Anodized Chris Reeve Knives

[victorf]

Victor, you and anyone else are welcome to share here! Your Insingo looks fantastic! Excellent work my friend, mods, and anodizing alike! My business is strongly rooted now, and competition should be welcomed! I'm just a guy who loves doing what he does, and making others happy with what I do. Money is secondary!! Please share here whatever you want brother!

Edit: I only post the CRK stuff I have anodized in here, so it's not my services thread! Did you anodize the lock side as well?

Thanks for the compliments Brah! I can understand having passion in doing something.

Anodized partial, by design, on the lock side:

Degree of anodize is the same as presentation side:

As you can see, in the previous morning shot post, with good lighting, both sides "POPs" differently, in accordance to ambience light.

I'm not normally a fan of holes/divots in the handles but what you've done to that Insingo is very stunning.
I like that you used different sized holes and somehow kept it random but in a pattern all at the same time.

That anodizing is quite beautiful to me. I think that it kind of looks like a lightning storm, which would be a pretty cool name for it that you can feel free to use ;P

Seriously though, thank you for sharing that with us all.

Thank you for your comments, 1AbominAble1!

Holes/divots in the handles are not random by design. They are not there as an empty presentation. Rather, to serve as an anatomical "fit" to my personal ambidextrous "grip". Just like no one finger tip is exactly like the other in both hands, milled dimples were duplicated in accordance to my transferred hand grip pattern, then sized to "fit" the corresponding finger tip. It is done to provide an automatic homing effect, when picking up the knife....with knife in hand......finger tip homed in....and I got the "HMMMMMM" feel! You know what I mean?

The thing about flame anodizing - results are up to anyone's imaginations. For me, the morning shots depict an underwater view, next to a coral reef, looking up, seeing surface light or sun light penetrating in an array.....Hehe....got carry away here, right?

 

[1AbominAble1]

Thanks for the compliments Brah! I can understand having passion in doing something.

Anodized partial, by design, on the lock side:

Degree of anodize is the same as presentation side:

As you can see, in the previous morning shot post, with good lighting, both sides "POPs" differently, in accordance to ambience light.



Thank you for your comments, 1AbominAble1!

Holes/divots in the handles are not random by design. They are not there as an empty presentation. Rather, to serve as an anatomical "fit" to my personal ambidextrous "grip". Just like no one finger tip is exactly like the other in both hands, milled dimples were duplicated in accordance to my transferred hand grip pattern, then sized to "fit" the corresponding finger tip. It is done to provide an automatic homing effect, when picking up the knife....with knife in hand......finger tip homed in....and I got the "HMMMMMM" feel! You know what I mean?

The thing about flame anodizing - results are up to anyone's imaginations. For me, the morning shots depict an underwater view, next to a coral reef, looking up, seeing surface light or sun light penetrating in an array.....Hehe....got carry away here, right?

Gotcha!

I have a nice tomahawk with holes in the handle that gives me a very similar auto locate or placement on the handle without having to look at it, I like the idea on a sebenza.
The way I hold a 21 is to jam my hand as far forward into the choil or guard as I can comfortably put it which kinda serves the same purpose for me although it doesn't provide any additional traction on the knife( the grip does screw up any enjoyment of the 25 though because it puts my fingers right on top of the humps ).

Your knife looks good, thanks for sharing.

 

[Zeta33]

Another one eats the crust, or however the saying goes.

 

[Tmack]

Sick!!

 

[Zeta33]

Thanks Tmack!

 

[Quiet]

Gents, I can tell you that my OomNoomZeta* is a testament to Zeta's skills. It's a durable finish, and he is absolutely the best to work with.


*My name for my Zaan customized to my design by Zeta

 

[Gburgs]

If either of you mod guys has a green anodized Sebenza to show off I'd love to see it. Really like the use of the separation patterns on the umnumzaan. Doing a blue/green mix would fit my eye.

 

[Haze]

To get a good green colour you need a high voltage set up. It's actually not the easiest colour to achieve with anodising but does look good.

I like that purple through to gold on the Umnumzaan, very luxurious. :thumbup:

 

[Zeta33]

To get a good green colour you need a high voltage set up. It's actually not the easiest colour to achieve with anodising but does look good.

