Mnandi blade finish - Bead Blast?

Maprik

Maprik

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How do you think and Mnandi would look with a bead blasted blade finish? One of the things that frustrates me about my Mnandis is that just opening them ruins the highly polished look of the blade. I get really picky about cleaning off the blade before putting it away. It's kind of a pain. A bead blasted finish would be so much easier and low maintenance but I have a hard time imaging what it would look like.
 
I hate it as we'll, but I treat my stonewashed blades the same as my polished. The finger oils are still on that stonewashed blade!
 
The Mnandi is such a classy gent's knife, I think it would look "off" with a bead blasted blade. I do think a hand rubbed satin finish like you see on customs would look great.
 
I don't know if this helps but for comparison I have have three sebenzas with three finishes. I think I would prefer a stonewashed with polished sides.

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I would love a BeadBlast finish on a Mnandi or Sebenza.

The BeadBlast on my xm-18 looks sweet and it actually quite tough.

Dinokay....that beadblasted original Sebenza belongs to me...you better return it to me, I will PM you my address. I might even paypal you a finders fee. ;)
 
I would blast my sebenza blades but i heard it would void the warranty, so i never did. My friend got a cabinet and I went beadblasting crazy. I blast everything, flashlights, jewelry, water bottles, knives, I would beadblast my iphone if i could.

Love the way the finish looks and wears. The handles on my large reg sebenza, which I edc, have worn so nicely over the years you couldn't buy a finish like it. Nice and worn beadblasted finish gives such great character IMO.

Let us know please if you ever pull the trigger and blasting that mnandi!
 
dinokay said:
I don't know if this helps but for comparison I have have three sebenzas with three finishes. I think I would prefer a stonewashed with polished sides.

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I agree. The stonewash looks really good. Hides fingerprints really well too. Love the Beadblasted blade too though!!!! Great knives!
 
From the nail nick on my Mnandi I can imagine the whole blade with that finish.
That would be a lot of grey. Maybe with some dark inlay like ebony.
The bocote one, that sits in front of me, looks perfect as it is (to me).
I like the look of the steel.
If you ever get another finish on your blade, I'd be curious to see pixs.

red mag
 
I don't think I would want a bead blast finish on one. Wouldn't match the handle, but thats just my opinion, and it may look better than I think.

I would like to see a Mnandi with a tumbled blade, blasted handle, and with micarta or carbon fiber scales. Don't think they will ever make one though.
 
chadridv said:
And?.....What's the second half of this story??
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Have not heard back from them yet. I sent it late yesterday afternoon and they close on Fridays. Maybe I'll hear back on Monday. I just sent one of my Mnandis in for a spa treatment because the blade was all scratched up...
 
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