Texas Tool Crafter

[Sam Lim]

Good they did the right thing.  Now what?  You get your money back but an awesome tool is what you wanted.  Any ideas?

I am going to take apart the tool, remove the black paint. It's going to be a shelf queen. The tool with the Damascus scales is darn heavy. The full solid metal scales are actually quite a bit thicker than a normal charge by about 2 to 3mm..

[Syph007]

Good they did the right thing.  Now what?  You get your money back but an awesome tool is what you wanted.  Any ideas?

I am going to take apart the tool, remove the black paint. It's going to be a shelf queen. The tool with the Damascus scales is darn heavy. The full solid metal scales are actually quite a bit thicker than a normal charge by about 2 to 3mm..

Ya steel isnt good for handles especially what they use which is non stainless.  I did steel scales on a sak for someone and it was way too heavy to be practical

[Sam Lim]

The black paint I said is scraping off when I am even not using it.. Opening and closing the pliers perhaps 4-5 times max. Though I got a discount, it's still absolutely horrible.. 😑

[Aloha]

I'm not a fan of any painted or similar coatings on tools.  Eventually they will wear off and look ugly IMO.  I have some Skeletools with colored frames and I never open them for this reason. 

[Sam Lim]

I'm not a fan of any painted or similar coatings on tools.  Eventually they will wear off and look ugly IMO.  I have some Skeletools with colored frames and I never open them for this reason.

You should. Maybe u might find a set of pliers in them

[chrono]

Perhaps, you should have waited for this:
https://txtoolcrafters.com/collections/ttc-modified-tools/products/leatherman-charge-solid-sterling-silver-handles-limited-run-of-100
Sterling silver scales for $480. About 1 oz of sterling for each panel.
That is just plain lazy, unimaginative on the design and pure money grabbing. 

[Sam Lim]

Perhaps, you should have waited for this:
https://txtoolcrafters.com/collections/ttc-modified-tools/products/leatherman-charge-solid-sterling-silver-handles-limited-run-of-100
Sterling silver scales for $480. About 1 oz of sterling for each panel.
That is just plain lazy, unimaginative on the design and pure money grabbing. 
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I am not sure if I have the courage to buy something from them again.

I disassembled the tool and tried to remove the paint from it. It, was, actually quite disastrous..as a member had warned.. Paint were stucked in all the unreachable places. And I believe when they set the paint, they had to bake it. Resulting in yellowing of the stainless steel frame.. It was a total nightmare..

So the original frame was basically useless. Well, very fortunately, I have a set of spare Charge frame. I would probably kick myself super hard in the arse if I didn't have the spare parts to replace with..

[Sam Lim]

So because of the yellowish frame i had left with after removing the paint, this golden charge was born. With the many parts I had acquired off Ebay recently. Gave the titanium scale a champagne gold tint. 😆

[Mechanickal]

That's... pretty cool!

[pomsbz]

Perhaps, you should have waited for this:
https://txtoolcrafters.com/collections/ttc-modified-tools/products/leatherman-charge-solid-sterling-silver-handles-limited-run-of-100
Sterling silver scales for $480. About 1 oz of sterling for each panel.
That is just plain lazy, unimaginative on the design and pure money grabbing. 
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In their defence, Victorinox make a silver Classic. The texas tool crafter stuff has always been rather marketed towards the tastes of our more Eastern friends.

[Sam Lim]

That's... pretty cool!

😅

[Poncho65]

Dude, that is so sweet looking

[clown]

So because of the yellowish frame i had left with after removing the paint, this golden charge was born. With the many parts I had acquired off Ebay recently. Gave the titanium scale a champagne gold tint. 😆

Looks great!  I keep meaning to cook my TTi scales but still haven't gotten around to it.  How did you manage the gold color?  I remember reading higher or lower temps give a more blue or more yellow color, but I can't remember which 

[Sam Lim]

So because of the yellowish frame i had left with after removing the paint, this golden charge was born. With the many parts I had acquired off Ebay recently. Gave the titanium scale a champagne gold tint. 😆

Looks great!  I keep meaning to cook my TTi scales but still haven't gotten around to it.  How did you manage the gold color?  I remember reading higher or lower temps give a more blue or more yellow color, but I can't remember which 

I just heat it over the stove. I know nuts about the chemistry or the heat required. In my experience, these turn colour faster than stainless. It will turn from light yellow to light brown and then straight to purple. Yes. Iodine kind of purple and it's ugly. Especially the rough textured area, they will turn first. I overdid it and had to use a wire brush to scrub it down. With the desired brown, I used a USED mid grit sand paper to wear it down a little. Later I try to do a close up shot. It have a pretty nice worn look to it.

[Sam Lim]

Ah. I realised it can be seen in the pics. I do a vertical light sanding. It originally had a horizontal finish to it. The vertical stroke will make the lines stand out more.