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This is a Spyderco Native that Spyderco sent me after I contacted them about a broken tip on my Endura while deployed to OIF one. As a matter of fact, they didn't send me one...they sent me five and told me to share the other four with Battle Buddies. This is one of the reasons I love this company!
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Why is the CF ball white?
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It's ceramic on this one.
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I"m continuing to explore new woods and materials with my Mule handles. I've made it my unofficial objective to not repeat a wood or handle material for as long as I can - I'm amazed by the variety of natural and stabilized woods out there. I started collecting handle materials recently from Down Under - Australia has a ton of very interesting species that make great knife scales. Many of them are related to the very large family of trees known as eucalyptus - and the great thing is that eucalyptus trees are known for developing burls around their trunks.
Today, I'm posting my latest Mule, the B75P with Red Coolibah scales (just like in the lyrics to the song "Waltzing Matilda"). I love the bright red color and veining in the Coolibah. It is relatively hard and takes a very nice finish. On the downside, the wood is relatively chippy (you might see a few places around the screw holes that are bit rough). In addition, Coolibah often hides some gum pockets in between the grain, which makes finishing difficult. I sanded this set out to 1000 grit and let it sit for a few days to see if any gum seeped out. Then I finished it with two very thin coats of Tru-Oil and some gum did seep out at this point. I buffed it down with 0000 steel wool and finally topped it off with two coats of Renaissance Wax.
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Today, I'm posting my latest Mule, the B75P with Red Coolibah scales (just like in the lyrics to the song "Waltzing Matilda"). I love the bright red color and veining in the Coolibah. It is relatively hard and takes a very nice finish. On the downside, the wood is relatively chippy (you might see a few places around the screw holes that are bit rough). In addition, Coolibah often hides some gum pockets in between the grain, which makes finishing difficult. I sanded this set out to 1000 grit and let it sit for a few days to see if any gum seeped out. Then I finished it with two very thin coats of Tru-Oil and some gum did seep out at this point. I buffed it down with 0000 steel wool and finally topped it off with two coats of Renaissance Wax.
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A quick pic of my Persistence.
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Weren't you working on Lignum Vitae handles for your ZDP mule? Would love to see pics of that if you got around to finishing it.
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And she was anxious to join her orange sibling.
Sweet pics! I'm waiting for my CF Dodo to arrive this Thursday.
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I can't post pictures yet. :-(
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Use photobucket/ imageshack or flickr
might like this
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...AL-Displaying-your-photographs-on-BladeForums