More of my work, a kiwi this time

[tonydahose]

Paul was kind enought to give me a chance to mod a kiwi for him. enough talking, here ya go.

ok a little info on this knife. it used to be a red bone kiwi, Paul gave me some stabilized Koa and i went to work. i sanded all the way to 2000 but it seemed to get a weird glassy looking film on it. Paul didnt want it polished but i tried a piece of the left over Koa and it shined up really nice so i polished it and it looks beautiful IMO. i hope you guys like but most especially i hope Paul is happy with it.

 

[Alann45]

Very nice. I know I would be extremely happy with it! (Mailing address available on request )

 

[The Deacon]

Turned out great Tony, I'm dying to get my hands on it.

Paul

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[A.P.F.]

Great work, Tony! That looks sharp.

Good call on using Flame Wood for the scales, Paul. About time for some updated pics of the Kiwi collection, no?

 

[Amaranth]

Nice work TDH!

Question: What did you use to restore the satin finish on the bolsters?

 

[flipe8]

Looks good, Tony:thumbup: How hard was it to remove the old scales(inlays)?

 

[RetiredGuns]

I had to chuckle at myself for a moment. I took a look at the very first pic and said, Is anyone going to tell this guy that the knife looks pretty bad? Of course I continued to scroll and the knife is gorgeous. Duh.

 

[tonydahose]

thanks for the compliments guys

Question: What did you use to restore the satin finish on the bolsters?

well i went down to 120 grit and lightly sanded it for like 20 minutes but those scratches were still there so i think i went to 220 or 300 over all the bolsters in the same direction to give it the brushed look and then you couldn't see the scratches. i then taped over the bolsters and repolished the wood scales.

Looks good, Tony:thumbup: How hard was it to remove the old scales(inlays)?

not fun..they are epoxied in...here is thread where i showed everything from start to finish.
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=704119

 

[arty]

The Kiwi looks very good.
How long did it take you to do the scales, start to finish?
Nice job.

 

[tonydahose]

a full dayto do everythng, i ground out the old scales with a dremel. i did a step by step process in the kopa thread on here.

 

[tonydahose]

Black Cherry Kopa, this one was ordered

this one is mine (on top) i screwed up one of the sides 3X before i finally got it right on the 4th try. :headsl: but i now see in the pics there are a few light scratches i need to buff out.

 

[tonydahose]

here is another kiwi i made for Paul. it used to be a carbon fiber kiwi, now it is Corian Sun Kiwi

 

[ZippoThisKnifeThat]

beautiful work I love all of these additions!

 

[tonydahose]

i didnt feel like starting another thread and since the first knife in this thread was koa, it seemed fitting to put these pics in here. I just got my new light box and i am almost done with this knife, i just need to put a few more coats of linseed oil on and clean it up a bit. the wood has "chantoyance" i was told, i didnt know what it was either...lol. here is a few pics of the wood before cutting it. on certain angles you can see waves and at different ones they just disappear.

and here is the knife, i tried to take a bunch of pics from different angles to show the differences.

 

[frontline29]

When I read the first line and looked at the first two pictures I started to laugh my butt off!




Then further down the page I figured out what was going on. Some really nice work man! :thumbup: