Final update! She's done! TT Zilla rehandle WIP ( aka, The Sweetness)

Jroden5446

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Hey everybody, been awhile, my new puppy has been keeping me pretty busy ( actual puppy, not a Scrapyard, a Welsh Corgi goes by the name, Darwin aka Pork Chop). Anyways, recently Burl Source has had some sweet sales and I just couldn't pass up on some great deals on so stabilized Redwood Burl. Everyone knows I love my Zilla, it is, in my opinion, the best chopper to come out of Wauseon. My only problem is I'm not crazy about G10, and I've often thought of sending her in for some micarta or wood. So I figured I'd give it a go myself, what e heck, if I don't like it, I'll send her in for a proper job, but I'm pretty confident since I've rehandled a few knives already. Enough babbling, heres a couple WIP pics, in a few days it should be done (time permitting) enjoy

Popped her slabs off, ( she looks so naked:eek:)
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Here are her replacements, sexy :D
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Perfect size for these monster slabs
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Can't wait for tomorrow for a bit of preliminary shaping
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Darwin aka Pork Chop placeholder for more pics

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Preliminary shaping

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I skipped a few pics, but here they are epoxied in place, ready for shaping

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The old trusty harbor freight ( I just liked this pic)
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Shaped, ready for bolts and more shaping tomorrow
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Dem some thick slabs! A lot more shaping and sanding to come

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Sanded to 400 grit and first coating of tung oil to condition the wood, may sand it a bit higher, still need to CA fill a few small voids.

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Here's a few pics of the finished product

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Those are gonna look awesome! And that puppy looks like a handful, i just got a french bulldog puppy!
 
That is going to look pretty awesome when you're done :thumbup:
 
the zilla and the pup look awesome.cant help but post a pic of my pug,hes great!!!!!!!!
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Good luck with that! Hope it works out great. Those wood slabs look very nice. Cute pooch too :)
 
Looks like a great project..!!!

You know the dog is spoiled when the Mrs gets HIM a birthday cake but not one for you .... :)

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Thanks for the kind words everyone, great looking dogs guys! Added a few more pics of the progress
 
VERY nice start :thumbup:

Those are going to look great :eek:
 
Holy Yowza!!! That's just beautiful!!! Any chance you want to do that to a few of my blades, or at least post a how-to?
 
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Holy Yowza!!! That's just beautiful!!! Any chance you want to do that to a few of my blades, or at least post a how-to?
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Thanks man! Feel free to pm or email me with any questions about doing it yourself you might have, glad to help if I can, I couldn't do this of anyone other than myself, to much pressure and it makes it not fun
 
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