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"I know when the dryer ding, that can only mean one thing"
After being pleased with the results, and subsequent wear-pattern that developed on my small 21 Tanto, http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1316680-A-gentleman-s-tanto-Stone-washing-my-small-21-Updated?highlight=gentleman%27s+tanto I decided to put my large Insingo to the same treatment. A little more refined this time (see the tanto thread for more details), with 15 minutes with each of the screws removed (to prevent ghosting) and a new piece of wood installed to keep the lockbar flush. As before, the knife was stone-washed fully assembled (sans blade and clip), with the clip also stone-washed loose. I put the pivot bushing in place of the stand-off to prevent any marks on that stand-off if an edge of a stone got between the slabs. The screw-heads came out looking trashed, but a quick buff with a dremel felt wheel and a polishing compound brought the screw heads back to smooth, and made them even shiny.
The initial "sparkle" of the knife dulls down quite a bit as the fresh marks oxidize, so the knife doesn't really end up as 'bling' as it might look in the photos, especially the bottom two taken with the IPhone canera. It still is a dramatic change from the bead-blast. I don't want all my CRK's to sport this finish, but I thought it was nice to have a matching pair large and small.
After being pleased with the results, and subsequent wear-pattern that developed on my small 21 Tanto, http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1316680-A-gentleman-s-tanto-Stone-washing-my-small-21-Updated?highlight=gentleman%27s+tanto I decided to put my large Insingo to the same treatment. A little more refined this time (see the tanto thread for more details), with 15 minutes with each of the screws removed (to prevent ghosting) and a new piece of wood installed to keep the lockbar flush. As before, the knife was stone-washed fully assembled (sans blade and clip), with the clip also stone-washed loose. I put the pivot bushing in place of the stand-off to prevent any marks on that stand-off if an edge of a stone got between the slabs. The screw-heads came out looking trashed, but a quick buff with a dremel felt wheel and a polishing compound brought the screw heads back to smooth, and made them even shiny.
The initial "sparkle" of the knife dulls down quite a bit as the fresh marks oxidize, so the knife doesn't really end up as 'bling' as it might look in the photos, especially the bottom two taken with the IPhone canera. It still is a dramatic change from the bead-blast. I don't want all my CRK's to sport this finish, but I thought it was nice to have a matching pair large and small.
