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Hello everyone. I recently picked up a Tops BOB Fieldcraft knife with black micarta scales. I took it for a hike this weekend and put it through it's paces and was very very impressed with it. There were just two things I couldn't stand: 1) the overly aggressive jimping wore my thumb raw in about 3 seconds 2) the billboard plastered all over the side of the blade. Yesterdays Buckeye game was a blowout, so I decided to do some mods. I used a dremel to smooth the jimping down, stripped the coating on the blade, sanded it with 400/600/1200 (all I had on hand), and used a little green polishing compound. This is my first attempt ever at polishing something, I typically try to make things look old but figured I would try something different. I'm not sure how I feel about the shiny blade though; I am thinking about cutting up a bunch of red meat to try and get a purple/blue patina on it. Let me know what you think. This blade along with my Bahco Laplander and Victorinox SAK are going to be my go-to woods trio for the near future; the BOB replacing my BK9.
Just thought I would share some pics:
Stock image for reference courtesy of http://www.gpknives.com/images/tops/BROSBLM[large].jpg
After mods
Just thought I would share some pics:
Stock image for reference courtesy of http://www.gpknives.com/images/tops/BROSBLM[large].jpg
After mods