Thread: What are you working on?

This little Ka-Bar wedge will be my next victim. Seriously... Who honed this thing? It should clean up well after I get those scratches out.

Those are some nice razors BJ
I still have to finish cleaning and honeing mine

Thanks, Guys!

After the treatments of conditioner and lots of rubbing, they must hang and dry a week til the color comes in. Waiting for that to assemble the recently finished ones.



I did manage to get a dozen assembled. Still have 6 drying and 6 to clean/condition.
Takes time...

So here is 1 done. At first I tried 1200 to clean off extra paint with a hard backer. That actually took color off the scales and revealed white plastic :/ so 2000 grit and patience around where over paint was did the job.
If the lettering was all same height and solid plastic color all through it would be much simpler. Might see if something else works better on the other one that is ready for clean up.

Originally Posted by BeJay

This little Ka-Bar wedge will be my next victim. Seriously... Who honed this thing? It should clean up well after I get those scratches out.

That one is in fine shape other than the scratches. Looks to have little wear!

Originally Posted by ejmolitor37

So here is 1 done. At first I tried 1200 to clean off extra paint with a hard backer. That actually took color off the scales and revealed white plastic :/ so 2000 grit and patience around where over paint was did the job.
If the lettering was all same height and solid plastic color all through it would be much simpler. Might see if something else works better on the other one that is ready for clean up.

Looks killer! I like to use RubNbuff for that. Rub it on/in and wipe off the top.

Does that rub 'n buff dry like paint in the letters then or do you need to redo it from time to time? Looking for a way to get gold color in the Hess Otto's Special logo after B52 etches it without messing up the surrounding areas.

So the backbone was done with magnifying glasses and a xacto blade. Gently scraping around the edges reveals a crisper edge imo. Either way looks better than it did. I think I have another ill try something else and see.

You're doing it the hard way. Apply the paint and wipe it off the top with paper. Takes a bit of rubbing but it's way easier then what you're doing. That's how they would have been done originally.

That's how I did this one. Took 4-5 minutes.

The RubNbuff....Just like Bejay described!