Pimped the Bradley

Easy but somewhat irreversible. At least you can bring the Ummie back to CRK and have a re-finish if you'd regret what you're about to do. What I see on the Bradley's scales is that the grind-lines aren't straight - I hope you do a "better" job on the CRK. :(

But hey, it's your money. To me it just seems a bit sour to screw up two perfectly good knives.
 
Watchmaker said:
Easy but somewhat irreversible. At least you can bring the Ummie back to CRK and have a re-finish if you'd regret what you're about to do. What I see on the Bradley's scales is that the grind-lines aren't straight - I hope you do a "better" job on the CRK. :(

But hey, it's your money. To me it just seems a bit sour to screw up two perfectly good knives.
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Did I miss something , looks to me like he refinished the handle , that is reversible.
 
Watchmaker said:
Easy but somewhat irreversible. At least you can bring the Ummie back to CRK and have a re-finish if you'd regret what you're about to do. What I see on the Bradley's scales is that the grind-lines aren't straight - I hope you do a "better" job on the CRK. :(

But hey, it's your money. To me it just seems a bit sour to screw up two perfectly good knives.
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What grind lines are you talking about? I used a Scotchbrite pad.

I have no intention of ever 'reversing' the polishing I did.
The stock beadblast finish scratches no matter how carefull you are with it. At least I can re-polish the pimped ones. That's why I did it in the first place.

As far as pimping a CRK goes, I don't buy knives to re-sell them.

I've seen a couple other forum members CRK's that have been polished.
I thought they looked nice. Imitation = flattery.
 
Looks great, dude! Can't wait to see the CRK post-"pimpage"! :cool:
 
That looks really good to me. :thumbup: It'll be neat to see what the Umnumzaan looks like with polished handle slabs.
 
bearcut said:
What grind lines are you talking about? I used a Scotchbrite pad.

I have no intention of ever 'reversing' the polishing I did.
The stock beadblast finish scratches no matter how carefull you are with it. At least I can re-polish the pimped ones. That's why I did it in the first place.

As far as pimping a CRK goes, I don't buy knives to re-sell them.

I've seen a couple other forum members CRK's that have been polished.
I thought they looked nice. Imitation = flattery.
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Damn right! :thumbup:
 
looks great, not sure what the comment on the grindlines was about? Keep us posted on the UM
 
Watchmaker said:
Easy but somewhat irreversible. At least you can bring the Ummie back to CRK and have a re-finish if you'd regret what you're about to do. What I see on the Bradley's scales is that the grind-lines aren't straight - I hope you do a "better" job on the CRK. :(

But hey, it's your money. To me it just seems a bit sour to screw up two perfectly good knives.
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What are you looking at? You can still see the stonewashed finish on the Bradley. He polished the handle......
 
Are you going to leave the grooves in the 'Zann dark? I bet it would look sweet. Definately keep us up to date on this. :thumbup:
 
Ive got a bradley 1 with the blue ti .Ive only had mine for about 2 weeks and i have
several ding and marks.
Did you take the knife completely apart? I think i may do the same to mine when it
looks bad!!
 
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