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Title: Blue Collar Wave
Post by: NKlamerus on October 09, 2016, 07:39:36 PM: Again, inspired by Breezy and Babola and Metro and so many other modders, I completed a Mini Version of my Blue Collar Surge.

Found Here: http://forum.multitool.org/index.php?topic=63257.0

(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161009/2b3b7932acd85f4d854cab8ad0562dfe.jpg)(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161009/aee48e8dcd83639d5c4fbb944112f65c.jpg)(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161009/54ef10498488398805773559f2daad93.jpg)(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161009/bcce19423eae1ade7d72e08c70d28d39.jpg)(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161009/3a28a0d6102c47629af0f95960e58689.jpg)

Many thanks to Tattoosteve for his modding work on the Vic Scissors and Inner wingman awl!

It will take a couple days to figure out screw tolerance and add my thumb wraps to the blades. Orange or Green?

The grip is MUCH better! Will also need to keep an eye on the rust.

I will update with photos as I take them.

MISTAKES: No mod is easy, I came across multiple problems. First, my Ferric Chloride (PCB Etchant) is about a year old. And it's the same stuff I used to wash my surge, so it's practically black. The first dip for 1 hour came out splotchy. After a wire brush and washing I gave it a second dip for 20 minutes than shook it in a can full of nuts and bolts. Once together, the Wingman awl needed a little grind, and I began to grind down the "scissor" stop or whatever it is against the scale inside the handle.

The attached hidden lanyard loop has been moved to the inner tools. Which allows me to put the pocket clip wherever I'd like. (http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161009/813d2cb67d636ad440a3222194222c01.jpg)
Title: Re: Blue Collar Wave
Post by: Obi1shinobee on October 09, 2016, 08:02:43 PM: :like: :like: :like: :like: I add SAK Scissor on Signal too :cheers:
Title: Re: Blue Collar Wave
Post by: SteveC on October 09, 2016, 08:21:15 PM: Nice job :like:
Title: Re: Blue Collar Wave
Post by: ironraven on October 10, 2016, 02:06:33 AM: The wrap, is it just whipped, or did you impregnate it with glue or something so it doesn't absorb goo and sweat?
Title: Re: Blue Collar Wave
Post by: NKlamerus on October 10, 2016, 03:43:54 AM: Quote from: ironraven on October 10, 2016, 02:06:33 AM
The wrap, is it just whipped, or did you impregnate it with glue or something so it doesn't absorb goo and sweat?
Little bit of both lol

Whipped and then glued so it doesn't slide. Some glue ends up seeping into the wrap as well.
Title: Re: Blue Collar Wave
Post by: NKlamerus on October 11, 2016, 01:06:02 AM: Broke it in today!(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161010/88ccf728fcc4c67e726bca9f095a41be.jpg)
Title: Re: Blue Collar Wave
Post by: zoidberg on October 11, 2016, 01:27:56 AM: Very nice Klamy. :like: :like:
Title: Re: Blue Collar Wave
Post by: Poncho65 on October 11, 2016, 04:49:24 AM: That is an awesome mod :like: Really love the finish and thanks for the link to the other thread about your Surge :tu:
Title: Re: Blue Collar Wave
Post by: NKlamerus on February 09, 2017, 07:44:51 AM: (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170209/9c4dfaea979ff39fc1ac8c904e6fb9df.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170209/cc631f1b4b81ea70ece494e4d88d3ddc.jpg)

The Blue Collar wave has been awesome! Hard at work and still my only EDC since I put it together. The scissors mod should have been done years ago....

It's currently sitting on a to-do list and out of commission. Hardcore fish slime and salsmurfer have done their work, and the picture wore off so it was falling open in my oocket. I may try to get it cleaned up tomorrow.
Title: Re: Blue Collar Wave
Post by: NKlamerus on February 11, 2017, 05:36:54 AM: Quick cleaning and back in my pocket tomorrow for my birthday! (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170211/87e1f73ad0b643fdbdc2ca2f78db3f62.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170211/207a3fdf282c9206581a7accabd105b1.jpg)
Title: Re: Blue Collar Wave
Post by: SteveC on February 11, 2017, 05:43:26 AM: Happy Birthday bud ! :cheers:
Title: Re: Blue Collar Wave
Post by: NKlamerus on February 16, 2017, 04:25:39 PM: Quote from: SteveC on February 11, 2017, 05:43:26 AM
Happy Birthday bud ! :cheers:
Thanks bud!
Title: Re: Blue Collar Wave
Post by: NKlamerus on March 18, 2017, 04:04:15 AM: Some bad news about the wave.....
Title: Re: Blue Collar Wave
Post by: zoidberg on March 18, 2017, 04:36:24 AM: What happened bro?
Title: Re: Blue Collar Wave
Post by: NKlamerus on March 19, 2017, 06:19:20 AM: Quote from: zoidberg on March 18, 2017, 04:36:24 AM
What happened bro?
I think the acid wash caused it to sprout legs and run off!

