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and it turned out great. I absolutely LOVE the new look. I was really nervous and it took me about a week to work up the nerve to do it. I read and watched every possible blog and video on stonewashing blades (nothing out there on Titanium handles). Here's what I did.
First, I started with a Scotch-Brited Sebenza. I like the look of the smooth and shiny Ti under the stonewashing. Then I collected several medium to small sized rocks from the side of the road in front of my house and cleaned them off. None of them had sharp edges but some had "soft edges". I wanted to get some small scratching but nothing deep. I put the rocks into a small water bottle - the kind for cycling and sprayed a bunch of WD-40 in there as a lubricant. Then I removed the blade and lanyard from the Sebenza. I left the 2 sides of the handle screwed together using the two top screws and spacers. I didn't want the tip of the Ti lock to be exposed and I didn't want the insides of the handles to get stonewashed at all. I made sure no rocks were small enough to get inside the handles. I then put a small piece of plastic (a lego) in the handle to push out the lockbar so it would also get some stonewashing but I protected the top by letting that be just under the edge of the handle. You'll see in the pictures that the top of the lockbar is barely touched by stones.
I removed the clip and put the handles and the clip into the water bottle. Put the bottle into the center of my rolled up sleeping bag in it's stuff sack. Closed it up and threw it into the dryer at low heat (delicates - because my dryer doesn't have NO heat) and rolled it for 2 hours. Took it out, cleaned it up, and here it is....
Sebenza 005 by GermoneGold, on Flickr
Sebenza 004 by GermoneGold, on Flickr
Sebenza 003 by GermoneGold, on Flickr
Sebenza 006 by GermoneGold, on Flickr
Sebenza 007 by GermoneGold, on Flickr
Sebenza 008 by GermoneGold, on Flickr
First, I started with a Scotch-Brited Sebenza. I like the look of the smooth and shiny Ti under the stonewashing. Then I collected several medium to small sized rocks from the side of the road in front of my house and cleaned them off. None of them had sharp edges but some had "soft edges". I wanted to get some small scratching but nothing deep. I put the rocks into a small water bottle - the kind for cycling and sprayed a bunch of WD-40 in there as a lubricant. Then I removed the blade and lanyard from the Sebenza. I left the 2 sides of the handle screwed together using the two top screws and spacers. I didn't want the tip of the Ti lock to be exposed and I didn't want the insides of the handles to get stonewashed at all. I made sure no rocks were small enough to get inside the handles. I then put a small piece of plastic (a lego) in the handle to push out the lockbar so it would also get some stonewashing but I protected the top by letting that be just under the edge of the handle. You'll see in the pictures that the top of the lockbar is barely touched by stones.
I removed the clip and put the handles and the clip into the water bottle. Put the bottle into the center of my rolled up sleeping bag in it's stuff sack. Closed it up and threw it into the dryer at low heat (delicates - because my dryer doesn't have NO heat) and rolled it for 2 hours. Took it out, cleaned it up, and here it is....
Sebenza 005 by GermoneGold, on Flickr
Sebenza 004 by GermoneGold, on Flickr
Sebenza 003 by GermoneGold, on Flickr
Sebenza 006 by GermoneGold, on Flickr
Sebenza 007 by GermoneGold, on Flickr
Sebenza 008 by GermoneGold, on Flickr
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