Silver's 4.7!

Thanks Silver. That wood looks gnarly where the knot is at the bottom, and it looks real dry. I think it's expected that the edge would take some punishments and dull up some but as long as it doesn't chip then I think it is doing great. Thanks for the pictures!
 
Ha ha I was yelling nooo! at the brick pic :) I don't know what the wood is, but that grain looks tough. I'm not surprised it gave you a struggle.
 
That definitely looks like some sort of oak Silver. Maybe Red or White.
That's some hard work getting through that stuff!
 
Congrats Silver! Hopefully the flood of new 4.7s is coming soon. When did you order yours?


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Brian77 said:
In all seriousness, has anyone modified their GSO and filed down the jimping? I might try that once mine arrive...

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I immediately thought of how the GSO 10 had a little dip above the choil. I definitely wouldn't even want to try doing it myself, but that is a good question. I want to say we would have heard about it if someone did, but who knows.



Standard78 said:
That definitely looks like some sort of oak Silver. Maybe Red or White.
That's some hard work getting through that stuff!
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Ok, that makes sense. There is at least one oak tree in my neighborhood, right on my block, actually. Don't F around with oak!



Thanks to all, for the comments :thumbup:
 
Brian77 said:
In all seriousness, has anyone modified their GSO and filed down the jimping?
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A less drastic first step might be to use some plastic handle coating compound to fill in the jimping.
If that doesn't hold up there is always epoxy.
As the very last alternative you could try an angle grinder. :eek:
 
I personally am a fan of jimping, especially the old spec S! jimping. If the new spec jimping is a lot sharper under thumb than the old spec, I might have a different opinion, but I can't wait to evaluate it with the CruForgeV 4.7 and the soon to follow new spec 4.1 that will be coming.
 
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The jimping on my 5.1 isn't too bad. I wouldn't call it sharp. Unnecessary, but not sharp.
 
McVeyMac said:
We have what we call Pin Oak hear in PA, and it is quite knarly. Your specimen looks a lot like it. Red and White Oak is hard, but the grain is fairly straight, and it splits pretty easily.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quercus_palustris#Distribution

Not sure you have this in WI though.
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That's the other one I was trying to think of! Definitely some nasty stuff and it reminds me of englemann oak out here. The grain is just plain nasty.
 
Fancier said:
A less drastic first step might be to use some plastic handle coating compound to fill in the jimping.
If that doesn't hold up there is always epoxy.
As the very last alternative you could try an angle grinder. :eek:
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That's a thought! :thumbup: I saw a youtube vid where a guy epoxy'd the grooves on the scales of a Benchmade Bone Collector to smooth-out the handle... Wouldn't take much to fill in jimping-gaps.

I hadn't got around to it but tonight will 'stone' the sides of my 5.1's jimping - no way am I going to file away the jimps themselves, too much work for a potentially ugly result, but it shouldn't take much effort to round over the edges enough to make it a bit more comfortable :thumbup: You should be able to do this with just about any hone - use something very coarse for the initial work then smooth out to the desired grit. I'll report back tomorrow.
 
chiral.grolim said:
That's a thought! :thumbup: I saw a youtube vid where a guy epoxy'd the grooves on the scales of a Benchmade Bone Collector to smooth-out the handle... Wouldn't take much to fill in jimping-gaps.

I hadn't got around to it but tonight will 'stone' the sides of my 5.1's jimping - no way am I going to file away the jimps themselves, too much work for a potentially ugly result, but it shouldn't take much effort to round over the edges enough to make it a bit more comfortable :thumbup: You should be able to do this with just about any hone - use something very coarse for the initial work then smooth out to the desired grit. I'll report back tomorrow.
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I'm really looking forward to see what you think of the finished project!
 
Alright, I didn't have time last night so i did the job this morning just now, here are some quick cell-phone pics:

My GSO-5.1 and a couple of hardware-store hones:

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Here is the smaller one - coarse/fine 1"x3" SiC or AlOx hone that cost ~$1 at the local hardware store

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This is what the untouched side of the jimping looks like

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And after rubbing the coarse-side of that little stone back and forth and rounding over the other side, <60 seconds later

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One could use this same stone or another to round the edges between the jimping if desired (a round ceramic rod would work perfect for that), but this gives you an idea of what can be done quickly/easily/cheaply to improve your comfort. Just rub it to the desired grit/polish and go :)
 
chiral.grolim said:
One could use this same stone or another to round the edges between the jimping if desired (a round ceramic rod would work perfect for that), but this gives you an idea of what can be done quickly/easily/cheaply to improve your comfort. Just rub it to the desired grit/polish and go :)
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Looks good Chiral! That is the age old dilemma, tumbled and not sharp or not tumbled and too sharp. We are trying to be somewhere in the middle with this finish, but the jimping can still be a bit sharp depending on what you're used to. I'm sure folks will be happy to see that there is an easy option out there! (Not easy enough for us to start offering it in house so please don't ask :))
 
This does seem to be the way product design goes. Change one aspect due to a logical and reasonable consumer demand, and this results in a problem in another area that you perhaps did not think of, or thought that it was insignificant. Perfection is hard to achieve, that is why so very few products approach it. Keep at it, I'm confident you will get there. You will never please all of the people, all of the time. But that should not keep you from trying.
 
I wonder if there's a way to get that shoulder easing on the jimps using some kind of targeted peening instead of sanding/grinding? Just brainstorming here, two beers in... dunno if there's any merit to it.

Now that I'm waiting on a presale 4.1, I've got an interest in the jimp-rounding-question :)
 
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