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driwash said:
That is very cool that CRK is going to do the engraving. How long did they say it was going to take? I wonder if they would do that for more veterans?
Tom
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Yes I am excited that they will be doing the engraving. It is a service they offer so they do it for anyone. They said 6 to 8 weeks.
 
Amoo said:
So I walk out to my mailbox and have a whole host of things in there. I'm going through the crap and I see a letter written in pen addressed to me. I'm like wtf this is never good, am I getting sued or some crap. I look and see it's a letter from somebody named "Bree" in someplace in Washington I have never heard of. Now I'm really thinking, "great wtf is this". So I opened it up and there's a handwritten letter, from BILL with my tape inside!!!!

Few lessons learned here.

1. Men's hand writing sucks.

2. Men suck at reading other men's handwriting.

3. Bill is a great dude, apologized for how long it took him to get me this little strip out. Come on dude, you're sending me something for free and having to pay to mail it yourself (I know cost of a stamp and envelope big whoop), but still. Very much appreciated man. Still searching for something of proper size and taste to put on the small Inkosi, as I have a couple of things here as well as a couple of things coming. Either way this is awesome and TY.
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First you are very welcome and second it was more than worth it to read your post this morning had me laughing my ass off. So true my hand writing sucks, I usually have my wife do it for me but so glad I did it myself made a much better story. Enjoy and looking forward to seeing what you do with your Inkosi!
 
Birdhunter1220 said:
First you are very welcome and second it was more than worth it to read your post this morning had me laughing my ass off. So true my hand writing sucks, I usually have my wife do it for me but so glad I did it myself made a much better story. Enjoy and looking forward to seeing what you do with your Inkosi!
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I've actually been struggling to find something that fits properly on the handle slabs. Everything full size is simply too big like my SW/AW pins...etc. Out of curiosity I checked out the Vanguard site 4mer posted and did some searching there and found something I had completely forgotten about. The tie clips for our blues.

In the meantime I've picked up a few neat trinkets and nick nacks that I'll toss in my safe to give to my son one day ranging from challenge coins to lapel pins.
 
I'm so glad I saw this thread! I've been wanting to do this process on my lg 25 since the day I got it.
I talked with CRK about ingraving my rate,which they will do,but after seeing what ya'll have done..I'll go this route.
I ordered 2 insignias last night and hopefully I'll get them on by Friday.
Thanks for the pictures,hopefully more will be posted!
Dave
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davz45 said:
I'm so glad I saw this thread! I've been wanting to do this process on my lg 25 since the day I got it.
I talked with CRK about ingraving my rate,which they will do,but after seeing what ya'll have done..I'll go this route.
I ordered 2 insignias last night and hopefully I'll get them on by Friday.
Thanks for the pictures,hopefully more will be posted!
Dave
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Very nice. Looking forward to seeing the finished product.
Bill
 
davz45 said:
I'm so glad I saw this thread! I've been wanting to do this process on my lg 25 since the day I got it.
I talked with CRK about ingraving my rate,which they will do,but after seeing what ya'll have done..I'll go this route.
I ordered 2 insignias last night and hopefully I'll get them on by Friday.
Thanks for the pictures,hopefully more will be posted!
Dave
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That one is very cool, I was in the Army so, what branch is that one for? I assume for flight crew?

tom
 
I was on the USS John F Kennedy (carrier)
I was a Aviation Boatswain's Mate, launched jets off cats 1 and 2..coolest job a 18 year old can ever do!! Well..now it's the coolest, you'd think I was lying if I told you just how many hours a day we worked!!
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davz45 said:
I was on the USS John F Kennedy (carrier)
I was a Aviation Boatswain's Mate, launched jets off cats 1 and 2..coolest job a 18 year old can ever do!! Well..now it's the coolest, you'd think I was lying if I told you just how many hours a day we worked!!
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Yes, many long days standing in the chow line so it would take me 2 hours to get food in between my 5 and dimes....thanks a lot skittles :P
 
davz45 said:
I was on the USS John F Kennedy (carrier)
I was a Aviation Boatswain's Mate, launched jets off cats 1 and 2..coolest job a 18 year old can ever do!! Well..now it's the coolest, you'd think I was lying if I told you just how many hours a day we worked!!
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Very coo!! While you were on top I was down below. We always said there were two kinds of ships...Submarines (called boats) and targets. :-) Thanks for your service.

Bill
 
Ok my fellow knifers..I need your honest opinion on the insigni
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Dave
 
Wow! It looks absolutely amazing on the polished scale! Scotchbrite job?
 
Ha! Airedale! Been a long time since I've heard ANYONE say that!!LOL!
Yesser it's been scotch brighted,I absolutely love the way the titanium feels! At work/home I'm normally sitting with my knife in hand just rubbing the scale with my thumb.
My main concern for the wings is there to big? Or worse..gaudy, cheap looking and I can't ask my sweety..she just doesn't seem to understand. 😎😉😆
Thank you!
Dave
 
davz45 said:
Ha! Airedale! Been a long time since I've heard ANYONE say that!!LOL!
Yesser it's been scotch brighted,I absolutely love the way the titanium feels! At work/home I'm normally sitting with my knife in hand just rubbing the scale with my thumb.
My main concern for the wings is there to big? Or worse..gaudy, cheap looking and I can't ask my sweety..she just doesn't seem to understand. 😎😉😆
Thank you!
Dave
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I think it looks perfect!
 
Airedale, They look great. Another Veteran proudly displaying his service skill.

Tom
 
davz45 said:
Ok my fellow knifers..I need your honest opinion on the insigni
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Dave
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I'm not a fan of scotchbright, but in this case, it's outstanding! Works well with the emblem. Great job!
 
That my friend is one outstanding looking knife!!!!! Well my sweetie says they it looks almost as nice as mine. :-)
 
Birdhunter1220 said:
That my friend is one outstanding looking knife!!!!! Well my sweetie says they it looks almost as nice as mine. :-)
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Lol!! That's to funny!! I'm gonna have to find a better tape,the 3m I found is a light duty type and the emblem has movement.
I'm looking for the correct type on the web as we speak.
 
Ok guys..this is a tougher task than I expected! This tape (3M 4914 VHB, 0.25mm ) is alot harder to find then I expected! I did find some..$500 worth anyone have a clue on a small roll?
 
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