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Looks great, always good to see people making a knife their own.

Swap a scale with my smurf manix and I have broncos colors

Looks great John, thanks for the vid.

I would suggest trying a serrated H1 knife as its work hardened from the factory (more so than PE), gets you more cutting surface and makes quick work of line, twine and the like. It is usually what I grab when I plan to do outdoor activity when I know I will be sweating.

Let us know what you get ...

I just hand sanded mine. Other than my hands turning a bit black with CF particles, there was none (or very little) airborne dust. I also wet sanded the CF scales so the water also help eliminate any dust.


It only takes a few minutes of sanding to complete the project, so even if there is dust ...

The Deacon wrote:Think you're confusing the Bob Terzuola Starmate with the Bob Lum Folding Tanto. AFAIK, there was only ever a black G-10 Starmate with an uncoated blade, available in PE and CE.

I was referring to the military and its blade, not the Starmate. Should'a quoted the post... sorry :o

Well, if they are saying the handle is black CF, there are a couple versions of that, if they are saying the BLADE is black then its a frankenspydie and I would stay away from it.

Pic or link would help.

Wharncliffe style for me as well. Love my hawk, love my H1 and love my regular... I suppose no matter what they do with the ladybug I would be in for a couple.

I have one and love it. I don't find the lock hard to operate at all, very comfortable in hand and I find it on par with other knives for width when closed i.e. the manix.

Get it, you wont regret it... but if you do I will take it off your hands

I have 6, all of which I can find the flaw. 5 of the 6 are due to the grind and the 6th is my bushcraft which I am sure everyone knows why it's a 2nd

Another good place is http://www.jantzsupply.com

They have a catalog you can look through as a PDF... bit easier than clicking on link after link.. at least for me :)

Feel free to shoot me a PM if you have more specific questions.

Can you do it... yes. Will it last... probably not very long.

If I were to attempt it, I would first make sure the surface is prepped extremely well, a nice sand blast or something to open up the surface and give the paint something to attach to. The issue with textured G-10 is you cant just sand ...

You can't go wrong with a sharpmaker. It's easy to use and if your goal is to maintain your knives, not let them get extremely dull and try to bring them back, it will work just fine with the brown and whites. If you abuse then fix you will want diamonds or a grinder. YMMV of course

sal wrote:...Any interest in a ZDP version, ful flat grind, British Racing Green?

sal

ZDP and FFG with any color would be fantastic! :D

This is amazing news!

Yes.

Looks great, I also lightened up my liners on my manix 2, but no FFG... yet

You walk in the front door, to the left is the SFO, to the right is an employee only door, and from my peeks probably leads to the factory. Upstairs looks to be offices and such. It's a great place to visit, I have ran into Sal, his wife, and Eric at the SFO. It's great getting knife lessons from ...

I am fine with whatever qty Sal decides he wants to put out, especially considering how mad (crazy) some of our requests are. A blue manix? I can't imagine that has a large base of people that want it outside these forums as the reception from people I have shown it to are less than amused, even ...

It probably had a number followed by a V. A different edge is called a variation in the collectors club so he could have 3 militaries but each has a different blade style.