Pimped (Lightly) Large Sebenza 21, with Ebony inlays....next to Ebony

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I just had to have this knife and wasn't too concerned with the gold thumbstud and back spacer, although I have never been a big fan of gold anything. It didn't take long for me to decide that I would prefer it in silver. I used Flitz polish and went to work with the following results.

I posed it next to a large piece of Ebony, which I polished down to 4000 grit, and my small 21.



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I like it. I'm a big fan of the silver hardware- just looks cleaner and classier to me. Very nice alteration.
 
Thanks guys!

jazzandmetal, I did not grind the stud down on the small, just polished it.
 
Nice job. I've been meaning to do the same with my large 21, but I am afraid to ruin the blade finish. I see you did it very neatly, so how did you do it ?
 
Fantastic job, It looks better than factory :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
 
Thanks again guys!

beluga,

I used a very small, this will minimize the blade involvement, dot of Flitz polish on a rag and just twisted the blade and rag repeatedly as if I were screwing and unscrewing a lid or something. I used my fingernails in the rag and rode them in each groove on the stud to get the polish down into said grooves. It worked great. It doesn't really affect the blade but you could tape the blade if you had any concerns. I polished the backspacer by holding it in between my fingers and polishing it on the rag with the rag set on my worksurface.
 
That is a really nice look for that knife.

I did the same thing to one of my thumb studs, exact same method except I taped out around the stud.
 
atony,

Have you ever used Flitz, or any other mild polish on the whole blade?
I have done that to this blade, it's amazing how much brighter the blade gets, and the stonewash is still in effect.
 
Flitz is great to work with, not real abrasive. I've used it on some of my pistols (sear) and knives. usually take apart a knife and do a little polish job on the washers, blade, or anywhere there is metal to metal contact.

I have not done a whole blade yet, but you might of just inspired me.:D
 
atony,

Oh yeah, Flitz is great!
I was able to fix the lock bar/blade interface on a small regular Sebenza recently with the help of Flitz. This thing would stick in the locked position like nobody's business. I polished the blade at the lock interface with 600 paper and followed up with Flitz. It is now smoother than several of my other framelocks.
 
Now that is SEXY. Great job with the polishing of the thumbstud. I really like the way the sebbie looks with the silver and ebony.
 
That looks really really great IMO! I have always preferred silver over gold.

Great photos btw with the reflections! damn! I have a new desktop image!
 
peppercorn, thank for the tips. I'll be following your tips when I polish my stud. :thumbup: :thumbup:
 
peppercorn my man, you just gave me the inspiration for a new hobby project on my blue anodized thumblug and lanyard spacer :thumbup: good job
 
What was thought difficult. . . .turned easy. :D Great work, peppercorn! :thumbup:


Fantastic pictures too! What camera did you use?
 
Peppercorn,

Your ebony Sebenza looks great. My goal is to pick up a creamy white ivory and a black ebony Sebenza and remove all the gold. I'm having trouble finding the ebony. It seems like African Blackwood is available more often, but it has too much brown color for me. Thanks for sharing the photos, they look great.

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