SHBM Blow, uhhmm, I mean Bead Blast job

Hoss

Hoss

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Aloha!

Was so knocked out by Dwayne's (aka leatherman) bead blast refinigh on a BM-E that he had that I was up all night thinking about the "beater" SHBM that I had. This one has the brass tube fasteners and came out looking way, way, way cool!

What do you think? Quite a contrast to the shiny, smooth finished SHBM that I have pictured with it!

Enjoy!

Thomas
 

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Next step would maybe to get it nice and shiny like this one :D
 

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Dang that came out nice!! I'm glad you went ahead and did it!!:D
 
Thanks for the comments but it was Dwayne that got me thinking about it. I'm just bummed I did not take a picture of the knife beforehand. Black coating was all gone in the sweet spot and really marred up from a lot of use. It had a lot of character. Even with the industrial bead blast cabinet (it was about the size of a volkswagon bug) it took 10-15 minutes to get a nice even blast that removed all the coating. But its a nice change. Heart and soul of the Busse blade is still there, just has a new "coat of paint" ;)
 
I hand polished that Shinny SHBM. I remember Jerry jokingly asking me if I wanted a Job. But INFI is a pain to hand polish.
 
Very Cool Hoss! I love a Bead Blast Finish.

Nick
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Oh yea.....HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Mahalo Dwayne!

I should take the birthday out of the profile:D

Was talking with Mayo yesterday and my birthday came up. He say "Now you're getting old dude"

I say "No I'm not, 37 ain't that old"

He says "Yeah, but now you're closer to 50 than you were to 20"

OUCH!!!:rolleyes: :o
 
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