nothing BASIC about this 6er

adrock1978 · Jul 23, 2011

I eat RES-C for breakfast.

...a little progress

Liu Kang · Jul 24, 2011

adrock1978 said:
I eat RES-C for breakfast.

...a little progress
Hey Mr. Kang, wanna buy a custom? $1326.63 shipped.

It might have cost you that much by the time you were done putting all the time, work and materials but no thanks. I think it looks a million times better the way it came from the factory. By as long as you love it, than that's the important thing. That is priceless! Enjoy.

Damn_Animal · Jul 24, 2011

dunno how i feel about the res-c looking forward to seeing when this is finished!

dericdesmond · Jul 24, 2011

adrock1978 said:
I eat RES-C for breakfast.

...a little progress

Hey Mr. Kang, wanna buy a custom? $1326.63 shipped.

Gonna have to agree about it looking a million times better from the factory, but to each his own

:thumbup:. Get er done Adrock, looks like your havin fun :thumbup: Sure it will look much better when your done.

Also, Keep up the great work Busse Combat, cant wait for all dem new Basics :thumbup:

Bigfattyt · Jul 25, 2011

Looks like fun! natural linen?

adrock1978 · Jul 26, 2011

Bigfattyt said:
Looks like fun! natural linen?

It was called Bone linen when I ordered it. Its a lot of fun! The temptation to cruise ahead using my dremel is tough! I have a friend with better tools that would making shaping a lot better, but... I would prefer to hand shape with a file/rasp, but this stuff is HARD!!! The rasp barely scratched the surface.

amflud · Jul 26, 2011

That's surprising that it's so difficult to work, I wouldn't think it would be.

Evil Monkey · Jul 26, 2011

Liu Kang said:
I think it looks a million times better the way it came from the factory. By as long as you love it, than that's the important thing.

I don't think he's finished yet.

I think you should give it a go at trying to hand sand it. Get that technique down, then work some different colored scales the same way… Then you can swap them out when you're bored with one particular color. I think it's coming along great.

adrock1978 · Jul 26, 2011

amflud said:
That's surprising that it's so difficult to work, I wouldn't think it would be.

Before I switched to a little drum sander bit for the dremel, I used one of those drill bit shaped Carbide Cutters. It nearly stalled the dremel trying to cut through it.

richstag · Jul 26, 2011

You are getting there Adam! Good work so far

Unfinished handles never look good....but for unfinished handles those look good to me. Keep us updated.