I like that purple through to gold on the Umnumzaan, very luxurious. :thumbup:

Thanks Haze. I find green hard to do at all without the Multi Etch. With it, you can get past the minty pale green and into deeper greens but it likes to shift into the next color range very quickly! Like you said, you really need a good setup to maintain high voltage for an even coloring. I appreciate you taking a look.

 

[Zeta33]

Recolored my Large 21 yesterday. Front is satin (purple), no blasting on the flat. Lockside is still blasted (now blue/purple vs the pale purple it used to be). Edges on front scale left blasted. Also changed the backspacer from the rust color I had before back to as close as I could get to CRK blue.

 

[Gburgs]

That's awesome looking.

 

[Zeta33]

Check it out guys, my very first Sebenza came back to me for a recolor! When I got it back it had been tarnished pretty bad. The current owner traded it, traded back for it, and it looked messed up when it came home. Did the same blue I did some months ago, and called it a day. Man it feels good to hold this knife again! It sure has traveled a lot.

 

[R.palace]

Check it out guys, my very first Sebenza came back to me for a recolor! When I got it back it had been tarnished pretty bad. The current owner traded it, traded back for it, and it looked messed up when it came home. Did the same blue I did some months ago, and called it a day. Man it feels good to hold this knife again! It sure has traveled a lot.

That blue looks amazing man. Not too loud. I have a 21 en route and these pictures might push me over the edge for some anodizing.

I did have a ZT 0801 a while back that I had anodized and the colors showed scratches way more than I would like to. Would that be because of the method used to anodize or do all anodize jobs show scratches as easy?

 

[Zeta33]

That blue looks amazing man. Not too loud. I have a 21 en route and these pictures might push me over the edge for some anodizing.

I did have a ZT 0801 a while back that I had anodized and the colors showed scratches way more than I would like to. Would that be because of the method used to anodize or do all anodize jobs show scratches as easy?

Well to a certain degree, all anodizing is prone to scratching. I've been told my ano holds up well and my experience with my own knives has been the same. Thank you for the kind words man! I've done 4 ZT0801s to date, this is one is them. I don't post them as this is a CRK specific thread.

 

[Tmack]

Can you refinish as well. I have some Bali scales that have a couple VERY MINOR scuffs that could be sanded out, but that would remove the stonewash. Are you able to polish, then anodize?

 

[Zeta33]

Can you refinish as well. I have some Bali scales that have a couple VERY MINOR scuffs that could be sanded out, but that would remove the stonewash. Are you able to polish, then anodize?

Yeah, I can polish to a few different stages from satin to high polish. Depends on how minor the scuffs are. Will talk to you more about it tomorrow man via pm! Need to get myself a service provider level account on here too I think. I just use this thread to show my work. Hope you've been well!

 

[kidcongo]

Another one eats the crust, or however the saying goes.

I don't know how I missed this Harris. Do you have any pictures of the knife assembled? Looks great

 

[kidcongo]

Thanks for the compliments Brah! I can understand having passion in doing something.

Anodized partial, by design, on the lock side:

Degree of anodize is the same as presentation side:

I must say Victorf, I wasn't sure about your mods to this knife when I first saw it, didn't know if I liked it. With time the appearance has grown on me, and now the knife stands out in my mind as one of the more original CRK mods we've seen here. I like that you made it personalized, which is a cool thing to do. Would love to see what it looks like worn-in, but as you mentioned it's likely going to stay pristeen. Still, if you ever turn it into a 'user', please post pics!

 

[victorf]

Cody, for a person like me, having lots of hobbies, when I personalize something, whatever it maybe, it is done solely for my own pleasure.

Everyone has their interpretation as to what is being a user.

I have confidence with my finish, as I have experienced same finish, with titanium, on other projects. One in particular, that having exposed to a lot of wear and tear, unprotected from the element since 1990.

Already working on my future, non CRK folder, meanwhile here is more on my current - chameleon like - wannabe user:

:thumbup:

 

[Zeta33]

I don't know how I missed this Harris. Do you have any pictures of the knife assembled? Looks great

Thank you Cody. As long as I've been doing anodized finishes for myself, I'm really trying to improve since other people have been asking for it done on theirs. Here's another outdoor shot from me, to show the variations in color based on light source, and 2 shots from the owner of this Zaan.