MR(LE) new pics

Crafft

Crafft

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Wow thats a fantastic set of pics you have there!!!!

Has that had its coating removed and then been polished up???


Forgive me if I'm wrong, piglet in training still..... :o
 
hawkinsa21 said:
Wow thats a fantastic set of pics you have there!!!!

Has that had its coating removed and then been polished up???


Forgive me if I'm wrong, piglet in training still..... :o
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Yes, that's right! Also a few modifications (butt and ricassoline). It takes a lot of sanding to get to this result!! But it's worth it IMO:D
 
Phew, I thought I was gonna be wrong or something.. lol

Thats a really nice job Craft, excellent work.. I bet you sanded for hours... but its a one off now, no other like it... :D

Top job, and excellent pics again... how long did the actual project take you from start to finish?? Man hours wise??
 
hawkinsa21 said:
Phew, I thought I was gonna be wrong or something.. lol

Thats a really nice job Craft, excellent work.. I bet you sanded for hours... but its a one off now, no other like it... :D

Top job, and excellent pics again... how long did the actual project take you from start to finish?? Man hours wise??
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My friend (who is a master toolmaker) did most of the job at the factory where he works. I stripped it and did some of the sanding.

guestimated workload:
1 h stripping and scraping the INFI clean (removing of the handles included)
15 h of (hand)sanding with various grits and doing the modifications
3 h tooling the new rivets out of a massive stainless steel bar (including a heat treat)
1 h putting it all together again

Totals to about 20 hours continuous work. It took us about 3 weeks from start to finish, couple of days a week, working in the evening hours (when everybody else went home) in the factory.
 
Well that is 20 hours very very well spent... I may undergo something like that with my CGFBM one day...

A true inspiration Crafft, nice one bro :D
 
Great pics Crafft!!! :thumbup: :cool:

And I'll admit, this is the first I've noticed that the butt was ground SFNO style.... Looks absolutly awesome!!! I've always wondered if there was a specific purpose for the MR / HR butt design... anybody know :confused: :confused:

Also, the handles look darker than they used to be... did you darken it up with something?? :confused:

In any case... AWESOME MR LE!!!
 
Wow, Really nice! I'm not a big fan of the HR but that is sweet. Why didn't Busse offer HRs like this to begin with???
 
Lil' Foo said:
Great pics Crafft!!! :thumbup: :cool:

And I'll admit, this is the first I've noticed that the butt was ground SFNO style.... Looks absolutly awesome!!! I've always wondered if there was a specific purpose for the MR / HR butt design... anybody know :confused: :confused:

Also, the handles look darker than they used to be... did you darken it up with something?? :confused:

In any case... AWESOME MR LE!!!
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Thanks!!!

I just treated the handles with Balistol a couple of times and now they tend to stay dark:) (Doesn't work yet with the FBMLE:confused:)
 
That looks really nice, you guys did a fantastic job. I bet you won't be parting with that knife any time soon!
 
Great pics:thumbup: :thumbup:, and I bet this is the knife you like most.
Same thing with my NOe, the more work you put in it themore you like it :D
 
Yep! Absolutely beautiful job! I love the SFNO design but this is a great second. This would have been an awesome HR-LE design from the factory.
 
Erik, again awesome job! I'm looking forward to our Busse meeting so I can see this one in person!:D
 
Crafft said:
My friend (who is a master toolmaker) did most of the job at the factory where he works. I stripped it and did some of the sanding.

guestimated workload:
1 h stripping and scraping the INFI clean (removing of the handles included)
15 h of (hand)sanding with various grits and doing the modifications
3 h tooling the new rivets out of a massive stainless steel bar (including a heat treat)
1 h putting it all together again

Totals to about 20 hours continuous work. It took us about 3 weeks from start to finish, couple of days a week, working in the evening hours (when everybody else went home) in the factory.
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So you made your hollow rivets out of solid rod instead of using tubing? I have a metal lathe that I could do the same with, but I have used SS or titanium tubing on the ones I have done. Maybe you didn't have the tubing available to you in the right size and/or thickness. Great job on the finish! :eek:
 
randucci said:
So you made your hollow rivets out of solid rod instead of using tubing? I have a metal lathe that I could do the same with, but I have used SS or titanium tubing on the ones I have done. Maybe you didn't have the tubing available to you in the right size and/or thickness. Great job on the finish! :eek:
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We wanted to use tubing but couldn't find any so we decided to make it ourselves:cool:
 
xaman said:
That is one BEAUTIFUL knife! taking orders???
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Hi Xaman,

I'm afraid not. My friend has a very busy job! Doing much overtime. This was a (one time) kind of experiment to see what could be achieved.
He said I could use the factory in the evening hours to work on another (without his help). But I'm sure you don't want me as a novice in this department to work on your precious Busse:D

In a few days I get another (my second) HHFSH. I'm thinking of modding that one myself. I'm not totally sure about it. Maybe I sell or trade the second HH as is because I can use the cash right now. On the other hand I'm quite curious how the HH turns out if I give it the same treatment as we did with the MudRazor. I guess I'll have to make up my mind.:p
 
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