Camo Commander

richstag

richstag

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Pics of mine, my father will not give his up long enough for a picture:D

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Thanks guys. This is my favorite Emerson and I have a few that I really hold high in my collection. It is not the most rare or expensive of the bunch but it is really a cool knife! My first commander and I can't believe I waited this long to get one:eek:

Thanks to the Emerson family for putting this one together and getting them out before Christmas!
 
Kev--- Since you rub elbows with Ernest, put me in for a Red CQC7.
:yawn::D
 
Thanks again. If this is what EKI stonewash looks like then I want all of my blades Stonewashed. :)
 
Would it be difficult to sand/buff/dremel/strip/whatever the flats on a black bladed CQC-8 or Horseman to get the look of the OP's blade? Anyone ever try to strip the black coating off an Emerson? Results?
 
I have not. If I was going to try I would use sandpaper on a flat block to take it off of the flats only. It sounds pretty easy :). Though I would worry about tolerances near the pivot area. Not sure how important that area is and how removing coating and metal from the blade might affect the overall "alignment" of the blade in the pivot between the washers? I know my coated 12 and 11 lost their coating between the washers a while ago from use and there is no problem with side to side blade play or uneven pressure applied to the blade from the washers, atleast I don't think...???:). I would just think the scales should stay as parallel as possible. You could probably just strip the exposed blade also and avoid any alteration to the pivot area.

Let us know if you try and hopefully someone much more knowlegeable than me will come along to answer your question properly :)

I guess you could hold the blade flat onto the platen of a beltsander also. You could make the grind marks go with the length of the blade too.

Now you have me thinking about it. The more I think about it the more I think I would screw up a perfectly good Emerson!

Good luck if you try and I am sure some pros will be along to help you out!
 
KarlMaldensNose said:
Would it be difficult to sand/buff/dremel/strip/whatever the flats on a black bladed CQC-8 or Horseman to get the look of the OP's blade? Anyone ever try to strip the black coating off an Emerson? Results?
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I have stripped a few Emersons and the black coating is super easy to do, the old satin coating was a bit more of a chore but still easily doable.

The tolerances are not changed a great deal as the coating rubs off at the contact point with the washers any way, so your just taking the rest of the blade down to the same width.

If you want the two tone look of Richstags knife you will need to either use a surface grinder or get the elbow greese out. A flat block with sand paper glued to it works well but just keep an eye on the ends of the blade and keep even pressure on the blade. You dont want to sand the corners either or it will look a bit iffy. The corners will obviusly get worn with use but still it's nice to have it looking nice at first.:):thumbup:
 
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