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Ned wrote:Very Impressive Military RoBo!

thank you, Sir!

Fluted TI Military. S90V blade swap.
Anodized Gold. Flame colored pocket clip, standoffs, Lanyard tube, and screws. Screws were up graded to T-8.
Had to swap pivot, stop pin, and pivot screws to fit the blade.
Carbidized steel insert and TI lock faces.
CRK style lanyard, OD Green, with Damascus ...

T-1000 wrote:My new toy

That was my 1st ever Spyderco. I do carry it some, but in a horizontal sheath at 11:00 O'Clock on my belt.
I have so many, and buy sell almost everyday, but this one has been in my possession since 2006.

Two day swag.
Spyderco Clipitools. Scissors and bottle opener.
Spyderco Shempp Rock.
BM Impel. Not new, but replaced black G-10 scales with Red Coral to classy up, a little.

LC Kid wrote:Hi Mr RoBoTech!


Now we're talking... :D

Thank you Sir!!

Here's a Blue Bento Box exclusive with an S90V blade I got today. The blade gets swapped into my Gold Fluted Ti project.
You can see it here.

http://www.durotechs.com/bf11/bbmilitary/ls2.jpg

And a Grail. Wanted one of these for so long, but never had one in my price. Until last week. Got today ...

MadRookie wrote:....what.....you take it to church.......????

Oh **** yeah.
(when I go)
We can conceal carry at my church, too.
And I occasionally do.

Looks very elegant. :)
And that is why I did it. A classy Sunday-Go-To-Meeting knife that is deadly serious.

This is the other TI Military I got in last week. Modded it with a Cru-Wear blade, orange peeled the hardware, carbized the lock face, and drilled tapped a tip up Ti pocket clip.
This one ...

I wish they made a Superblue blade for the Military, I have a blade swap project going.
Maybe an M4, M390, S90V, or a S110V
Received this Saturday.

http://www.durotechs.com/bf10/flutedti/ls1a.jpg

Wanted the new Silver version as I wanted to flame ano the scales and hardware, AND swap a super ...

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I said to myself "that looks like African Blackwood".
After I ...

Thank you!
know of anyone who has a carbonizing machine? I hate to buy one to do 2-3 projects.
If anyone knows, please PM me.

Robo, how do you get the orange peel texture? Is it just with polishing? Nice, by the way.

I did what the youTube vid of TuffThumbz had shown. I use a coarse wire wheel, then a light polish.
You can see it here.

Here are a couple more teasers on my Gold Fluted TI mod. Still waiting for new ...

Just finished up a TI Military and Cru-Wear blade swap.
Scales, back spacer, and clip are orange peeled. Lock face has been Cabonized. TI clip has been drilled and tapped for tip up carry.
And a Cru-Wear blade from a Sprint has been swapped in. Now I consider this a hard use knife, and is in my ...

I really like Bloodwood.
Here is one I did in 2004 with a section of deep red bloodwood. the tail section is RedHeart, much lighter in color.

Good day everyone. I picked this up recently and I'm glad I did. It was advertised as "gently used" and when it showed up I found it to have an aftermarket polished blade and a very rounded tip. It was also the dullest knife I've ever handled. Otherwise the handle was indeed gently used but not ...

Evil D wrote:That green dye job on the Military is outstanding. If I could be sure I would get the same results I would dye my gray Para 2 like that in a heartbeat. That color almost matches the paint on my Mustang.

Thank you. And now that you mentioned it, I had a 67 Fairlane GTA that color!

One of the worst cuts I ever got was from a butter knife while trying to split frozen hotdogs. It slipped and jammed into the tip of my middle finger. It was more like a bad rip than a cut. Skin is really fragile stuff.

OUCH! And the finger tips are the worst place to get cut. A lot of nerve ...

That RED Caly really makes my want to modify mine. Did the dye bond to any other parts?

I took mine apart, but I have dyed 20-30 in the past 4-5 years, and several were not dis-assembled. Had NO stains on the Stainless parts. I haven't dyed a carbon steeled knife, though. And wasn't sure how the ...

Great job and great photos as well, RoBo! Which two colors? Is there a link to the dying procedure?

Not really a procedure. It seems like every time I do this, it's different.
Take this Spyderco Gray G-10. On the Caly 3.5 Sprint, I used the Orange Rit (POWDER) and it came out very similar to this ...

xceptnl wrote:Dye job looks killer RoBo

Thank you! Had to go through two colors to get the OD. And these are well done, simmered about an hour total.