Custom Scale

[zeno]

Well I just had to share this with you guys.  I wanted something special for my XM-18 so I contacted a buddy who does custom scales.  I sent him paint shopped picks of a "fish bone" scale that I wanted him to create for me that would glow in the dark. As you can see he did an incredible job.

[Neil]

That's fun   How long does the glow last?

[nuphoria]

Groovy 

If it's the new fancy glow powder in the mix, you should get 7-8 hours of decent glow after 10min charging. I love GITD stuff

[zeno]

That's fun  How long does the glow last?

24hrs.   Yep.  Really.  It is some serious stuff that Jeff has made custom. 

[Neil]

Wow, is it warm to the touch

[Turnstone]

I LOVE glow in the dark stuff 

[Benner]

Nice one 

[zeno]

Wow, is it warm to the touch

Neil, it's not warm to the touch, but since I have been carrying it I feel a little nauseous and my hair is starting to fall out.

[Neil]

Can I interest you in one of these...



I have a couple

[nuphoria]

Of course you do Neil. We would expect nothing less

24hrs is impressive glow power 

I have a tritium habit myself but it's not as bright as good glowpowder when charged.

[Essexman]

Wow what a cool mod. Nice to see some blue glow. Normally most people (myself included!) go for green.

Has the glow powder/epoxy been machined or sanded, as that sometimes can make it glow a little less.

[zeno]

Can I interest you in one of these...

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I have a couple

Only if it has a blade on it.

[zeno]

Wow what a cool mod. Nice to see some blue glow. Normally most people (myself included!) go for green.

Has the glow powder/epoxy been machined or sanded, as that sometimes can make it glow a little less.

Actually, it still glows green in the dark.  These are the pics Jeff sent me, so I will post some pics of it in the dark when I receive it in a couple of days.  Jeff uses a custom powder that is much finer than anything else out there along with some type of special fiberglass resin set up that allows him to work with it for as long or little as he needs without extensive machining or sanding.  Based on what I have seen in his past works, he has absolutely no issues with glow intensity or uniformity.  He also makes knives.  You can see his stuff here:  http://www.kargknives.com/

[Zack]

Just sent him an email to pimp my u'zann.  We'll see what he comes up with.

[Benner]

You can't do that to a CRK 

[Zack]

Its just a new scale nothing too crazy, but last night I did take a green scothbrite pad to it. Sooooo much better now.

[cgk]

Im a little surprised you didnt go with the orange scale from his site, that looks pretty cool.

[zeno]

Im a little surprised you didnt go with the orange scale from his site, that looks pretty cool.

I agree that it looks cool, but I wanted the scale to look like a fossil.   Also, I am keeping the orange scale that I already have so that I can change them out when I need to.  The orange scale will be used for camping, hiking, and fishing so that there will be very little chance of loosing it should I drop it.

[Essexman]

I've been looking through his website, great work!  I'll be putting that in my Fav's and checking back, thanks.

[specgrade]

 It the paint on the surface or is the fish bone design cut into the handle then painted?

 Looks really cool 

[zeno]

It the paint on the surface or is the fish bone design cut into the handle then painted?

 Looks really cool 

It is actually not a paint but an epoxy/glow powder mixture that has been filled into the design cut out.

[Zack]

just placed my order for a new scale.  Its going to be a bluish tint G11 with the same crosshatch pattern on the ti u'zann scale.  Holding off on the glow stuff right now, but it will be coming soon.

[Benner]

I'm still not happy about it.