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Hey guys,
I got this knife in a trade yesterday and all I can say is wow! This is MY first Emerson. I got my girlfriend a CQC-14 and i wasn't really to fond of it. She liked it but she wants something with a bit more reach. But anyways the Snubby left a bad taste in my mouth (it was waveless). They're lack of fit and finish really didn't appeal to me but I've seen a lot of modded ones and focused my attention to them. So lately, Emerson's have been on my mind day and night (especially the Gentleman Jim and Gypsy Jack). So I saw on one the forums for trade and I had to have it!
Now the trader did say the handles were in horrible condition and I see what he meant (didn't bother me). It looked like someone spray painted the knife with some khaki color and then tried sanding it out but never really finished. I fixed that. While the handles did feel nice, I made them feel even better. The blade and everything was perfect! The wave is more awesome that I thought it would be! I cant imagine why anyone would want to remove it. I do plan on modding this even more in the future. Some Grey G10 and a Ti bolster would be sweet, and possibly make the knife even more smoother (need to re polish liner) to open because now it just hurts!
! But anyways here she is!
Here's how I received it (scales)
Then I started started sanding and started to polish up
Just a little bit more...
And Voila!!
Now its smoother than before and I think it looks great! I didn't mind the coarseness of the G-10 but its how it came to so I cleaned out the marks.
Oh and if anyone can tell me how to fix slightly bent clip, I'll really appreciate it!! I fear that it'll slip out one day. Don't want that now do we?
I also polished the liners (No pics sorry) and now its easy to flick with both the my humb and middle finger. Still needs a good amount of force to open. Need to fix that!
Well that's it for now! Thanks for reading!
I got this knife in a trade yesterday and all I can say is wow! This is MY first Emerson. I got my girlfriend a CQC-14 and i wasn't really to fond of it. She liked it but she wants something with a bit more reach. But anyways the Snubby left a bad taste in my mouth (it was waveless). They're lack of fit and finish really didn't appeal to me but I've seen a lot of modded ones and focused my attention to them. So lately, Emerson's have been on my mind day and night (especially the Gentleman Jim and Gypsy Jack). So I saw on one the forums for trade and I had to have it!
Now the trader did say the handles were in horrible condition and I see what he meant (didn't bother me). It looked like someone spray painted the knife with some khaki color and then tried sanding it out but never really finished. I fixed that. While the handles did feel nice, I made them feel even better. The blade and everything was perfect! The wave is more awesome that I thought it would be! I cant imagine why anyone would want to remove it. I do plan on modding this even more in the future. Some Grey G10 and a Ti bolster would be sweet, and possibly make the knife even more smoother (need to re polish liner) to open because now it just hurts!
! But anyways here she is! Here's how I received it (scales)
Then I started started sanding and started to polish up
Just a little bit more...
And Voila!!
Now its smoother than before and I think it looks great! I didn't mind the coarseness of the G-10 but its how it came to so I cleaned out the marks.
Oh and if anyone can tell me how to fix slightly bent clip, I'll really appreciate it!! I fear that it'll slip out one day. Don't want that now do we?
I also polished the liners (No pics sorry) and now its easy to flick with both the my humb and middle finger. Still needs a good amount of force to open. Need to fix that!
Well that's it for now! Thanks for reading!
This is going to be an expensive addiction. When are you going to get you Service Provider/Craftmans membership? So, I can send you knives to Pimp! 
