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Teaser....kind of.....

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Thanks cam. Anyway I went ahead and drilled three holes put some pins in and epoxied it together.

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Looking good, DJ. Did you finish the front of the scales first? They're kinda hard to work on once they're epoxied to the knife...
 
The wood came off a plumb tree we cut down a few years back. The wood was drying out ever sense, it's crazy hard stuff to. I mean it was about 2 inches thick and it took about a 2.5 to 3 minutes to cut with an almost new hand saw and I wasn't going slow by any means. About the sheath, I'll probably have to cut just a little bit off of it.
 
daizee said:
Looking good, DJ. Did you finish the front of the scales first? They're kinda hard to work on once they're epoxied to the knife...
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Damn. They were flat but need a little bit of sanding. Oh well.
 
DJG097 said:
Damn. They were flat but need a little bit of sanding. Oh well.
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You'll remember next time. :)

Tape the blade well and flush to the scale fronts.
Clamp the knife in your vise by the handle, tip up, and sand with a small flat backer to your paper.
Do this *first* before you shape the scales, as it's much easier to clamp against the flat scales before they're all contoured. Don't ask how I know that...
 
Looks like my project is on hold. Just jot the 13 stuck 1/4 inch deep into my palm. I'm starting to sweat and loosin feeling in my right hand. FU**
 
So awhile back, I talked Murph into sandblasting some tweener scales for me. Being the down to earth good-natured gentleman he is, he took it upon himself and made it happen and mailed them out. Got them in today, and I have to agree with K9-Handler's estimation of just how much they improve the grip. Grippy without being rough, they are a perfect solution to handle scales being too smooth. I highly recommend it if anyone has been on the fence about it.
 
DerekH said:
So awhile back, I talked Murph into sandblasting some tweener scales for me. Being the down to earth good-natured gentleman he is, he took it upon himself and made it happen and mailed them out. Got them in today, and I have to agree with K9-Handler's estimation of just how much they improve the grip. Grippy without being rough, they are a perfect solution to handle scales being too smooth. I highly recommend it if anyone has been on the fence about it.
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No photos?
 
Honestly there isn't much to photo, it looks the same but flatter. I think K9 Handler had a pic of the sandblasted grivory, but I doubt with my poor photography skills and crappy camera I could manage to get anything that would really show the differences.

(Flatter as in the opposite of glossier, not flatter as in reduced in thickness to a more even surface.)
 
DerekH said:
Honestly there isn't much to photo, it looks the same but flatter. I think K9 Handler had a pic of the sandblasted grivory, but I doubt with my poor photography skills and crappy camera I could manage to get anything that would really show the differences.

(Flatter as in the opposite of glossier, not flatter as in reduced in thickness to a more even surface.)
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I hear ya. I actually think I remember seeing K9's.
 
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