Recon 1 Clip Point, Serrated (Stonewashed)

Zombie Zeke

Zombie Zeke

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Decided to make my thread about the in's and out's of the new Recon 1 Tri-Ad.

I stripped this one, smoothed everything G10 to Metal at 400 Grit wet/dry, left the teflon coating on the lock front, and polish the spine of the blade.


Thought it would be cool to post the pictures so people can see just how beefy the lock is, I was surprised at how deep it is.

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Stripper, Brush, Steel Wool
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During the process, the lock back is polished at this point, the leaf spring is in upside down as a place holder to remind me, the blade has been stripped and brushed after too aplications of the remover.
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Different Angle, Slightly
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Blade is stripped at this point and is patina'd for lack of a better term, this is natural color of the AUS 8a under the coating, I really like this as it reminds of the Stonewashed Emersons or Hinderers.
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Back together, sans clip.
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Other side, I apologize for the fuzziness, I am no photographer.
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Put together and opened up.
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Spine shot, I enjoy the subtle contrast of polished to stonewash to black
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New v. Old and Polished v. Natural
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Blades

All in all I enjoyed the process, the Tri-Ad is a beast of a locking mechanism, there is not a doubt in my mind it is the toughest of the tough and easy for a lefty.
 
Woah! love that look, what "stripper" did you use? It all came off with just striper and a wire brush? Man that woulda saved me hours of work...

Just realized the stripper was in the pic... man, shoulda waited for you to do yours before doing mine..

Now I have to get another one... lol
 
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myowngod said:
Woah! love that look, what "stripper" did you use? It all came off with just striper and a wire brush? Man that woulda saved me hours of work...

Just realized the stripper was in the pic... man, shoulda waited for you to do yours before doing mine..
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Yeah that BIX is the Bizness, I read about on a thread about stripping a Busse and sure nuff it works very well, just wear gloves, the stuff is potent.

It did nothing to the G10 either.:thumbup:
 
The 1st 2 shots after stripping have a black rash here and there on the blade. Did you treat them with the BIX until they came off or did that brass brush get them off. I was wondering since the blade finish shows no rub marks.

Is the G-10 discolored or just the pics looking weird?

How about those two pins in front? Do they press out, punch out, or come out with fingers?

Thanks a lot man, great job on the stonewash blade look. :thumbup: :)
 
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cziv, the pins are held in place by the g10... take the knife apart like you would any other. Undo the screws on each side (including clip screws as they go into backspacer) and pull a scale off.
 
cziv said:
The 1st 2 shots after stripping have a black rash here and there on the blade. Did you treat them with the BIX until they came off or did that brass brush get them off. I was wondering since the blade finish shows no rub marks.

Is the G-10 discolored or just the pics looking weird?

How about those two pins in front? Do they press out, punch out, or come out with fingers?

Thanks a lot man, great job on the stonewash blade look. :thumbup: :)
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Sprayed the brush w/ Bix then hit the trouble spots, they came right out the steel's heat treat I believe is what keeps it from scratching and that is a STEEL brush not a Brass one... :eek:

G10 has a red spot on it from a clay project, just needs a little TLC, it's a user, though.:D

Did not take them out at all so I would think they could come out with a little pressure.
 
Zombie Zeke said:
Sprayed the brush w/ Bix then hit the trouble spots, they came right out the steel's heat treat I believe is what keeps it from scratching and that is a STEEL brush not a Brass one... :eek:

G10 has a red spot on it from a clay project, just needs a little TLC, it's a user, though.:D

Did not take them out at all so I would think they could come out with a little pressure.
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Thanks for all of the intel man. Amost anyone should be able to do naked Recon 1 with the info in this thread, cool, :thumbup:
 
Very nice look, I stripped mine as well, but just the blade. FWIW I used a small jeweler's screwdriver and simply scrapped the coating off. I did it at a bench right next to my grinder so I could refresh the edge of the screwdriver as it rounded over. Did a great job and no chemicals, gut I don't think I could have cleaned around serrations as well as the Bix did. Blade has zero scratches from the process and the look of the plain A8 is much nicer than the blackened blade.
 
HeavyHanded said:
Very nice look, I stripped mine as well, but just the blade. FWIW I used a small jeweler's screwdriver and simply scrapped the coating off. I did it at a bench right next to my grinder so I could refresh the edge of the screwdriver as it rounded over. Did a great job and no chemicals, gut I don't think I could have cleaned around serrations as well as the Bix did. Blade has zero scratches from the process and the look of the plain A8 is much nicer than the blackened blade.
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How about uploading a few pics? :)
 
Nice! I think I'm going to do this to my American Lawman when I get the time. Looks pretty good without the coating.
 
Dorito Monk said:
Nice! I think I'm going to do this to my American Lawman when I get the time. Looks pretty good without the coating.
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It's pretty easy to do, I like to leave the knife unpolished, it looks stonewashed.

Definitely post a pic though, I want to see it. :thumbup:
 
I did this tanto Recon 1 with just a very this flat screwdriver and the tip of a Kershaw Leek. The high flash makes it look worse than it does. It's a beauty and in plain light and with the eye & not a digital camera, it looks like a perfect stonewash job! :thumbup:

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Here's mine, I scraped off the teflon of the blade and lockbar with the bottle opener of a SAK. Then sanded the aluminum of the back and clip with 400 grit wet dry, and then put a spooky (about) 10deg edge on it.
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Wait so I can just scrape the teflon coating off of my lawman without scratching the blade?

If so is there any trick to this?
 
Use something that is softer than the blade, and not sharp. I bet a metal ruler would work great, since its unhardened metal. Just go slow, the teflon scrapes really easy. Whole thing took about 1/2 hour using the sak. Also use the flats of whatever you use to scrape, not the tip. That should keep it scratch free.
 
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