Polished Titanium - How shiny is it ?

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Hi guys - - I'm trying to figure out a large Sebbie purchase. I've seen online pics of wood inlay sebbies with polished titanium surfaces (combined with a matte bead blasted clip.) - - Its kind of hard to tell from the pics - - (since there may be some kind of reflection effect going on with the camera flash) - - - but just how shiny is the polished titanium on these knives ? Is it a mirror surface ? More like that on a stainless firearm, or a brushed finished knife blade ? Light gray looking ? Or what ? Does the polished surface look strikingly different than that found on the plain metal handled knives ? Same polish as the knives with graphics ? Thanks for your input. All the best, - - -
 
the polished slabs are notably different than the bead blast.

whatever their method, crk gets quite a nice shine from the polishing on the slabs.
 
I have just polished a Titanium piece I am working on and it would be very hard to tell the difference between that and my other polished knives untill you pick it up and feel the weight .
 
Thanks guys - and to anyone else who might post on this. I'm weighing the different selection factors before picking what model to get. - - That's a least half the fun of buying a new knife, isn't it ? ;) - - I've been in outdoor situations where I've dropped gear under low or no light conditions, so there's an advantage to having something shiny that might reflect the beam of a flashlight. I appreciate your help, - - -
 
It`s more of a very fine brushed look on my inlayed large Classics. Yes, the surfaces are kind of shiny, yet it`s not mirror like.

IIRC from the CRK DVD, they use two different grits of sandpaper to "hand polish" the slabs... .
 
Thanks akubra - - I'm thinking about a large Classic with bloodwood - what wood do you have in your Classic(s), if you don't mind my asking ?

Hmmmm - - now if they did a large Classic with micarta inlays with polished sides and blade - my particular 'perfect' outdoor user Sebbie - - till the next one, anyway. - - -
 
When I first saw the thread title, I instantly thought of bigmark408's Sebenza. I didn't realize you were talking about the handles of CGG graphics :p

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Its not a high polish but much smother than the beadblast.
Heres my wood inlay.Its been a little pocket polished but still close to spec.
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Django606- nice polish job ! No actually I was talking about the inlay Classics - I was just wondering if they were as highly polished as the graphics seem to be from the pics I've seen.
u812 - thanks for the excellents pics from different angles. That's a very nice looking knife.

I appreciate everyone's input -- the guys are super helpful to each other on these forums - - I've narrowed it down to either the Large Classic Micarta inlay or a Large Classic Bloodwood inlay. - - Micarta wins in terms of grippiness especially if wet, and the inlay may be a little more durable. Bloodwood with polished surfaces might win in terms of finding it if dropped, especially in the dark. Also, its a very handsome looking knife. - - All the best, - -
 
The wood is very durable and not to bad on the gripping side when wet.
The Micarta inlay is beadblasted.
 
u812 - yeah if they polished the micarta model like the wood inlays, I would go that route. - - But it sounds like the wood actually isn't too bad in terms of being slippery. Thanks again - -
 
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