If you have access to a bead blaster you can recondition g10 to look and feel almost like peel ply. First I modded my nightstick because it was just too shiny and slippery. After the bead blast it felt much better in hand and I liked the subdued look. I liked it so much I did the same process to my newly acquired Tropen. It added much needed grip to a knife that is decidedly tactical. They both are really.
I also added a swedge and neutered the flipper tab on the Tropen since it hurt my finger every time I deployed the blade.
Last touch was adding the GI.JOE cobra logo because, well…it’s fun.
I think my next experiment will be to bead blast some beaten up peel ply g10 to see if it breathes new life into it.
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I had a sweet hookup on all sorts of different media blasting but then that friend got a different job lol. It was fun while it lasted, got all kinds of car parts done for free. If I still had the option I might give this a go since I really like peel ply.
Very cool! Those turned out pretty sweet. I like the G.I. Joe etch too. I just received a new sand blast cabinet for Christmas, so I’ll definitely be doing some blasting here in the near future. LC, what type of glass bead media do you prefer to use?
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I can't see the photos. Question: since G10 is basically a fiberglass fabric infused with resin, does blasting expose little shards of fiberglass, and do they embed in skin?
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Very cool! Those turned out pretty sweet. I like the G.I. Joe etch too. I just received a new sand blast cabinet for Christmas, so I’ll definitely be doing some blasting here in the near future. LC, what type of glass bead media do you prefer to use?
I wish I could tell you specifically what I used, it’s been a while and the bags I bought weren’t labeled properly. I have two blasting cabinets. One with a very fine glass bead media, it’s nice for a smoother finish. The other I’ve got a mix, a coarser glass mixed with carbide. That’s what I used for the G10.
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Most recently acquired: Military 2, Paramilitary 2 Tanto x2, YoJUMBO, Swayback, Siren, DLC Yojimbo 2, Native Chief, Shaman S90V, Para 3 LW, Ikuchi, UKPK, Smock, SUBVERT, Amalgam, Para 3 CTS-XHP, Kapara, Paramilitary 2 M390 Grail Paramilitary 2 M390 X 2! ACHIEVED!!
For more of my pictures see my Instagram account. @liquid_cobra
I had a sweet hookup on all sorts of different media blasting but then that friend got a different job lol. It was fun while it lasted, got all kinds of car parts done for free. If I still had the option I might give this a go since I really like peel ply.
Where I live there’s a local business called U-blast. They let you go in and use their cabinets to blast whatever you want for a fee. Maybe you could check if you have something like that nearby?
Most recently acquired: Military 2, Paramilitary 2 Tanto x2, YoJUMBO, Swayback, Siren, DLC Yojimbo 2, Native Chief, Shaman S90V, Para 3 LW, Ikuchi, UKPK, Smock, SUBVERT, Amalgam, Para 3 CTS-XHP, Kapara, Paramilitary 2 M390 Grail Paramilitary 2 M390 X 2! ACHIEVED!!
For more of my pictures see my Instagram account. @liquid_cobra
Very cool! Those turned out pretty sweet. I like the G.I. Joe etch too. I just received a new sand blast cabinet for Christmas, so I’ll definitely be doing some blasting here in the near future. LC, what type of glass bead media do you prefer to use?
I wish I could tell you specifically what I used, it’s been a while and the bags I bought weren’t labeled properly. I have two blasting cabinets. One with a very fine glass bead media, it’s nice for a smoother finish. The other I’ve got a mix, a coarser glass mixed with carbide. That’s what I used for the G10.
Thanks, man. I’ll definitely look into it. I’ve heard glass bead does a nice job on G-10, but I’ve yet to try it out. Time for some R&D!
:spyder: -Michael
"...as I said before, 'the edge is a wondrous thing', [but] in all of it's qualities, it is still a ghost." - sal