It's been 6 days with no avail. Same with my Fenix E03......
Title: Re: Blue Collar Wave
Post by: zoidberg on March 19, 2017, 07:22:22 AM: That's no good bro, sorry.
Title: Re: Blue Collar Wave
Post by: NKlamerus on March 26, 2017, 05:22:17 AM: So....I got a call from a friend who fished with me while he was on vacation down here.

HE HAS MY WAVE! He already shipped it out and it should be here Monday. He said it was in his rain gear, he must have borrowed it or picked it up out of his golf cart
Title: Re: Blue Collar Wave
Post by: SteveC on March 26, 2017, 05:43:15 AM: (http://i.imgur.com/hEXNxNs.png) (http://imgur.com/hEXNxNs)
Title: Re: Blue Collar Wave
Post by: Poncho65 on March 26, 2017, 06:06:03 AM: Great news that you are getting it back :tu: I hate losing anything :facepalm: Good to hear a good ending to a story though :like:
Title: Re: Blue Collar Wave
Post by: Mechanickal on March 26, 2017, 09:15:00 AM: :woohoo:
Title: Re: Blue Collar Wave
Post by: MusicMen on March 26, 2017, 08:06:51 PM: :clap: :clap:
Congratulations! Nothing like the lost returning home.
Title: Re: Blue Collar Wave
Post by: Bubba on October 26, 2017, 12:47:58 AM: I know this might be a silly question but can you explain the actual process to get this finish? I own both a wave and surge and can't stop staring at the finish lmfao

Thanks in advance
Title: Re: Blue Collar Wave
Post by: Breezy12 on October 26, 2017, 09:43:03 AM: NKlamerus, I am just now seeing this thread... and I am impressed. :salute:

I am in the same boat as Bubba -- curious as to how you got that finish on the handles.

and for the record, I am VERY glad to hear that your Wave made it safely home! :cheers:
Title: Re: Blue Collar Wave
Post by: Bubba on October 26, 2017, 08:14:15 PM: :cheers: great minds think alike Breezy12
Title: Re: Blue Collar Wave
Post by: Kev D on October 27, 2017, 11:44:28 AM: He acid washed it then rumbled it in gravel for 5 mins. Click the link in the first post in this thread, he did it to his Surge first and says what he did.
Title: Re: Blue Collar Wave
Post by: Breezy12 on October 27, 2017, 07:25:30 PM: Quote from: Kevin Davey on October 27, 2017, 11:44:28 AM
He acid washed it then rumbled it in gravel for 5 mins. Click the link in the first post in this thread, he did it to his Surge first and says what he did.
apparently I was so intrigued by the pics that I forgot to check the links. :facepalm:

thanks Kevin! :salute:
Title: Re: Blue Collar Wave
Post by: Bubba on October 29, 2017, 04:59:14 AM: :facepalm: didn't see the link lmao thanks Kevin
Title: Re: Blue Collar Wave
Post by: King_Gorilla on November 03, 2017, 01:16:42 AM: :like: :drool:
Title: Re: Blue Collar Wave
Post by: Kev D on November 03, 2017, 04:03:09 PM: Quote from: Breezy12 on October 27, 2017, 07:25:30 PM
apparently I was so intrigued by the pics that I forgot to check the links. :facepalm:

thanks Kevin! :salute:

Quote from: Bubba on October 29, 2017, 04:59:14 AM
:facepalm: didn't see the link lmao thanks Kevin

You're welcome :cheers:
Title: Re: Blue Collar Wave
Post by: NKlamerus on September 11, 2018, 09:35:18 AM: Almost 2 years?!? Seems incredible. I've got the skeleton back out, cleaned, and mostly rust free.

Trying to get a second pair of Vic scissors ready but cutting the hole in the hardened steel is driving me up a wall!
Title: Re: Blue Collar Wave
Post by: NKlamerus on October 26, 2018, 12:20:13 AM: Excuse the nasty pictures, I also took off some of the stone wash/black wash coating with the Dremel wire wheel on accident. I imagine it'll blend in after awhile. (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181025/5dcb12229f54a5b63569272aa9279139.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181025/62d79791a6c7acda0adeb38a6c26cd7b.jpg)
Title: Re: Blue Collar Wave
Post by: NKlamerus on December 10, 2018, 12:29:33 AM: It's alive again! A horrendous mix match of tools on the inside. But it's usable! (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181209/747431732fe410724627305be9ff26dd.jpg)
Title: Re: Blue Collar Wave
Post by: NKlamerus on October 22, 2020, 03:25:04 PM: Steady rocking! I misplaced my Free P4 and need to carry something at work. My charge was at the old house

Luckily I've got a stockpile of sheaths and lights, and the wave was mixed in! (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20201022/a511e95c3e960413d899405eefe53c6a.jpg)
Title: Re: Blue Collar Wave
Post by: Juan el Boricua on October 22, 2020, 03:36:09 PM: Glad to see the Wave is still around! :multi: :tu:
:cheers: