A little customization, care of Oxi Clean

Acadian said:
and for people doing hand rub jobs, how do you need the lockbar down and flush with the rest of the scale? I hear there are some tricks, but haven't seen any posts or videos on how to do it.
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The only time I have done one I held the scale flat against my workbench, holding the ends with my left thumb and index finger to defeat the spring tension. I am sure there are more complicated ways to do it though; it doesn't take much force to hold it flat. Just my two cents.
 
on_the_edge said:
In use, one thing that really bugged me was the feel of the lug when opening the knife. It just felt pointy and made opening the knife with my big thumb uncomfortable. I read lots of posts about how to "properly" open a Sebenza, but honestly, at 50 years of age, I just didn't feel like changing my old habits. Mixed in with these posts were suggestions like, "Suck it up and in a week your thumb will be used to it" and "Sell your knife to me since you will never get used to it." Hidden in and among the silliness was a piece of sage advice--gently sand down the top pointy part of the lug. I did that and what an instant amazing difference! That's what I'm talkin' bout!!! :thumb up: And, unless one looks very, VERY closely, you can't easily tell the difference visually.
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I have an old Sebbie that has the dual lugs both with the pointy tips filed flat. It makes a world of difference. The old pointy dome was so uncomfortable. Now that it's filed flat I can actually get a good purchase on the thumbstud. It makes it so much more grippier instead of my thumb sliding off. Even works great with gloves on. This mod is highly recommended if you're not a fan of the original thumb lugs.
 
Thanks S.S.
Your knife looks better now and well used, another year and the wear will make that handle look ever cooler.. It will look sweet.
I have been slowly learning to get a mirror edge. I prefer a toothier edge but its fun to do.
 
Greg,
I will echo what BellaBlades said--I think it looks great. I also agree that in a year after you've handled it a bit, the titanium handle will look even better.
 
Interesting.
I did this with a ZT 0550 scale a couple years ago and it was a uniform darker finish. It didn't have the patina'd look that yours does.



 
Ok this is just awesome. I really like the spotty finish on the inside of that top scale in your pics! That is so cool. I can't believe I missed this Oxi technique when I was researching Ti anodizing.

Ok, so how long does the Ti hold this Oxi finish? I have heat treated some heavy use Ti parts and noticed the colors seem to wear off, or I should say down after lots of handling.

Do you guys think this would work well with a smooth, non bead blasted Ti??

Thanks for the awesome posts folks. I am off to buy some Oxi.

Footnote: IMHO: It wasn't too wordy. I appreciate how through you were, even though I have to read it twice very slowly due to my reading disabilities. Good luck on your future legal gig.
 
RicFlair said:
Ok this is just awesome. I really like the spotty finish on the inside of that top scale in your pics! That is so cool. I can't believe I missed this Oxi technique when I was researching Ti anodizing.

Ok, so how long does the Ti hold this Oxi finish? I have heat treated some heavy use Ti parts and noticed the colors seem to wear off, or I should say down after lots of handling.

Do you guys think this would work well with a smooth, non bead blasted Ti??

Thanks for the awesome posts folks. I am off to buy some Oxi.

Footnote: IMHO: It wasn't too wordy. I appreciate how through you were, even though I have to read it twice very slowly due to my reading disabilities. Good luck on your future legal gig.
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I think it is hard to tell at this point how long it is going to last or even if the coloring will be enhanced overtime just by handling it. Apparently, according to another custom maker of titanium knives, titanium can take on a slightly different coloration just due to exposure to oils in your hand through use over time. Mind you, I have no first-hand evidence of that one way or the other; its just what I heard. So far, I have not really noticed much if any change at all.

I don't know if it would make a difference though I think it could, but I believe the Sebenza titanium handles are sand blasted, not bead blasted. Also, BellaBlades posted above but he tried this process on some handles that he rubbed and found that the final finish was much more even but also more slippery. See post 18 above.

Finally, I want to add that a lot of people have commented that they do love that multi colored spotting on the inside of the handle. Unfortunately, that is the only spot on all four sides of two handles that did that and I'm not sure why that did it but it happened nowhere else. I felt I was very thorough in cleaning the handle before I did this in order to make sure that there would be some level of uniformity and how it turned out. Don't get me wrong because I still love the way it did turn out, but obviously there are no guarantees when you do this. Maybe it was something with the titanium that was unique to that area. I don't know. In my opinion, the worst thing that you could do is try it, not like it, sandblast the handles and then try again. No harm done in attempting to change the knife to make it your own. Best of luck.
 
I did the oxi treatment to my insingo tonight. I'm pleased with how it came out. It changed the scales just a shade darker. Even tone with some splotching on the inside of the handles.

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