Sand blasting knife scales

[ScaryTerry]

Hello! I am planning on purchasing a small blast cabinet for bead blasting some knife scales. I am a little unsure about the grit of medium I need, I'm trying to achieve that CRK sebenza finish only a little bit more grippy or aggressive. But I can't find any info about what grit they use to finish the sebenza knife. What glass bead media would be best to achieve this texture?

 

[TRfromMT]

take this for what it is worth - I have zero (zilch, nada) experience in finishing Ti slabs. I just recall a video Daniel Fairly posted some time back about achieving an orange peel texture (it sounds like you are looking for a more aggressive "texture", as opposed to a "finish"). To do this he used a basic wire wheel from Home Depot chucked up in his drill press. It gave a nice polished orange peel that he went on and later finished with anodizing, I believe. It will probably take some experimenting but if you are willing to sacrifice some scales for bead blasting, might start with a wire wheel texture first before bead blast finishing?

 

[Wowbagger]

I did a quick search and found this LINK>>>>
You might come up with other if you keep searching

Also you could get a few grits in the smallest quantities and do some test samples

 

[ScaryTerry]

Thanks for the replies! Regarding the orange peel finish, I have done it on a few knives and it tends to leave a polished pitted finish. As for the medium I'm thinking they do not use beads, aluminum oxide seems to be the closest finish I can find that resembles the CRK finish. So I think I'll order the blast cabinet and AO and give it a go. If the finish is not what I'm looking for I'll change it over to the glass beads. Thanks for the link Wowbagger.

 

[Daniel Fairly Knives]

For that grippy texture I like 80 grit garnet.