Customized Ti Salsa

[markIVbigblock]

mikewww they are craters they look really cool im debating having it done to a ti ATR i just dont know though since there is already holes in it theres not alot of surface to work with

Aaron :spyder:

[theginsu]

What a great way to make a plain looking knife look beautiful. This is something that I might even try to do myself, (me and my drill-press, that is). Why only on titanium? Why not on stainless? I have a few of those (Spydies) that could use some dressing up also!

[markIVbigblock]

I believe it has to do with the heat coloring but i could be wrong i dont think you could heat color the stainless like you can titanium but i dont see y u couldnt do it w/o the heat coloring to a stainless knife.

Aaron :spyder:

[mchenrytl]

Yeah I'm not sure why he limits himself to Titantium. His process is definitely drilling different diameter holes, but the trick I believe is the bits he uses are flat instead of coming to a point. The fizz definitely makes the knife less slippery, but the edges of the fizz are somewhat sharp, so you don't usually want them under the clip. I plan on using this knife, but not cliping it to my jeans, since pulling it out would probably tear up my pocket a little bit. After these results, I thought about buying an ATR as well, but really for it to come out good you do need a lot of space.

I was definitely hesitant since Matt had never worked on a Spyderco before (and I only owned two spyderco's at the time!). Plus this treatment/customization cost more than the knife!


I'll try to dig up the picture I saw of a Sebie that made the spark in my mind go off about my Salsa.

Thanks again for the kind words, you guys have made my day!
-Troy

[Matt Cucchiara]

Hi Guys! Been a big fan of Spydies for a long time... I started doing the Fizz treatment about 2 1/2 years ago when I first started making customs.I was looking for something different than just drilling holes in my handle slabs like other makers were doing, mainly trying to give my knives a look of their own. I have done the Fizz on Ti, stainless steel blades (hardened) and lots of different pnenolic handle materials and I think I did some in wood too. The main reason I came up with this was to make slick Ti handle slabs more grippy but this soon led to making all different patterns to spice up plain handled knives and even as pure decoration on different areas of fixed blade and folding knives. I have done it on lots of different custom and production knives other than my own too. If you have any questions or want prices please email me off the forum.If your interested in trying it yourself shoot me an email and I can give you some tips.Thanks!
Matt

[Stevie Ray]

Very Very Nice .... !! :)

[butch]

. If you have any questions or want prices please email me off the forum.If your interested in trying it yourself shoot me an email and I can give you some tips.Thanks!
Matt

had to play just to see on an edc :)

[Nicky]

Wow such a great work... I want one!

[markIVbigblock]

maybe a matt cuchiara spyderco collaboration should be next on the list? :p

Aaron :spyder:

[butch]

sure like c100
auto and dimples sounds cool

[Matt Cucchiara]

Hey Butch looks pretty good! Did you leave the stop pin in there when you did the heat color? I only ask because if you heat up hardened steel you can screw up the heat treat that made it hard and the blade might peen the pin causing some play in the lock up over time...Spydie collab, my dreams come true... :D Have fun guys!

[CKE]

Matt, really nice to have you here in Spydie Land. Sweet mod by the way. You and Spydie...our dreams come true :D Take Care!!!
Have you done any mods to a Ti Lum Folder?????

[Senate]

Matt, nice job you're doing here!
I have a question, and yes I don't know anything about torching :)

Can you make any color you want or does it depend on the steel you're working on and the type of torch used?

[dialex]

Hi Troy, thanks for sharing. I appreciated the Salsa before, but not for the looks. But yours is really beautiful. Congratulations to Matt for his very inspired and professionally executed work. :)

[butch]

[quote="Matt Cucchiara"]Hey Butch looks pretty good! Did you leave the stop pin in there when you did the heat color?

i used a heatsink and got mostly the top of the pin
the pins have been like that for 6 8 months

so far as color the steel seems to have some effect but all of the colors are temp dependent starting at light yellow going to a blue

[dialex]

had to play just to see on an edc :)

Sorry for ressurecting this thread, but only now I observed this.
Hey, is this a SS Cricket or you replaced the handles with Ti ones? If it's SS, how did you colour the dots? Nice job, anyway, congratulations and thanks for sharing.

[Rob]

If it is SS, it's also possible to color dimples like that but you'll have to cheat a little :D

I (actually my GF) have paint that is meant to be applied on glass and after drying you can bake it on at ~150 °C. Applied to metal surfaces, especially dimples like the ones shown above, looks much like it was anodized Ti if you don't look to closely. A big benefit of the dimples would also be that the colour won't wear off.

Judging it by the looks only, I would bet that he used a piece of Ti...

Cheers, Rob

[sal]

Hi Mchenrytl. Thanx for sharing. Great look.

Hi Matt. Very nice enhancement. Great name as well. What other models have you done?

sal

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[Dr. Snubnose]

Nice Mod...vvvery impressive.....Doc

[butch]

[/QUOTE]Sorry for ressurecting this thread, but only now I observed this.
Hey, is this a SS Cricket or you replaced the handles with Ti ones? If it's SS, how did you colour the dots? Nice job, anyway, congratulations and thanks for sharing.[/QUOTE]
its ss the dots were heat colored well realy that side of the handle was removed and heat colored then i just took some 800 grit paper and cleaned off the top leaving color in the depressions