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- Thread starter tuffthumbz
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I'm really enjoying the sculpted G10/carbon Cuscadi scales on the Griptilian.
Very nice! I'm waiting for them to get more stock of the White & Black Zebra stripe G10 so they can make scales for my Mini Ritter Grip. I think I'll get the GITD spacer for mine
Which Emerson is in the first pic with the orange scales
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Pretty sure that is a customized cqc-14
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I love that PSARK!
Yes it is.
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Who would I contact about having my pre 2010 Cold Steel AK-47 with autolock customized
I know some might not like it (or the company) but I love it
I know some might not like it (or the company) but I love it
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A few of my customized production knives.
Very nice man customizations. :thumbup: Are they all Sebenzas? These 2 are throwing me off. 1st one looks like a Bradley Alias and the last one like a Sebenza.
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Thank you. From the top down...
Kershaw Ti/SG2 JYD2 modded by Brad Southard.
The rare Pro Tech Integrity framelock modded by Matt Cucchiara.
CRK Large Regular Sebenza modded by Matt Cucchiara. When I first received this knife it was coated entirely black. Matt stripped everything and then made it look exactly like how you see here. I was and still am extremely impressed with this knife.
CRK Large Classic Sebenza with CF scale done by AncientSword.
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Ebbtide
How'd you get the Western W49 so clean? I've scotchbrited mine for hours and hours and it looks like a million criss-crossed lines on the blade. I'd be interested in having mine cleaned up professionally if that's what you did. I don't understand why the blade has tape on it either "before the operation?"
It's beautiful.
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How'd you get the Western W49 so clean? I've scotchbrited mine for hours and hours and it looks like a million criss-crossed lines on the blade. I'd be interested in having mine cleaned up professionally if that's what you did. I don't understand why the blade has tape on it either "before the operation?"
It's beautiful.
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Ebbtide
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Everything was done by hand.Ebbtide
How'd you get the Western W49 so clean? I've scotchbrited mine for hours and hours and it looks like a million criss-crossed lines on the blade. I'd be interested in having mine cleaned up professionally if that's what you did. I don't understand why the blade has tape on it either "before the operation?"
It's beautiful.
The trick to getting a clean finish (well, for us amateurs) is to have all the 'scratches' going in the same direction.
I backed a strip of scotch bright pad with a popsicle stick and worked it from the plunge (guard area) to the tip. Only in that one direction.
But! Before using the SB pad I did the same single direction sanding with 220 & 400 grit wet/dry sandpaper.
Only move up to the next grit when the scratches from the previous are gone. I kept everything wet with WD40.
One could just keep going finer in the grits up to 2000, but I figured this will be a piece of cake to clean up with a SB pad when I want to.
I taped the blade to protect both of us. Me from the knife and the knife from the jaws of the vice.
I took the spine down to the blue line with a file.
Not a quick job
Then again, neither was sewing the sheath... that took about an hour and a half
Oh yeah, my buddy, Bruce Evans has a fantastic tutorial page on his website...
http://beknives1.homestead.com/beknives5.html
Check out the hand sanding tutorial there.
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Thanx for all the nice comments.