Adventures in monkeying around with knives

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Picked up a Timascus clip for the Sabre Tooth:

 

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Did the Aggressor first. Wanted to actually have it be completely Hinderer including the anodizing, but the different colors on the scale and frame, despite being the same battle bronze, just don't match. I think I may need to strip it off and redo it to a better bronze that I like. Went with stonewashed Eklipse hardware, when I redo the scales I will probably change up the hardware color as well.

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Did the new one piece back spacer for an XM-18 3.5". Changed it up with just two colors on mt non-flipper.

 

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Last one for today. Wanted to make one the exact opposite of what I usually do, no colors, no flashes of anything just battle finish and black. I do really like this slim XM-24. Now I need a fatty XM-18 3.5".

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Got busy on working finish Eklipse. I do really like the contrast between stonewashed hardware and working finish scales, did everything in a low voltage purple. I really wish someone would release the entire screw set in Ti. xxx.adrenalin.xxx does clip screws but not the lock insert and over travel stop screws.

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Been super busy finding and starting a new gig, so I have projects stacking up. Coming up soon are these:

 

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Got some time to do some anodizing. First up is the Grissom Knives Riverstone. Kept it light, just some accents to make it pop some more.

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Brad Zinker Urban Trapper

Fun little light knife, good flipping action:

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Got a Richlite CQC7 on black friday. Love the fact that you can order the stainless hardware now. No titanium on this one, and I added the free 45 thumb disc, but I don't think it looks good. Gotta find a good silver disc to swap to.

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Got to work on my Sage 6. Standard RGT scales in burlap micarta and Ti hardware. Really do like the size of the sage series, and the 6 is great.

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Got a bit into pens lately. First up is a Chaves:

Just added some color to pop

 

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Finally got back to some of the Hinderer projects I have been sitting on. Really liked this XM-18 3.5" in a Slim, Hollow Ground Slicer. Wanted to just smooth everything out but without too much color. Just swapped to a Ti front scales and Ti hardware in a low voltage Purple. Looks good, but I might swap to a brighter color for the hardware. As always Skiff Bearings to tune the action.

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Got this cool Eklipse in a Harpoon Tanto. Really wanted it since it has a textured lock side. I thought I would strip all the color off and re-anodize everything but I actually really like the color yellow/green that it had from the factory but I couldn't reproduce it myself. I had a Ti scale to add, but I needed a good color to offset the original hardware color and I chose to go with a shiny purple (which looks much better in natural light). I think it came out really good, but probably not to everyone's taste.

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