polished up my large classic....

MORIMOTOM

MORIMOTOM

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been working on this for a few days. started as a plain classic, i got tired of the brushed scales. the lock bar side didnt turn out as good, and i was going to work on it a bit more, but i stripped the clip screw putting it back on. so, at least for now, im stuck with mismatched sides.

what do you guys think? started with 400 grit, then 600, 1000, and 1500. finished with flitz.

havent decided if i want to polish the blade yet.

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I did the same thing myself 7-8yrs ago on a large regular, I got mine almost to a mirror finish. After some time I tired of it and sent it back to CRK to have it refurbished and received a call from CRK and spoke to Chris himself, he said that he had seen others do the same but mine did stand out as one of the best as far as polished ones go:)

But....he said the problem is that because of the tolerances being what they are he said that by doing so I had changed the dimensions ever so slightly that he couldn't guarantee a proper fit etc, so he changed them out to a new set of handles and at no cost but the refurbished fee:D

Keith
 
Looks pretty good!

I was lazy and just took a scotch brite pad to mine to give it a "working satin" finish. It's held up super well, and rarely needs a touch up (2 minutes max).
 
Nice job!

How does it feel in the hand? Is it slippery? How bout when wet/sweaty?
 
mm3 said:
Nice job!

How does it feel in the hand? Is it slippery? How bout when wet/sweaty?
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dont know yet really. it is noticeably smoother, but its never really had hard use, so i dont imagine it will matter much.
 
alejandrino, that would be an HDS flashlight, very nice lights, some of the best edc LED lights around.

Morimotom, the process is simple, chemically clean (alcohol) the handles (disassemble the knife) used pliers and heat up the titanium, as it gets hotter you'll notice that it turns colors, stop heating when you like the way it looks, if you don't like it sand it down and polish again, somewhere there are charts of relative temperature to color.
 
65535 said:
alejandrino, that would be an HDS flashlight, very nice lights, some of the best edc LED lights around.

Morimotom, the process is simple, chemically clean (alcohol) the handles (disassemble the knife) used pliers and heat up the titanium, as it gets hotter you'll notice that it turns colors, stop heating when you like the way it looks, if you don't like it sand it down and polish again, somewhere there are charts of relative temperature to color.
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thats it? heat over an open flame or in a solution? i think randucci used cola and batteries.
 
There are two ways to anodize titanium, DC voltage and a solution pepsi is common, the other way is to use a propane or mapp torch and get the titanium really hot, if you ever see ss turnings or tianium turnings they turn colors from oxidation by heat. the range for electric anodizing is 1-100 volts dc, you should check it out, google is you friend.
 
It is finished, mapp gas is the yellow cylinder, its a mix of Liquid petroleum gas and something that sounds a lot like acetylene, it burns much hotter than propane, I used a bernzomatic click start torch head.
 
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