And so it begins.... (My adventures into Alox!)

[Syph007]

You know I think it would be possible to put both large knives in one layer, with a thicker than normal spring... that and scissors added I think would be just right for me.  The nice thing about building SAKs for others is I get to try alot of combinations and see what I like best for my own builds.

I'd be really interested to see which mods you have built for your own use.

That is a very good question.

I have lots in the 'to build' stage, one with the wenger universal wrench, one with a cybertool driver, but I usually build customer knives ahead of mine, so I havnet got to mine yet.   The only one I have is a standard red urban pioneer right now.  Eventually I'll get the other cool ones together though. 

[Heywood Floyd]

You know I think it would be possible to put both large knives in one layer, with a thicker than normal spring... that and scissors added I think would be just right for me.  The nice thing about building SAKs for others is I get to try alot of combinations and see what I like best for my own builds.

I'd be really interested to see which mods you have built for your own use.

That is a very good question.

Yes ... me three, it would be very interesting to have Syph007's experienced impressions of what works best for him.

[Syph007]

It feels like I have a million things going on, but Im trying to make progress on all fronts at least.  I've been wanting to do a BO run for ages to see how that goes and I finally finished prepping all the parts for a test run.

Here's the before shot, hopefully the after one turns out.

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BO is in the house! And Im happy to say the after shot is good, and the process was perfect! He told me he has a secret process to BO stainless better than others and he wasnt lying.  This BO is much nicer than the BO I had on a stock Vic blackout model.



Its hard to get a good picture, but here is a stock vs BO blade.  The flash makes the BO look lighter than it is in person.



Here's some shots of BO parts posing with orange cerakote scales and some stock stainless blades for reference.





Here's what a BO'd swisstool corkscrew looks like.  Mister tattoosteve wanted this.



Here's a BO'd pocketwrench II next to a stock one.  This one is Eric's.



I cant wait to build an orange scaled / BO mod now.

Cheers!

[tattoosteve99]

Woah! :gimmie: Great job. That looks splendiferous. Can't wait to see it in person

[stax]

I can't wait to see what you do with the BO. 

[Syph007]

I can't wait to see what you do with the BO.

Its getting matched up with some black hard anodize scales for some all black models... then a few guys ordered the orange cerakote with BO tools... then... Ive got 2 new colors coming in (cerakote ones) in a few weeks that are going to be something never seen before in an alox SAK.   I've been patiently waiting to unveil these two new ones.

[stax]

I can't wait to see what you do with the BO.

Its getting matched up with some black hard anodize scales for some all black models... then a few guys ordered the orange cerakote with BO tools... then... Ive got 2 new colors coming in (cerakote ones) in a few weeks that are going to be something never seen before in an alox SAK.   I've been patiently waiting to unveil these two new ones.

That all sounds droolworthy!

[papercut]

Very very choice

[Syph007]

Mmmm orange cerakote, HAIII black 6061 T6 liners and BO'd tools...   

I've been waiting to build this since I first got the orange scales.

[Syph007]

Ok all done.  I dopped the saw for this build to keep it a 3 layer.  This thing is sweet though.  I really havent been a big BO fan on most things but Im loving this BO look with the orange.

I took a bunch of pics as I am pretty excited about this one.

[Nhoj]

That is one beautiful knife!

[tattoosteve99]

WOW! Now that's black. You got my attention!!! Can't wait

[HankSolon]

Excellent. This is so nice. I like the combination of orange/black.

[nuphoria]

Lovely stuff Rob - well worth getting those parts done

[sawman]

It's missing the keyring 

[Syph007]

It's missing the keyring 

I havent figured out a way to make that part yet.  The normal nickel silver one wont BO.. and if I made it out of aluminum to HAIII it wouldnt be strong enough.  So I'll have to track down some steel 0.040 if that is even a size that exsits, and make some for a future BO run.  For how the blackout will have to have no carry, or pocket clip carry.  Well I could put on the stock silver one but it would look out of place I think.

[tattoosteve99]

Well for mine silver will be just fine >=)

[sawman]

Yeah, silver is fine, I mean the rivets aren't BO either.  It'd look great I think 

[Syph007]

Operation total blackout complete!   

Here are some pics posing with it's orange buddy.

[tattoosteve99]

Oh yeah! Total black is the smurf!!

[firiki]

I've grown tired of black but these look very sleek. Congrats

[lowtech]

I  really like the look, but i can totally see myself misplacing the black one while out at night...

I´m quite happy the Alox Bug has not bitten me, It would be another expensive side to my hobby.

[Heywood Floyd]

Operation total blackout complete!   

Here are some pics posing with it's orange buddy.

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Tremendous work. Thanks for sharing.

Did you purchase BO fastener screws or did you put them through the same process as the tool and back spring components?

[nuphoria]

Lovely stuff - really worked out well

[crackout]

Does this BO treatment affect the edges of the blades somehow?

[Syph007]

Does this BO treatment affect the edges of the blades somehow?

They are still as sharp as they were when I sent them.  They'd probably look good with a quick sharpen though to have the bare metal exposed along the edge.

[Syph007]

Operation total blackout complete!   

Here are some pics posing with it's orange buddy.

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Tremendous work. Thanks for sharing.

Did you purchase BO fastener screws or did you put them through the same process as the tool and back spring components?

I bought BO screws, but next time I think I'll include screws in the run as his BO is better than the stock BO screws.

[derekmac]

Here are some pics posing with it's orange buddy.
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They both look really good, but the orange really catches my eye!  I might have to add orange scales to my wish list!

[jrp316]

It's missing the keyring 

I wouldn't say it's "missing" the keyring...

[Syph007]

I  really like the look, but i can totally see myself misplacing the black one while out at night...

I´m quite happy the Alox Bug has not bitten me, It would be another expensive side to my hobby.

Ya the all black one would be good for repeat mod sales after its lost!

I prefer the orange, in a nice bright never lose it color.