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I just couldn't leave good enough alone and decided to change up my FABM a tad bit. I normally prefer the hand satin but decided to change it to a belt satin because I find myself having to retouch the satin on the main bevels every time I use sandpaper to touch up my convex edge. With the belt satin I don't have to worry about that anymore as the scratch patterns all go the same direction. I do somewhat miss the hand satin look on this knife though 
I also put a small clip point on the tip because that was something that I have always wanted to do. To even things out I slightly tapered the tang to move the balance forward.
Finally, I replaced my trusty user canvas handles with my current favorite factory handles.... the old factory green linen. Big thanks to Resinguy for those handles. They still look brown to me but I like them that way
All in all I shaved about 2oz of my favorite knife. It now weights in at 1lb 2oz . It is about 4 oz lighter than a FSH with Mag Handles or 2.1 oz heavier than a Sage HR with Mag G10 handles.
Here is a pic of what it use to look like.
I also put a small clip point on the tip because that was something that I have always wanted to do. To even things out I slightly tapered the tang to move the balance forward.
Finally, I replaced my trusty user canvas handles with my current favorite factory handles.... the old factory green linen. Big thanks to Resinguy for those handles. They still look brown to me but I like them that way
All in all I shaved about 2oz of my favorite knife. It now weights in at 1lb 2oz . It is about 4 oz lighter than a FSH with Mag Handles or 2.1 oz heavier than a Sage HR with Mag G10 handles.
Here is a pic of what it use to look like.
