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Extreme Makeover: Paramilitary Edition (picture heavy)

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Updated! Post 16

I decided to do some mods to my para, let me know what you think :D

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Step 1 for me was to disassemble the blade and clean the G10 scales...

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Mr. Clean worked like a dream!

Then I boiled water and added the dye...

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And here is the results of that:

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Next, I decided to stonewash my blade and clip...

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Finish:

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Reassembly:

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Thanks for the look!
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Very nice, not a huge fan of the stonewash (to each his own) but looks like you did a really good job on it. Handle scales are fantastic.

Thanks for the pics.
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what is it the kids say? Very Bueno or something? Cool stuff, I'm diggin it a lot.
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How You made stonewash?
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That is sweet, I like the red.
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thanks for the comments!!
vadel wrote:How You made stonewash?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSdPr3Oa8F8
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looks awesome! way to go!
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Nice work! Very cool, personalized knife. Thanks for sharing.

- best wishes, Jazz.
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Holland, that looks great! I really like that color too.
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Wow, excellent, excellent job.
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thanks for the replies!

does anyone know a good place or person that sharpens knives? ive spent over an hour working on this knife with the sharpmaker, and i still cant cut paper
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Great work! The stonewash looks really nice!
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Nice work--it looks great! I'm wondering how those gray scales would have reacted to some bleach prior to dying them? You know, attempting to get them to a near white before using the dye. Was red the color of the dye you used or was it another color that combined with the gray and turned out red? The stone wash looks good with those new red scales! I like![/CENTER]
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Spyderco is pretty good at sharpening knives. I would probably try them first, then Richard J.
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Decided to dye the scales again, I think they turned out better this time then the first.


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Wow it became a darker red!! Nice job!!! I love red scales!!
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That looks gorgeous mate...I'd call that a lovely shade of crimson! :)
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Really very nice! It can be a new colour :)
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I'm regretting even more my decision to pass on the 20CP Para 2. I hated the light gray scales because they become grungy looking so quickly. RIT solves that problem and I love the shade of red you achieved!
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