Sometimes you just can't win.
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Sometimes you just can't win.
So I have been fighting with this knife for over a month.
The scales had a bad flaw in a bad spot. I usually just fill these with super glue and it will look ok.
The scales had a bad flaw in a bad spot. I usually just fill these with super glue and it will look ok.
"Maybe the truly handicapped people are the ones that don't need God as much." ~ Joni Eareckson Tada
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And this is how the super glue trick turned out.
"Maybe the truly handicapped people are the ones that don't need God as much." ~ Joni Eareckson Tada
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So I milled the ugly out and using red sand and super glue I filled the pockets I milled.
So far so good."Maybe the truly handicapped people are the ones that don't need God as much." ~ Joni Eareckson Tada
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But after it all dried and sanded it down, it just looks like junk. I have started polishing it and the red still looks grainy and I just don't like it.
Guess I'll just scrap the scales and cut them off.
Hopefully I can salvage the blade and guard.
Guess I'll just scrap the scales and cut them off.
Hopefully I can salvage the blade and guard.
"Maybe the truly handicapped people are the ones that don't need God as much." ~ Joni Eareckson Tada
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Still looks good to me.
Nothing clears a troubled mind like shooting a bow.
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That's a shame.
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Another thing you can do is carve out 1/2 inch to 3/4 inch on both sides to match then put inlays in the newly created voids.
Make it look like you meant to make it that way in the first place.
Not the best drawing but you get the idea.
Make it look like you meant to make it that way in the first place.
Not the best drawing but you get the idea.
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That's an idea Tom, I have some G10 and Micarta.
I'll think on that for a while.
Thanks for that Idea.
I'll think on that for a while.
Thanks for that Idea.
"Maybe the truly handicapped people are the ones that don't need God as much." ~ Joni Eareckson Tada
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What a cool idea Tom
Nothing clears a troubled mind like shooting a bow.