Foehammer wrote: ↑Tue Dec 06, 2022 1:28 pmWow. That Ouroboros looks great! May I ask for some details on the process of sanding it to look like that?Evil D wrote: ↑Tue Dec 06, 2022 4:39 am"Currently available" is a bummer of a limitation for this, because there are so many options for this question that are sadly no longer made, like the equivalent of an entire catalog worth of options vs a couple pages by today's standards. I think I would have to look into what's available on secondary and try to find a reasonable price on a Kopa/Kiwi or maybe a One Eyed Jack.
Another thing you may want to consider if you're up for it is modifying an existing model, especially if you find something you like in G10, they can almost always be sanded down and polished and it really changes their aesthetic a lot.
Ouroboros for example
You can polish any G10 but can only contour some. Think about some models you like, especially ones offered in different colors, some of them would look amazing polished.
Used a Dremel and sandpaper barrels to shape it and then just the usual sandpaper grit progression until it's smooth enough to start shining. The catch is how much shaping you can do on a given model, because you can't contour the G10 as much with nested liners before you end up grinding through to the liner and make a hole in the G10. The Ouroboros has very minimal liners that don't extend down to the bottom of the handle which allows a lot of contouring, and that's what exposes the different layers of G10 and gives you the wood grain effect. I couldn't contour it nearly as much on the top of the handle. On nested liner knives like a Para 2 you can polish it and soften the corners but it won't show as much of that cross grain. It'll still make a tactical knife look a lot more classy/dressy.
Here's a Kiwi 4, same concept but this knife used solid full liners so the G10 can he rounded all the way down flush with them. It's also pinned which was another obstacle that limited what I could do.
Lots of knives can be dressed up like this.
