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Mittens

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Post Thu Mar 31, 2011 9:24 pm

Balisong Polishing Tutorial



If anyone has any questions feel free to post here and I'll answer, I'm going to be polishing the rest of the knife some other time. Enjoy.

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Erenoth

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Post Fri Apr 01, 2011 9:44 am

Re: Balisong Polishing Tutorial

Glad to see the knife is treating you well. I watched all of the vid, as I'm debating putting a bright mirror shine on a couple of my Spyderco's, but I've only been going up to 1200 grit up til now with subpar results. Your new Bali is looking excellent, but you should polish the rest of it, or at least the blade. The sides/insides of the handles would "pop" even moreso with a polished blade imo.
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Post Fri Apr 01, 2011 9:53 am

Re: Balisong Polishing Tutorial

thx alot mate. :TU: really helpful
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Mittens

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Post Fri Apr 01, 2011 11:53 am

Re: Balisong Polishing Tutorial

Polishing the blade is just such a bitch, and I cant get a near mirror finish with a 1000 grit, but going up to higher grits means less marks and more shine, just my opinion. I like the contrast on the handles too with the polished and bead blast, also the polish is quite slippery, I dont wanna do the handles on my main flipper right now, itll be like butter haha. The blade is just really annoying with the tang pins, if it had zen pins, no prob, but those tang pins are a bitch to polish around, same with thumbstuds haha
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Post Sat Apr 02, 2011 8:04 pm

Re: Balisong Polishing Tutorial

Very nice. I'm gonna try that on some of my handles.
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Post Tue Apr 19, 2011 2:35 pm

Re: Balisong Polishing Tutorial

also something you might want to try, I used polishing compound and my dremel with a selection of polishing wheels to repair the massive amounts of damage on the Arc Angel I bought from ArcbaliAngel. It really shines now.
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Post Mon May 23, 2011 9:21 am

Re: Balisong Polishing Tutorial

How slippery does the polish make the handles? I was thinking about just polishing the sides of my Kimura handles but won't if it makes it hard to grip during twirls and such.
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Mittens

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Post Tue May 24, 2011 7:59 am

Re: Balisong Polishing Tutorial

You get use to it, its not bad at all, if you can flip a 42, you can flip a polished kimmy
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Post Sun May 29, 2011 2:59 pm

Re: Balisong Polishing Tutorial

Great info. I am pretty sure I seen a bunch of Kimmies already polished from the factory for sale..for a bit more cash then normal models. I have been considering getting one and now, I am also considering polishing it.
Thanks for the info.
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Post Mon May 30, 2011 9:03 am

Re: Balisong Polishing Tutorial

Its so easy to polish it, just need to take your time and be patient
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Post Tue Jun 07, 2011 9:39 am

Re: Balisong Polishing Tutorial

I have a kimura 2 special edition (factory polished) and it doesnt seem any different than a normal kimi when it comes to hangin onto it. :lol:
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Post Mon Sep 12, 2011 3:58 pm

Re: Balisong Polishing Tutorial

no wood / cardboard between vice and handle

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Post Mon Sep 12, 2011 4:02 pm

Re: Balisong Polishing Tutorial

I wonder how my spyderfly would look polished up, I almost don't wana doit because its hard enough to get one as it is -_- and i might get nostalgic.

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