Stripped and Polished Spine

[RoNNiE]

Spent a portion of today grinding and sanding the spine and belly of the handle of my BM-E . Thought it needed a little something. Not done yet, however made good progress. Am still going for the mirror look,,,,,just need a lot more elbow grease. Would have liked to have finished it today but my wife came home. No need for her to glimpse a blade she's never seen before,,,,lol

 

[tomthebaker]

Lookin' good there.

My wife can't tell one knife (or gun) from another.

 

[dobywon]

That looks great Ronnie, what method did you use? I love the look of a polished spine.

 

[RoNNiE]

So far a Dremel sanding arbor on real slow,,,,, course then fine,,,,,,,,,, then a polishing arbor with polishing compound at a much higher rate,,,,,,, Not exactly the outcome I was looking for , so I'm going to get some real fine sandpaper 800 grit then 1200 and a sanding block, a dowel for the underbelly,,,,sand some more then more polishing. Should be a mirror bling bling after that.

Almost forgot,,,,,,you must lubricate your brain with single malt during the entire process, that way if you trash the blade you can blame the scotch. (I did NOT trash the blade )

 

[RoNNiE]

Tom,,,,,,, my wife can't tell the difference between blades or guns,,,,,,,, but she is aware when she's never seen something before,,,,,, an then I get the * That's NOT another knife bullshit* speech. Out of sight out of mind.

 

[tomthebaker]

tom,,,,,,, my wife can't tell the difference between blades or guns,,,,,,,, but she is aware when she's never seen something before,,,,,, an then i get the * that's not another knife bullshit* speech. Out of sight out of mind.

I just try to take them out one at a time

 

[northern1]

its amazing the difference stripping and polishing the spine on a coated blade makes aesthetically.

i did the same thing to my sage FFFBM