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Hi,
Tried an experiment last night, and it worked well so I thought I'd pass it a long.
If you have a Seb, and you have been thinking about getting an inlay done on the positioning hole, which is directly beneath the lanyard hole, this may give you something to think about that with a little care (and a bout a half hr.) you can do yourself.
The idea came from using a clear 5 minute - 2 Ton Epoxy to cover inlays on canes I make.
What I did:
1 - Opened up the knife & Covered the underside of the positioning hole with a strip of scotch tape, making sure that tape had good contact on either side and around the hole.
2 - Laid the Seb down on a flat surface ( you may want to put it on a towel or something to keep it level)
3 - Coated around the hole on the top side of the handle with some oil, so that in the event i got epoxy other than directly in the hole, it could easily be removed.
4 - Mixed up the clear epoxy very well, and then used a toothpick to drop a bottom layer of epoxy into the hole.
5 - After the base layer was put in, I then laid the tips of 3 Hawk talons carefully in the hole (explanation on the story below), since the epoxy was thick they stayed suspended above the first layer of Epoxy.
6 - Positioned the talons where I wanted them with another toothpick.
7 - Remixed another batch of epoxy, and then covered the talons, bringing the epoxy level flush with the rest of the handle. (You may want to leave the level a little below the surface if you prefer).
8 - Made sure no "tini" drops of epoxy had gotten on the knife handle, and then took a hairdryer to further solidify the already hardening epoxy.
9 - Waited 5 minutes after I had used the hairdyer, and then removed the Scotch tape on the underside of the hole, and then used the hairdryer to ensure the underside was dry as well.
10 - checked it out, and let it sit over night.
Result - A nifty, proffessional looking inlay job.
Another option you can use with Epoxy, is to fill the hole almost all the way flush, wait a minute or so until the epoxy is starting to solidify, and then take a sirenge filled with either your favorite colored ink(s), or food coloring(s) and insert it into the epoxy - which make nice designs as well.
Note - if you go with the 5 minute clear epoxy, and not the standard stuff (which take a lot longer to solidify), be careful that when you feel it start to gel, that you just mix up a fresh batch and not continue to use what is getting harder, or it will result in air bubbles.
Note 2 - if you are laying a something else on top of a layer of epoxy (a gem perhaps dislodged from an old piece of your wive's Jewelry that she does not want to get repaired?), position it where you want it before puting on the covering layer, or that will result in little air bubbles as well.
Concerning the Hawk Talon tips, I'm not trying to sound barbaric - long story, but the condensed version is I have an acquaintance who is a farmer, and he unfortunately had to dispose of a hawk that was irradicating his Chicken population.
He had kept several feathers, and the talons, And he gave me a few of them which I have kept on a shelf (Hawks are my favorite Bird), but I thought, they would be lovely accompaniement to my favorite Knife
.
Be Well, and No, I do not condone or see anything but futility, and disrespect for life by the killing of animals purely for sport or recreation.
But, sometimes it is a necessary evil.
Thanks,
seth
Tried an experiment last night, and it worked well so I thought I'd pass it a long.
If you have a Seb, and you have been thinking about getting an inlay done on the positioning hole, which is directly beneath the lanyard hole, this may give you something to think about that with a little care (and a bout a half hr.) you can do yourself.
The idea came from using a clear 5 minute - 2 Ton Epoxy to cover inlays on canes I make.
What I did:
1 - Opened up the knife & Covered the underside of the positioning hole with a strip of scotch tape, making sure that tape had good contact on either side and around the hole.
2 - Laid the Seb down on a flat surface ( you may want to put it on a towel or something to keep it level)
3 - Coated around the hole on the top side of the handle with some oil, so that in the event i got epoxy other than directly in the hole, it could easily be removed.
4 - Mixed up the clear epoxy very well, and then used a toothpick to drop a bottom layer of epoxy into the hole.
5 - After the base layer was put in, I then laid the tips of 3 Hawk talons carefully in the hole (explanation on the story below), since the epoxy was thick they stayed suspended above the first layer of Epoxy.
6 - Positioned the talons where I wanted them with another toothpick.
7 - Remixed another batch of epoxy, and then covered the talons, bringing the epoxy level flush with the rest of the handle. (You may want to leave the level a little below the surface if you prefer).
8 - Made sure no "tini" drops of epoxy had gotten on the knife handle, and then took a hairdryer to further solidify the already hardening epoxy.
9 - Waited 5 minutes after I had used the hairdyer, and then removed the Scotch tape on the underside of the hole, and then used the hairdryer to ensure the underside was dry as well.
10 - checked it out, and let it sit over night.
Result - A nifty, proffessional looking inlay job.
Another option you can use with Epoxy, is to fill the hole almost all the way flush, wait a minute or so until the epoxy is starting to solidify, and then take a sirenge filled with either your favorite colored ink(s), or food coloring(s) and insert it into the epoxy - which make nice designs as well.
Note - if you go with the 5 minute clear epoxy, and not the standard stuff (which take a lot longer to solidify), be careful that when you feel it start to gel, that you just mix up a fresh batch and not continue to use what is getting harder, or it will result in air bubbles.
Note 2 - if you are laying a something else on top of a layer of epoxy (a gem perhaps dislodged from an old piece of your wive's Jewelry that she does not want to get repaired?), position it where you want it before puting on the covering layer, or that will result in little air bubbles as well.
Concerning the Hawk Talon tips, I'm not trying to sound barbaric - long story, but the condensed version is I have an acquaintance who is a farmer, and he unfortunately had to dispose of a hawk that was irradicating his Chicken population.
He had kept several feathers, and the talons, And he gave me a few of them which I have kept on a shelf (Hawks are my favorite Bird), but I thought, they would be lovely accompaniement to my favorite Knife
.Be Well, and No, I do not condone or see anything but futility, and disrespect for life by the killing of animals purely for sport or recreation.
But, sometimes it is a necessary evil.
Thanks,
seth
