after 2.5 hours of sanding . . . .

silverdragon33 · Aug 9, 2008

the main bevel on my squatch is relatively shiny. i got all the major dimples out of and all the decarb off of the main bevel. it was less work than i thought it would be, but i did use 80 grit sandpaper

. after spending about half an hour on the flat of the saber grind and not getting even half done on one side, i decided to f!#$ it and go bowling. well not really, just polished up the edge a bit so it's nice and sharp now. but watching a movie while doing this was a good way to not get bored.
also, i love the comp edge. it takes a significant amount of work out of what i would normally do to the edge anyway.

next project: the handle slabs . . . . the custom shop won't make me a set of standard scales

so i'll have to have somebody else do a complete job or do what little i can myself :barf:.

Gerberblades · Aug 9, 2008

Lookin good, your lucky custom shop even responds to your emails! They dont respond to any of mine!

:grumpy:

Tinbasher · Aug 9, 2008

Take those scales off sand them down a bit and refit them,not to much though or you get a miss match.
Richard

wired45 · Aug 9, 2008

NICE JOB ! Where can you get new tubes to refasten the slabs ?

silverdragon33 · Aug 9, 2008

Tinbasher said:
Take those scales off sand them down a bit and refit them,not to much though or you get a miss match.
Richard

i don't have the tools to reattach them

xaman · Aug 9, 2008

Ban could knock that out in no time, shoot him an email...

Or just start sanding and see how you do. If you ruin them completely, the worst that can happen is ban put some nice wood scales on there for ya :thumbup:

chickenplucker · Aug 9, 2008

xaman said:
Ban could knock that out in no time, shoot him an email...

Or just start sanding and see how you do. If you ruin them completely, the worst that can happen is ban put some nice wood scales on there for ya :thumbup:

Ban can certainly do that for you. Here is a set of his own handles.

I'mGatMan! · Aug 9, 2008

Ban did refasten the tigerhide slabs on my sabre sfno, and they look great. If you look around here you will find a tutorial on it. I believe that because the holes in the mag Tigerhides are so deeply recessed he had to use the cut top of a screw, and then apply pressure with clamps. He can tell you for sure, though.

Chicken, that Bang proto is just great looking.