Refurbished large Classic

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akubra

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I`ve just received my large Classic back from CRK, after sending it in for a refurbish.

I had planned on sending it in anyways, so I gave it a "Scotch Brite finish" before sending it off, in order to see how I would like it. Well, it wasn`t terrible, but I just wasn`t perfectly happy with the look, so I got it reblasted to it`s original glory. As a little bonus I got myself a (partly serrated) spare blade. And to personalize my knife even further, I asked CRK to put my initals on it. I am pretty pleased with the results....... :) :

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Thanks, Akubra!

That's a neat idea getting a spare blade.

The new finish looks great, but now I'm tempted to try the Scotch Brite treatment on my old, well used, Sebenza.
 
I like the scotch-brite job... although I understand your desire to have it re-blasted.

IMO, TI looks best with an aggressive working patina.
 
In fact I thought that I would like the brushed finish better than the blasted, since it dosen`t show smaller scratches like the blasted finish does. Yet, the scales weren`t perfectly uniform looking, no matter how hard I brushed them-I guess the "pattern" was actually in the titanium.

Besides that, the knife came out of the pocket (I clip it to the right front pocket) a bit too easily for my taste, since the scales were so smooth. And finally, the knife looked kind of odd to me, as it didn`t have the original "Sebenza look" to it anymore........... . All that made me go back to the blasted look. ;)

As for the spare blade-that was mostly because I wanted to try out CRKs (partly) serrated blade. I`ve been EDC`ing a serrated Spyderco Police from 1994-2006, so I kind of missed the serrations........ . ;) And besides that, it`s nice to have a "back-up blade" too. :D
 
They did a great job for you! I have a small ebony inlay with the polished sides but I really prefer a non-inlaid to stay in the original blasted finish, I think it helps the grip immensely.

I liked the look of your finish but, as you said, it reduces the effectiveness of the clip (I guess you could mask that area off when you polish) and I imagine you have a less secure grip in general.

Titanium is tough enough that even though the finish gets lines and scrapes, they are really just cosmetic and don't seem to affect the finish enough to reduce it's effectiveness . . . and the resulting patina is just right in my estimation for a daily EDC tool, used but not abused.
 
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