Glass bead blasted my 25.

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I personally hate the scuffs and marks that seem to appear on ti just by looking at it hard. Drives me nuts.

On the other hand I don't like the idea of shipping it back to the mother ship just because I carried it for a week and it got marked. I mean in that week I probably used the blade once or twice.

Anyway, I decided to take it apart and just blast it myself here at work.
It came out extremely nice. I was worried about the glass making a change in the lettering definition, but my concern was unfounded. Apparently glass is one of the mildest medias to use. It seemed to erase the little scratches, but not much else.

The texture is just as grippy as before, and has a sparkle when you hold it up to the light.

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Lookin' good...this is the first thing I do to all of my CRK folders before they get edc'ed. Heather and Angela have even commented on how nice they look when I send them in for sharpening.
 
Looks good. And as stated above, the marks on any knife blade/ handle adds character. Shit you not, I put a good sized gouge in my caly 3.5 cf opening a beer tonight at the bar looked at it and was like "meh, oh well" if its a truly "good" knife / brand, this type of abuse is like a walk in the park. I like abused knives, because thats what there for,
 
I totally get what you mean by the marks adding character. I like them on any other knife that I own. In fact I use my other edc, a Benchmade Contego, as hard as possible (without abusing it of course), but for whatever reason I like to keep this knife looking as clean as possible.

I spend a great deal of time modifying my other knives, I spend all of my Sebenza time either marveling over it, or cleaning it.

It's like my old SKS. I probably put less than 500 rounds through it, but it was the cleanest rifle I owned. ;)
 
Raphael.caluwe said:
Very nice work, doesnt this void warranty though ?
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I wouldn't know, but I highly doubt it. The blasting appears to have been very easy on the ti. I didn't blast inside the scales either, just on the outsides.

Truthfully, I doubt they'd even notice the difference after I've carried it for a while and new marks develope.

Interesting tidbit- this alloy of titanium showers sparks while being blasted.

I knew that ti sparks like crazy from grinding, but not from a very fast application of glass! :D
 
Warranty voided or not, you did nice work on the scales! Do you have any before pictures?
 
Very nice! Now if you could do something with those Blue thumb studs! I just dont like um.. I am considering sending one of my 25's in and having them changed out for silver studs. Any other suggestions?
 
mikepapa1 said:
Very nice! Now if you could do something with those Blue thumb studs! I just dont like um.. I am considering sending one of my 25's in and having them changed out for silver studs. Any other suggestions?
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You can polish the blue right off the thumb studs with very little effort & you will have a nice silver thumb stud under neath, Flitz will take the blue right off
 
Thanks for the info Rickster! Now excuse my ignorance but what is FLITZ? ;) I am new to this..
 
Yeah, I'm not too worried about the warranty. I've never had to send a knife in for service in my life, and any likely problem is probably one I could fix myself anyway.

In any case, I have a feeling that they'd take care of me if I had a serious problem.

I actually like the blue ti on crk knives. I truly wish the 25 had a lanyard bar though. I considered drilling a hole to fit a 21 lanyard bar, but I realized that the blade thickness would make it so that it wouldn't fit lengthwise.

If you don't like the blue just keep using the knife, it'll wear off. :p

Seriously though, someone had a thread dedicated to polishing off the color. I'll look for the link.
 
atony said:
Great job on that 25!
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Thanks bud. I'd be lying if I said that I wasn't inspired by your efforts. I just wish that pics could show how pretty they look. I covered my stop pin for the job because I wanted to retain the polished hardware, but I like the look of your blasted hardware too...

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I'm officially retracting one of my earlier statements guys...

The finish does indeed feel a bit smoother than stock. My initial statement came after I had just done it. They *did* feel just as grippy freshly blasted, but they seem a bit smoother now. Is it a good or bad thing? I dunno, doesn't really matter to me (it's not like they are slippy or something) it's just a thing, and I figured I should mention it. :)
 
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