outstanding! That's one fine looking blade!
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Old 02-14-2008, 08:59 AM
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Sweet!! The smoothed Green Linen Micarta really does look incredible!
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Old 02-14-2008, 09:00 AM
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that is great! What was the initial grit you used to pull out the dimples? Also, what do you use for handle fasteners?
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Old 02-14-2008, 09:35 AM
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Great job, nice G-shock, too
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Old 02-14-2008, 09:40 AM
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It came out great, well done!
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Old 02-14-2008, 09:46 AM
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Awesome job, looks great
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