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Tool Talk => Swiss Army Knights Forum => Topic started by: king_doodle on October 12, 2017, 07:41:28 AM
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Hello, gents. I've been lurking for quite a while now, absorbing all your ample wisdom, but now's as good a time as any to officially appear. One of the things I like best about SAKs is the ability to customize the scales. A couple of weeks ago I decided to create some of my own. I bought some "inlace acylester" blanks on ebay, traced the pattern of factory scales, and went to work. The inlace acrylester hates to be sawed or drilled, but it doesn't mind being carved. The stuff loves to be sanded and filed. The scales you see below were made entirely by hand, no power tools involved. Once I got the scales roughed out to size, I used progressively finer auto body sandpaper (600 grit to 2000 grit) to smooth the surface, and then Brasso as the final step to raise the shine.
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Classy 8)
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Wow! Beautiful and nice work :drool:
Also welcome to MTO :salute:
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Well done king_doodle! :tu:
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Wow, that pattern... :o
Welcome to MT.O! 8)
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:drool: :drool: They are great
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Lush dude! :cheers:
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Oh and Welcome to :MTO:
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Oh and Welcome to :MTO:
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Welcome :cheers:
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They look beautiful, I love the shimmer to them. Great job and welcome to the board.
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Wow, that pattern... :o
Welcome to MT.O! 8)
This :salute:
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:clap:
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WELCOME
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NICE!!
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Lush dude! :cheers:
That's the word I was looking for... I'll add "slick" as well though. Professional appearance :tu:
Welcome also from me!
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Nice material, brings back lots of memories.
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Beautiful work! Congrats!
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Hello, gents. I've been lurking for quite a while now, absorbing all your ample wisdom, but now's as good a time as any to officially appear. One of the things I like best about SAKs is the ability to customize the scales. A couple of weeks ago I decided to create some of my own. I bought some "inlace acylester" blanks on ebay, traced the pattern of factory scales, and went to work. The inlace acrylester hates to be sawed or drilled, but it doesn't mind being carved. The stuff loves to be sanded and filed. The scales you see below were made entirely by hand, no power tools involved. Once I got the scales roughed out to size, I used progressively finer auto body sandpaper (600 grit to 2000 grit) to smooth the surface, and then Brasso as the final step to raise the shine.
That is absolutely beautiful!
Welcome to the forum. :like: :tu: :tu:
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Thanks for the warm welcome and kind words. It's great to be here. I thought of a few lessons learned about my scales project.
1) I used JB Weld to attach the scales. It's super strong, but super messy. If you're not careful it will get everywhere.
2) I bought the JB Weld epoxy that cures black. Clear would have been better.
3) If you get any epoxy on your blades, get it off before the stuff fully cures.
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Very nice looking sak you ended up with
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