New CQC6 Pic

[David T]

Sniper, please add this to your list. CQC6 /2000 with secondary bevel. Full file work. Well carried

 

[Sniper308]

Will do David.

Congrats! Certainly doesn't look beat up to me! I just knew you were out running around Long Island yesterday!

 

[David T]

Here's a better pic of the bolsters. Notice the scuff marks. Nothing a quick bead blasting can't fix

 

[CCM]

David T,
Very nice, congrats!!! I'm trying to chase down a six right now. My first Custom Emerson. I set too long on one and looks like I lost it.

Are you going to carry it or refurbish?

 

[David T]

I'm going to leave this one the way it is. I'll carry it on the weekends.

Paragon Sports in NY has a brand new one for sale. Exactly the same as the one picured above, except no scuffs

Their price..$1,200. Best of luck to you.

 

[David T]

I glass beaded the bolsters & pivot screw today since I was working on my Commander project. Scratches are all gone. It took only 5 seconds per side. 2 seconds for the pivot screw. Neat ya?

 

[John Hollister]

Very Cool!

 

[jackstraw]

David,
How did you do that? Fine work.

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Once in a while you get shown the light
In the strangest of places if you look at it right.

 

[laserman 1]

David,
Nice Knife,wish i would be getting my Leftie 6 before i grow old

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JimBob

 

[David T]

Thanks guys for the compliments. I didn't want to lose my new knife for a few weeks by sending it back to Emerson to bead blast the bolsters. The main reason why I was reluctant to redo the bolsters was if the knife looked too new when I got it back, I would just put it away with my other 6's.

The CQ6 had alot of surface scratches & scuff marks on the bolsters. It looks like the previous owner may have carried it with keys in his pocket. There ware alot of brass colored scuffs, probably from making contact with the rivets found on blue jeans. Tried Hoppe bore cleaner to remove the brass but didn't work. Just made the knife smell funny

As you guys probably know, I've been playing around with the blade of a Commander. Well, to make a long story short, my friend has a huge glass beading cabinet. I'm not really sure of the difference between glass & beads, but I think that it's just the size of the pellets which are shot out. Since I was already glass beading the edges of the liners of the Commander I decided to hit a small spot on the flat surface of the titanium to see how the finish would turn out. It matched the bolsters of the CQC6 perfectly. I figured that since I was already there I would lightly glass bead the bolsters & pivot screw of the 6 too. It literally only took a few seconds. I didn't do the liners of the 6 as they were in good shape.

I now have no problems about carrying & using this 6; I know I can refurbish the bead blasted surfaces anytime they get scuffed.

Instant new Knife, Well, almost new.

 

[John Hollister]

David, you mentioned bead blasting the liners of the Commander. My ES1-M and Proto Commander both have beab blasted liners and damn they look good.

John