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And I just ordered a Thai Aranyik E-nep Size 0...should be here Tuesday!

Same as Trade's but a lil longer (12'' blade) and a lil thicker (between 1/8'' and 1/4'')

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a flat 50 bucks with free 2 day shipping
 
Picked up my new girls today and go them all moved in. Didnt even get stung despite only learning how to do if from youtube.

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Jeez man, that picture made my stomach hurt...F bees man....I do love some honey though...btw, your package went out about an hour ago according to my secretary....hope you dig it man
 
Greybush said:
why do you gotta call a brotha out on his junk!? its not the size of the kukri, its how you whack it.....
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I wanted one as Ogre-Proof as possible.
B.Mauser said:
That came out pretty cool. Kind of looks like cammo. Success. :thumbup:
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Thanks, I like it...best etch I've done so far, tried a few new things...think that's how I'll do it from now on. That dang FPR is stubborn! still peeking out a lil thru all the sandin. blueing and etching! I think I may try soaking it in hot vinegar...darken it up some more.
Psyop said:
Picked up my new girls today and go them all moved in. Didnt even get stung despite only learning how to do if from youtube.
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thats cool Psy!!! My dad had bees for awhile..but they all just died suddenly. Made good honey off our clover field though! I have a cousin who keeps Numerous hives..I may get some more off him and put 'em out at my Dad's, he liked messing with them before.
 
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Jeez man, that picture made my stomach hurt...F bees man....I do love some honey though...btw, your package went out about an hour ago according to my secretary....hope you dig it man
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That is a little box with the queen in it. It was pretty fun actually. Thanks for getting that out so fast Im sure I will love it.
 
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that's damn pretty man....did you use the fishtank attachment? boiling? do tell....
 
stripped it like normal, sanded all the grey coating off, washed it, cleaned it with acetone, handled it with latex gloves so I wouldn't get any oil on it

Then wiped it down with cold blue on a cottonball...all that^ is ''normal'' for how I etch, here's where I digressed. While the blue was still wet, I rubed it down with 0000 steel wool soaked in Blue (makes it more even supposedly) then soaked it in bleach for 1 hour 10 minutes, stirring/agitating it with a stirrer every 5 minutes or so ( I had it in a dish, wedged in the corners, blade down..just the tip and tiny bit of pommel touching glass)

Then pulled it out, wiped it off on a towel (still wearing latex so as not to mark it) and using pliers (gripped it in the handle holes) I dunked it in boiling water for 3-4 minutes, then rinsed it off, and polished it down with more clean 0000 steelwool. then scrubbed it with palmolive and dish scrubber pad a few times under running hot water. then dried and wiped down with mineral oil.

It looks good with the black zytel...curious as to what it'll look like with the wood grips.


EDIT- AFTER I blued it..I appled a thin layer of Vick's vapor rub to the edge with a Q-tip..I have been applying Vicks BEFORE I blued, this way makes a MUCH cleaner edge....
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..as u can see by comparing it to the wavy etch edge on my 11
 
next project...I'm thinking about doing this
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I dunno, pretty sure I'm gonna FUBAR them...but I love that look and I wanna try it. He used a Dremel with a sanding drum. Anyone know any good youtube vids of this being done?
 
I loves me some bee stings. I go pay a woman that keeps bees here to get stung on the hands about once a year.

Helps the arthritis in ma hands.

Moose
 
thrillbilly said:
next project...I'm thinking about doing this
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I dunno, pretty sure I'm gonna FUBAR them...but I love that look and I wanna try it. He used a Dremel with a sanding drum. Anyone know any good youtube vids of this being done?
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word to the wise, it wont look the same since the becker stuff is contoured and not flat on top like the esee. It creates alot of hot spots on the becker stuff. I like the idea, just take it in your own direction
 
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word to the wise, it wont look the same since the becker stuff is contoured and not flat on top like the esee. It creates alot of hot spots on the becker stuff. I like the idea, just take it in your own direction
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have u seen my micarta? it is ESEE basically LOL

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