Hand rubbed Domino

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DosOne

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Hey everybody, havent posted in a while but I thought id share this. I got a little bored and decided to give my Domino a facelift. Seeeing all these customs with hand rub finishes made me want my own. customs





 
very nice ... would have been amazing if they came like that from the factory.

question is now: what are you going to do with the scales? ;)
 
Thanks guys! its funny you ask because I actually did make a scale for it out of purpleheart. It turned out surprisingly well for a first attempt. Only reason i dont still use it is because it was too thin and started to curl around the pivot. Have thicker piece of stock ready for more when i get around to it.



 
Nice work! Looks like a nice winter project. It,s get's warmer a whole lot quicker down here in Georgia, I'm going to fire up the smoker next week, I think I'll try a fatty, haven't made one yet, sounds like another winter project in Ga.
 
If I was decent at sharpening, I would like to stonewash my Dice blade and smooth the spine's edges and the Spydie hole a bit.
 
Thanks eveyone, yea we were smoking that day, might have been the 4th of july. I love the back yard, out little slice of heaven. I also polished the inside of the spydie hole a little. Didnt mess with the spine too much, kinda like the sharp corners. Also even with all time rubbing that down with stones, the logo is still visible. I did a lot too. first step was across the grind lines with a 320 stone untill ALL lines were gone. Then took all of the 320 lines out with a 400 stone going vertical again, then took those line out with a 600 stone horizontal again. Followed by gray scotch brite to even the lines, then a cut piece of hard buff with cleaning compound followed by green, then more brite, then the 2 compounds again. Until i got the shone and draw i was looking for. You can mess up a draw pattern very quick with one slip up. I had fun doinf it, and will be helping my buddy pimp his ti kwaiken soon.
 
DosOne said:
Thanks eveyone, yea we were smoking that day, might have been the 4th of july. I love the back yard, out little slice of heaven. I also polished the inside of the spydie hole a little. Didnt mess with the spine too much, kinda like the sharp corners. Also even with all time rubbing that down with stones, the logo is still visible. I did a lot too. first step was across the grind lines with a 320 stone untill ALL lines were gone. Then took all of the 320 lines out with a 400 stone going vertical again, then took those line out with a 600 stone horizontal again. Followed by gray scotch brite to even the lines, then a cut piece of hard buff with cleaning compound followed by green, then more brite, then the 2 compounds again. Until i got the shone and draw i was looking for. You can mess up a draw pattern very quick with one slip up. I had fun doinf it, and will be helping my buddy pimp his ti kwaiken soon.
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Right on! :thumbup:

Nice to see others honor their blade with a personal touch!

Backyard - Low & Slow - Local Style another story:

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I have been waiting to get started on my Domino Sprints from BB, which is hiding behind the - no end in sight modding - Yojimbo :):

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Keeping me busy, I don't see the end to their evolution or better yet transformation:

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Nice job! Hope to see you keeping it up and post more on your efforts! ;)

Aloha!
 
Looks fantastic. I'd really like to do this to my Super Blue Stretch.

What product did you use to obtain the hand rubbed look?
 
EHilderbrant:
Once its flattened to a desired grit, i took mine up to 600, i straightend out the lines with gray scotch brite (with oil). Much finer and softer than your common maroon or more rough (3m) printed darker red scotch brite. Maroon can be used as well just not quite as soft lines. Then i took a piece cut from a hard buff (basically the buffs you get in a dremel set as long as its felt) but anyway back to the process, i took one side of the buff with a rougher cleaning compound from lowes, then followed by the green high gloss compound. Then gave another round of the gray scotch brite then the buff compounds again.

If anymore would like more info on the process, i love talking polishing. Dont want to get too carried away. alot of my stuff is out of the polishing shop and may be hard to find like the different colors of brite. Gesswin is a polishing supplier

Victorf:
those looks awesome, the crk didn't register as a one right away, the mirrors look good! If i had the bb domino or a crk i dont know if could bring myself to refinish...well maybe the domino lol
 
DosOne said:
EHilderbrant:
Once its flattened to a desired grit, i took mine up to 600, i straightend out the lines with gray scotch brite (with oil). Much finer and softer than your common maroon or more rough (3m) printed darker red scotch brite. Maroon can be used as well just not quite as soft lines. Then i took a piece cut from a hard buff (basically the buffs you get in a dremel set as long as its felt) but anyway back to the process, i took one side of the buff with a rougher cleaning compound from lowes, then followed by the green high gloss compound. Then gave another round of the gray scotch brite then the buff compounds again.

If anymore would like more info on the process, i love talking polishing. Dont want to get too carried away. alot of my stuff is out of the polishing shop and may be hard to find like the different colors of brite. Gesswin is a polishing supplier

Victorf:
those looks awesome, the crk didn't register as a one right away, the mirrors look good! If i had the bb domino or a crk i dont know if could bring myself to refinish...well maybe the domino lol
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I ordered my CRK shortly after I joined BF. It is nothing really special, cost $410 new and w/free shipping.

Bought the Insingo based on hype and wanted to see for myself. Actually, I am kinda disappointed with its choice of steel but the most disappointment is how soft - resulted from the heat treat! Over at the CRK forum, most died hard claim that CRK are easy to sharpen - that alone should have been my warning, I should have known better. Don't mean to be harsh, I do enjoy that design and it has smooth operation. Titanium handle slabs took a few hours to sand, polished to mirror then heat ano'ed to my perception of what I like, all in less than a day. Blade only took around 8 hours of hand process to the selective mirror stage. Easy, again, due to softness of blade steel.

Spyderco in general are great knives, great design and at a great price!

On the other hand, Yojimbo has lot less surface area to polish. Granted took some time to smooth out, with the aid of my Foredom Flexshaft, to rough out the deep ground in finish before I could really get to the finer hand progression. Anyhow, the smaller surface area took close to 5 time the CRK's effort - about 40 hours - for the mirror look. Testament to the fine S90V blade steel!

So....in a nut shell, these are but production knives. IMO, nothing special about them!

The only time it is special is when a person massage their knife, alter its universal look, when done properly, enable to elevate it to a different unique status!

Historically, fine blades were mirror'ed - although, blade of the past, in general, cannot compare with today's CPM technology. I suppose it is at least showing testament in pride of ownership!

If for nothing else, I too want that special pride of ownership!

Aloha!
 
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