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Another blasted Ambitious

Evil D wrote:Bead blast?

Everything except for the copper.

They are semi smooth, I need to do a final touch up grind around the edges to clean them up by bringing parts of those edges closer to the bead blasted liner edges, you can have them rough or go as smooth as you want depends on the abrasive grit you have

My Dad, who was an inveterate gardener ...

Sterilized by bead blasting blades, liners and pocket clips, bamboo scales over Tenacious, Persistence, and Ambitious

The cool thing about grinding out scales from bamboo, it's grass it smells good. Bamboo is hard stuff and on the Janka Rating it's at 1650 where Back Walnut is at 1010, White Oak is 1360 and Purple Heart rates at 2090 a bit harder than bamboo... bamboo, for those who follow "green friendly" is ...

Thanks TedP... the scales were made out of bamboo

Thanks BAL

phillipsted wrote:Ben - that's a really nice job on the scales! What kind of wood are you using?

TedP

Thanks x2 Holland

Thanks jabba359 Not at all, I made it.

First time making handle scales for a folder, which still needs some touch ups that I can see with enlarged photos (I need reading glasses)

Tenacious with Ghost Flower scales

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