first strip and polish opinions

[jokre]

now before anyone gets too brutal, I know my pictures suck
the first pic is courtesy of xaman and it is the before

and here are a couple of after. I am not finished but it is headed in the right direction

 

[nick681]

now before anyone gets too brutal, I know my I am not finished but it is headed in the right direction

I agree, that is starting to look real nice!

Regards,

Nick

 

[rt014]

Look's more shiny than 'dimplely'....nice work.

 

[defaultuser]

Looks good!
Question: how's the fit in the kydex after strippin' it?
Keep on sanding :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

 

[jokre]

No too bad on the fit I just put a little heat to the kydex and warmed it up a bit then squeezed it till it cooled and it snugged right back up
Thanks

 

[737Ng]

Nice work so far. Makes me want to try it on one of mine.

 

[soup_monger]

That's looking good.... but... I think that knife would look better with a satin "hand rubbed" finish.

It's pretty easy to do... Check out J. Neilson's satin finishing tutorial here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZheeI3voYs

 

[Gravelface]

It is always good to see familiar BM.....(ok, now that sounds funny)

 

[jokre]

may try the hand rub fnish should me easy to go there from here and it would be easier to keep decent looking
thanks
Mike

 

[Justabuyer]

may try the hand rub fnish should me easy to go there from here and it would be easier to keep decent looking
thanks
Mike

Very true... I think that may be a key. Polish up to a much her grit than you want the satin finish at and then when you drop down it should a snap to get a sweet finish.

 

[Ken44]

So thats were the Bar Code is on these things are

Great Job! Its looking good:thumbup:

 

[winmagfrog]

Looks good! I know I could never have a polished knife for a user though, I'd spend more time touching it up than I would using it. I think the hand rubbed option will look great on that BM. What have you got in mind for the handles? Looks like you're re-profiling them?