Glow in the Dark Drop Point

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TekSec

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Finished this one up today. Has glow in the dark (blue) scales from ShadeTree Phenolics with a firesteel insert in the butt (see turned aluminum cap). My first Kydex sheath too. Let me know what you think!

Blade: Flat ground 5/32” O-1, hand sanded to 600 grit
Heat treated by Peters’ Heat Treat to RC 59-60
Handle: Glow in the Dark Burlap from ShadeTree Phenolics
Pins: Stainless Steel
OAL: 9 ½”
Blade Length: 5 ½”
Sheath: Kydex

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Cool. What thickness kydex did you use? It came out pretty clean for your first. Do you have a close up of the butt? I dig the scales. Did the glow powder turn them that color or was that the color of the burlap? Fit and finish look good sir. Very curious on the firesteel insert (function wise and build).
 
Here's a few more during construction. It was a pain but it worked out pretty well. Kydex is .08 and yea, I thought it turned out well. Future will be much better now that I understand the construction and attachment of the Tek Lok better. I also will use rivets with Chicago screws as I bought the die sets after the fact and didn't get to use them on this one. Firesteel is sealed into the butt using o-rings snugged up to the cap. I turned the aluminum bar on the lathe and knurled it for grip. Then epoxyed it to the firesteel. That way, if you ever need to replace the steel, you just boil it, the epoxy releases and you epoxy it to a new one of the same size. The only mod I did to the steel was to grind about a 1/4" to 3/8" on the end to get it the right depth. Man, does that stuff spark on an 80 grit belt! If I ever do another one of these I learned a lot more on doing that portion too. As far as the scales, Todd Combs (ShadeTree Phenolics) could answer that better but I believe it was the glow powder in the epoxy that turned them that color as the burlap seems to be a white or neutral when I was finishing it out.
 
Very cool Erik!!! Good detail and planning. Let us know how does when you use it. :thumbup:
 
This is about as close as I got. Apparently my camera doesn't like the dark and they just looked like glowing blobs when I took some of the scales. This is the uncut slab that I set my SureFire on in a couple of places for just few seconds.
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Very Cooll Thank You! lol very good job by the way I really like how you radiused the plunge line. Howd you manage that?
 
Murdok72605 said:
Very cool Erik!!! Good detail and planning. Let us know how does when you use it. :thumbup:
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Thanks! The customer promised to do a write up on his web page and give me feedback. I'm interested on how it does.
 
J.S. Carter said:
Very Cooll Thank You! lol very good job by the way I really like how you radiused the plunge line. Howd you manage that?
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I ran the belt about a 1/4" off the platen and held the blade tip down about 30 degrees. Gives it a sweeping grind. Have a couple of damascus pieces that I did at 30 and 45 degrees. The 45 really sweeps it out. It's a pain to keep them even though. You have to compare after almost every pass.
 
Eric, looks great! That one will be hard to lose. I can't wait to know what our customer thinks of it.

James, the burlap was blue and I added a good bit of ultra green V10 glow powder to it. The burlap works great with the glow powder, as the combination of open weave and coarse fibers allows the powder to "migrate" evenly as well as get trapped by the fibers. The lighter colors work best with the glow powder.

Here are some pics of the block I took before I sent it off to Eric:

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Yup, green blob, that's what mine looked like too! Looks better in block form though :D
 
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