Final Polish

Give a final coat of Renaissance wax, wipe down with soft cotton cloth, wrap in tissue paper and put in the box. Then shed a tear.
-John
 
i make sure its scarry sharp and clean. then if i remember i wax the blade then wrap in plastic wrap and then paper before packing it in the box with more paper to eliminate rattle or movement.
 
I breathe a sigh of relief that I didnt somehow put a big scratch in it when it was 95% complete. I swear i make no mistakes until 20 seconds after the epoxy sets on the handles and cleaning up the hand rubbed finish on the blade becomes 50X harder or impossible. I could toss a mint blade around for days with no problems, but the second those bolsters are pinned on and the handles are set, the blade becomes magnetic to everything that could marr it up.

Id finish 20X the knives I do if i just left a nice 400 grit belt finish on everything and lowered my price a tiny bit. I wish i could take my advice, but i can't stand the look of a grinder finished blade on anything except pure beaters/utility knives and mass produced production knives.
 
Thanks, why wrap in plastic (keep salty tears off)?? Also will the wax help protect high carbon steels from rust for a little while. I am worried that they get the knife and do not clean properly and get some rust in the first few weeks.
 
Sharpen and wax....Then wrap the crap outta it with bubble wrap....and after putting it in the shipping box I tape the crap outta it,That suker aint getting out and if it does I will know if no tape is on the box...

Bruce
 
I also put plastic wrap. You can actually see the knife and handle it without geting prints and smudges on it. Just a preference of mine.
 
When I can get one I will be getting a vaccum sealer and start bagging my knives in a vaccum sealed state.That way if the box gets wet or anything it wont hurt the knife..

Bruce
 
PCRKnives said:
................ I am worried that they get the knife and do not clean properly and get some rust in the first few weeks.
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That is NOT!!! your problem!
If a customer gets rust on his knife, after he recieves it, that is HIS responsibility!
If you go buy a new Winchester shotgun, go goose huntin', bring it home and two days later have rust on it, what are you going to do? Send it back to Winchester?
They'd laugh at you.
Mace is right - sharpen it so it would scare them --itless just to touch it.
Bruce is right - wrap and protect it so it arrives at their location 100%.
Every single one of my knives is sent in a $3.00 nylon zippered case, wrapped in protective wrap, and then I build and ship it in a WOODEN BOX!
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I get the pouches 20 or so at a time from a company in St. Louis that frequents a gun show here in my area in Illinois. If I buy 10 at a time they give them to me for 3 bucks. 14 inches long. This is a #3, and the #2 is maybe 10", #1 maybe 4 inches, and then all the way up to almost 2 feet. If I can get a business card from them at the next gun show, I'll forward the info to you.
I buy a 2X10 8 feet, and rip it in 1/3s. Buy a full sheet of luan and rip it up into pre-cut rectangles. Screwed at the corners. Then not only with the screws you see, but between the luan and the frame is double-sided fabric tape! Even if you removed all of the screws, you'd still have ti pry the lid off.
I have done it this way for almost 5 years and have never had the first shipping incident!
 
I like the idea of a wooden box.

Normaly I go over the handle and gaurd with pink compount lightly one last time, do a final hone with a fine arkansaw stone, wax the blade and handle, put it in a zippered pouch, put the sheath and pouch together wraped in a paper towl, wrap with saran wrap, then I cut styrofoam sheats and scrap to fit the box and put the wraped knife and sheath in the center. The styrofoam is cut and fitted so it suronds the knife and it can't move. Then tape the hell out of the box.

Very nice knives, love the recurve.
 
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