NO-E Make-Over

You should have polished the spine first, very very easy to do by hand

Spine shots after 400-600-800-1000-Mother's Mag polish
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I usually do polish the spine but for some reason the grind pattern on this one got to me. I don't know why but I like it. Just one of those things. I can always polish it later.

BTW: great job. :)
 
Thanks guys.

I showed my wife the spine on my NO-E and she prefers the polished look over its current "grind" look. What do you guys think?

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I know it's a user but she has to look good going to work. ;)
 
Great job! :thumbup:

Polished looks nice, but those grind marks give it nice character.
 
Beautiful Outlaw. There's got to be a Bonnie (bonnie and clyde) cliche lurking here somewhere. Good job Tyrkon!!! What sheath will you be using?
 
Tyrkon.......be carefull with paint stripper and such chemicals. Depending on their composition it could cause hydrogen embrittlement in the steel "not a good thing"...Just my 2 cents worth. Cheers Art
 
I'm with Raining - I like the polished, but those grind marks are cool looking. They turned out nice and even.

Anyway, good work & thanks for posting it all! :thumbup:
 
JWB: LeatherHOG made a custom pair of pants for it a while back.

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He did a superb job.

BIGBEAR: interesting. I have never heard of that. I'll do some research. Thanks for the heads up.

If and when I get tired of the grind marks I can always polish the spine. But I like them at the moment. And she is a user so she'll be scuffed back up again soon. ;)

Thanks for the input guys. :)
 
BIGBEAR said:
Tyrkon.......be carefull with paint stripper and such chemicals. Depending on their composition it could cause hydrogen embrittlement in the steel "not a good thing"...Just my 2 cents worth. Cheers Art
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Bear in mind that I am physicist and not a chemist. But this statement makes no sense to me. The hydrogen embrittlement with which I am familiar takes place in the core of a nuclear reactor. Under the high temperatures found in the fuel and at the coolant-clad interface, hydrides can form at the surface and then migrate inward (standard solubility diffusion). Is there some low temperature effect?

Rick - former Chemistry Assistant, USS Enterprise (CVN-65)
 
RBMCMJR.......Hi there. I was told this by the engineering dept at my employment "I'm an aircraft mech". The acidic paint stripper that we had been using for years on the fuselage's when used on high strength steel such as the landing gears struts was shown to cause hydrogen embrittlement. I'm only going by what I was told. I cant prove things one way or another but I know that my company is not the only one that follows these new directives.

Take care, Art
 
Tyrkon Lawson said:
Thanks guys.

I showed my wife the spine on my NO-E and she prefers the polished look over its current "grind" look. What do you guys think?

I know it's a user but she has to look good going to work. ;)
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i like the machined "grind" look. never seen that before. gives it a unique utilitarian finish. i imagine it will hide scratches and such very well too.
 
MORIMOTOM said:
i like the machined "grind" look. never seen that before. gives it a unique utilitarian finish. i imagine it will hide scratches and such very well too.
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I agree. That's how it was when I stripped it. It came from the shop that way. Works for me.
 
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