Regular large BG-42 blade with added inlays??

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Incahiker

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I have a mint condition BG-42 regular sebenza on the way :cool: and was wondering if I could send it to Idaho to get new inlaid handles for it, maybe desert ironwood. Is this something that could be done. Sort of like an annual inlay (I guess since it is a regular). They would have to mill out the handles and put the wood in and then polish the hollow grind :D. Has anyone ever done this before? I wonder how much it would cost? Anyone with any info please let me know.
 
Hi Bill: If it was me, I'd just buy an inlaid model and swap the blades. I'm sure you wouldn't have any trouble selling the plain model with the new blade.

Just a thought.
 
link2derek said:
Hi Bill: If it was me, I'd just buy an inlaid model and swap the blades. I'm sure you wouldn't have any trouble selling the plain model with the new blade.

Just a thought.
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Ya I have thought about that. But then I would need to send the knives in to match the blade to the lock bar so that it will lock properly. And I would need to do it to both of the knives so that I could sell the other with full confidence that it would live up to the CRK standard.

From everything I have gathered, the only thing interchangeable between any of the CRK knives, if they are the same model, is the scales. I guess the only thing I could do is to get a quote from the shop to see how much it would cost. I think I read about someone doing something similar, so I though maybe I could get an estimated cost.
 
crackerjax said:
Denied im sure of it
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Did you mean that you tried to do something similair and they rejected the idea? I remember reading about one guy who got some inlays taken out of his sebenza (redwood inlays or something) and had Ivory put into the same handle. Oh well, guess I can dream can't I ;)
 
They dont make regular handles anymore for regular sebenzas only special ones and the inlay handles are hand picked for the inlay so they are perfect. For the sandblasted knives the TI may have a flaw in the color,texture,...ect that sandblasting hides. So if your knife was an inlay to begin with they may switch it out but if its a regular plain then nope. Iv also asked if they can make a damascus blade for my regular and I was denied.
 
Really? Huh... that is odd. I know they said they would make a damascus blade for my classic 21, but it just about costs as much as a plain jane large sebenza. wonder what it is about the regular blade which makes them opt. not to do it?
 
Incahiker said:
Really? Huh... that is odd. I know they said they would make a damascus blade for my classic 21, but it just about costs as much as a plain jane large sebenza. wonder what it is about the regular blade which makes them opt. not to do it?
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They might not have the man power to spare in making a Damascus for a regular since most of production was changed to the 21 style? Best would be to phone them, we can only guess.

As for inlays, no they will not do it on a plain jane, the handles have to be perfectly flat as crackerjax stated.

What Damascus did you ask for in your 21. Remember Devin Thomas Damascus is in high demand and very scarce so that is why the price is so high.

But most importantly.....you have a Bg42 Regular! CONGRATS!
 
marthinus said:
But most importantly.....you have a Bg42 Regular! CONGRATS!
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Yes.. I know :D. I can't wait to try out that BG-42 and see how crisp of an edge I can get on it and how long it will hold that air shaving edge (yes air shaving;) )

The damascus I asked for the classic was raindrop damascus. They said it would take about 9 months to make because, like you said, it was in high demand. I am not dissapointed about not getting inlays for the regular, just sounded like a neat Idea in my head. I know I will like the regular for what it is.
 
Incahiker said:
Yes.. I know :D. I can't wait to try out that BG-42 and see how crisp of an edge I can get on it and how long it will hold that air shaving edge (yes air shaving;) )

The damascus I asked for the classic was raindrop damascus. They said it would take about 9 months to make because, like you said, it was in high demand. I am not dissapointed about not getting inlays for the regular, just sounded like a neat Idea in my head. I know I will like the regular for what it is.
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The cool thing about the BG42's where the blade grind was actually done thinner then on S30V. So it should be a real slicer!

I think if we all were serious everyone would love a Raindrop Damascus blade or one of Bertie Rietvelds Damascus.

NOT MY PICTURE! Roefisher is the owner of these pictures
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Wow, they ground the BG-42 even thinner, I am going to be splitting atoms with that knife because the large S-30V is already ground extremely shallow, lol..

I love how that gun-cote finish makes the damascus look so contrasty. The dark part looks black. You can always tell it has a guncote finish when the dark part looks black and it reflects light like it is polished obsidian. Normal damascus does not do that.. it is more gray. They no longer put any kind of coating on the stainless damascus, though it does make a huge difference in contrast when they do apply it. The only down side is that the coating is that it gets scratched, and uncoated stainless damascus does not.
 
Incahiker said:
Wow, they ground the BG-42 even thinner, I am going to be splitting atoms with that knife because the large S-30V is already ground extremely shallow, lol..

I love how that gun-cote finish makes the damascus look so contrasty. The dark part looks black. You can always tell it has a guncote finish when the dark part looks black and it reflects light like it is polished obsidian. Normal damascus does not do that.. it is more gray. They no longer put any kind of coating on the stainless damascus, though it does make a huge difference in contrast when they do apply it. The only down side is that the coating is that it gets scratched, and uncoated stainless damascus does not.
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Did not know that thanks for that info!
 
marthinus said:
Did not know that thanks for that info!
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The only part of the damascus that should be reflecting any light (or have and kind of glare) on the non coated blades is the polished silver, such as the swirls on the raindrop damascus. When you see the glare on the black portions of the damascus it has some kind of clear coat finish which is reflecting the glare. It still looks great though and you don't have to worry about scratching a clear coat all up since it's not there.
 
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