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I was thrilled to see that I won one of the Izula proto knives from RAT Cutlery and I am very thankful, with my work schedule that week, that Jeff extended the claim window so that I got this wonderful prototype.
It's a great hold-over until my pre-order RC-6 gets here.
I also got one of the kydex sheaths that Dylside made for the protos. I've been wearing it around and really like the set up. It makes a nice 3rd or 4th knife on my person...
Anyway, I had been thinking about what I was going to do with my I-proto and wasn't sure. A lot of the 1095 talk had got me thinking about using 44/40 to black it and leave it be - I don't really want to do to many mods to it because of the unique nature of it. Just not my thing on something this unique, aside from maybe wrapping the handle. I thought what tknife did was cool though and I like Mr. Pink's convexed mod.
So, I decided it was going to be cold blued (blacked) and that would be it. So I sat off on some prep work with 400 wet/dry. Well, here's what I found when I started:
There is a nice base finish to be had under there!
So, with a little more work the results are:
My favorite pic:
And the I-proto's future owner, my helper, and best friend:
The pics are from my Blackberry cell so they aren't the "greatest" but they work.
For now, the I-proto will stay as pictured. I'm curious to see what kind of patina will develop.
Also, got my pics of my I-proto with the sheath for Dylside.
Thanks Jeff, Mike, and Shon! RAT Cutlery rocks!
It's a great hold-over until my pre-order RC-6 gets here.
I also got one of the kydex sheaths that Dylside made for the protos. I've been wearing it around and really like the set up. It makes a nice 3rd or 4th knife on my person...
Anyway, I had been thinking about what I was going to do with my I-proto and wasn't sure. A lot of the 1095 talk had got me thinking about using 44/40 to black it and leave it be - I don't really want to do to many mods to it because of the unique nature of it. Just not my thing on something this unique, aside from maybe wrapping the handle. I thought what tknife did was cool though and I like Mr. Pink's convexed mod.
So, I decided it was going to be cold blued (blacked
) and that would be it. So I sat off on some prep work with 400 wet/dry. Well, here's what I found when I started:
There is a nice base finish to be had under there!
So, with a little more work the results are:
My favorite pic:
And the I-proto's future owner, my helper, and best friend:
The pics are from my Blackberry cell so they aren't the "greatest" but they work.
For now, the I-proto will stay as pictured. I'm curious to see what kind of patina will develop.
Also, got my pics of my I-proto with the sheath for Dylside.
Thanks Jeff, Mike, and Shon! RAT Cutlery rocks!
