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A pair of P'kals.
Modded the one with an acid bath and stonewash.

Newtron wrote:A pair of P'kals.
Modded the one with an acid bath and stonewash.

Looks great! How do you do an acid bath?


Jack

Love the darkness of that acid wash! Looks beautiful!

When you sharpen that now, Newtron, the shiny edge with the blackwash will look awesome!

@Newtron, nice blade treatment, but why not the liners ? :rolleyes:

Thanks guys,

@Jack - This was done with a Ferric Chloride acid bath. About 50/50 with distilled water. Soak for 40ish minutes before rinsing. Allow to air dry without touching the blade.

@Jazz - Thats the plan. Throw it on the WE and bring out a spooky edge. :D I

@ Nasgul - Funny story. I actually tried... You might be able to see the weird dots and pock marks on the liners. For some reason the acid didn't react well with the liners. I've done a persistance the other day which turned out way better on the liners. Weird mystery...

That looks so good. I have to find some of that chemical.

Domino with blade reprofiled to a paramilitary 2 grind. gimpped flipper. slight harpoon swedge added. Semi deep pocket clip. = LOVE.

clevelanddean wrote:Domino with blade reprofiled to a paramilitary 2 grind. gimpped flipper. slight harpoon swedge added. Semi deep pocket clip. = LOVE.

Nice work. I even like the leather FOB. :) It looks good the way the leather isn't twisted. A small thing yet it makes it much more attractive. Great work on the blade.

Jack

jackknifeh wrote:

clevelanddean wrote:Domino with blade reprofiled to a paramilitary 2 grind. gimpped flipper. slight harpoon swedge added. Semi deep pocket clip. = LOVE.

Nice work. I even like the leather FOB. :) It looks good the way the leather isn't twisted. A small thing yet it makes it much more attractive. Great work on the blade.

Jack

thanks jack

I am done with the Worker sprint bocote wood scales. I'm happy with it. I think I'd be happier if I hadn't made the blunder with my bench sander sanding the tops of the screw heads flat. I left the clip screws alone for now. I'm just happy I didn't sand them enough for the torx tips to not get a grip in them. I did learn however, you can sand the screw heads so they have a flush with the scales look and feel.



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I'm pretty happy with this. Especially since it was my first set of wood scales. Not to mention I can now put it back in my pocket. I almost re-assembled it with the original scales once I saw it was taking so long to dry. I didn't though. I figured it was a good opportunity to give good ole' Michael Walker some use.

The polyurethane gives the handle a very good (almost tacky feeling) grip. I really like that. It comes in and out of the pocket easy also. I don't see it wearing the pocket seam now like the textured G-10 does over time.

Jack

Real nice. That's a mod I've yet to attempt. Thanks for sharing, Jack.

hom76 wrote:

Excellent work. Looks great.


Jack

Newtron wrote:

A serious knife for serious men

jackknifeh wrote:
Excellent work. Looks great.


Jack

Thanks Jack!

Kitsich wrote:

Newtron wrote:

A serious knife for serious men

I agree. I love that "manly" look. :cool:

Casey Lynch titanium scales and clip. :)

Newtron wrote:@ Nasgul - Funny story. I actually tried... You might be able to see the weird dots and pock marks on the liners. For some reason the acid didn't react well with the liners. I've done a persistance the other day which turned out way better on the liners. Weird mystery...

Thank you for the answer Newtron !
May be it was a different steel.
Weird mystery as you said.

Here are some of my modded Spydercos (the first three I recently gave up, but the rest I've still got):





















Just to be clear, the modding was not done by me on any of these.