Slightly pimped Lrg. Reg. Sebenza with pix.

[fewpop]

Thought I'd share a couple of shots of my slightly pimped large regular Sebenza with ivory paper micarta overlay which I just did this evening. The micarta scales are 1/16th inch thick to begin with, and I sanded them some during the shaping process, so they are a little thinner now. Since this is the 1st of these I've done, I used some high tech double sticky sided indoor/outdoor carpet tape to attach the scales. This stuff is very sticky, but I can remove the scales if I want to later without damage to the Seb. I used a hand drill to do the pin holes, and did a little touch up shaping with the dremel. I shaped the scale stock with my 1"x42" belt sander using the 8" disk to ruff them in and finished with a 600 grit belt. I plan to do a little more hand sanding with 600 and up wet/dry grits.

Overall I'm pretty satisfied with the results. I'm already planning to make another set of scales for it due to one slightly boogered up spot around the stop pin hole that is visible in the pix but not too gnarly in the hand. I'm confident I can improve the process the second time around and probably end up with what I want (a drill press would beat the hell out of a hand drill). Btw, the micarta provides a much grippier surface that I really like, and I like the look of the ivory micarta.

What do ya think?

 

[recoil]

Nice job, I like the look!
What did you do on the lock side?

dave

 

[fewpop]

Nice job, I like the look!
What did you do on the lock side?

dave

Thanks. Nothing done on the lock side....yet

I'm trying to decide if I want the extra width by adding to the lock side, and if I do, what configuration of overlay to do.

 

[Brews]

Wow, nice job there Fewpop! I like the look. Nice lanyard too, let me venture a guess, MerCop?

 

[fewpop]

Wow, nice job there Fewpop! I like the look. Nice lanyard too, let me venture a guess, MerCop?

Thanks for the kind words.

You got it....MerCop all the way...he does such nice work.

 

[fewpop]

Well here I am again. Just dropping in to share a few pix of my slightly pimped large reg. Sebbie with ivory micarta overlay.

I modified it some since the last pix and like it better now. I've done a lot of hand sanding with 600 grit and the overlay is pretty thin and smooth. Also changed the shape of the cutout around the stop pin and the lanyard hole.

Hope I'm not boring you with this, but this is my 1st try at this, so I want to share some of it. Thanks for looking and thanks again for any feedback that is shared.

So far I have not done the lockbar side, but I'm considering it.

Skull leash by Mercop...scary

 

[mercop]

Thanks for the props.

 

[dfarmerknives]

Very, very cool. David Farmer