Some pics of my Centofante 3

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daveb

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Hi all,

I went in to work today to monkey around with the yag marking laser. I wrote a program to draw a fish scale type of pattern and my Centofante 3 became the guinea pig. Thought you guys might like to see how it turned out. I think I'll try zapping the micarta scales on my Schemp persian next :)

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Dave
 
WHOA!! That's cool. Is it just a pattern for decoration or is it cut into the zytel?? Pretty neat.



Blades
 
Blades said:
WHOA!! That's cool. Is it just a pattern for decoration or is it cut into the zytel?? Pretty neat.


u8

Blades
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The lasering made the handle a little more grippy, but since I didn't etch it very deep it's mostly for decoration I guess.



u812 said:
Very nice,lets see that on SS
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I've already zapped the stainless bolsters and handles on a few of my knife kits. The yag laser at work does well on all metals that I've tried so far and most plastics. It has kind of random/crappy results on fibrous materials like wood and bone.


Dave
 
I would think you could make some extra cash doing that on the clips of Calypso jrs.
 
Thanks for the compliments guys. I haven't tried doing a spider pattern yet. The laser that we have is over 10 years old and the software if pretty basic. I have to hand code all of the lines and arcs, so complex designs take awhile to do.

Here's a couple more pics. The first one is a shot of the edge of the handle on my Centofante. The second one is a typhoon balisong kit that I put together awhile back.

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Dave
 
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