Full Ti Liner-less XM-18

[The Sun]

Mmmmm....the breakfast of champions....Wheaties ain't got nothin' on this!!!

What a beautiful morning! All that's left is a good stone-washing and you can stick a fork in this one cuz it's done!

 

[smokelaw1]

STOP IT ALREADY! Oh my is that a beauty. My Ti-whore Hinderer fan-boy self is seriously in trouble here. Great work!!! I'll be PMing or calling you shortly to talk about those CF or orange with glow scales, or maybe one of each!!

 

[The Sun]

anytime, i'll be here :)

thank you

 

[LuckyD]

Is the blade Ti too? What hardness you got that to?

 

[The Sun]

no, the blade isn't Ti, it's Duratech 20CV. It's a stock GenIII XM-18 other than the full Ti non-lock side slab. so, the blade is steel, the lock side is Ti, and the non-lock side is Ti

 

[TKC]

That is hot!!!

 

[The Sun]

Thanks again Sis!!! :)

 

[kaichu dento]

All that's left is a good stone-washing and you can stick a fork in this one cuz it's done!

Have you done the stonewash yet and how hard would it be for you to get the same finish they have on the Hinderer slabs into the titanium?

Don't know if you remember but I think I asked you about that a couple months back and I don't remember if we talked much more about it.

 

[TKC]

Any time brother!!! :D

 

[The Sun]

Have you done the stonewash yet and how hard would it be for you to get the same finish they have on the Hinderer slabs into the titanium? Don't know if you remember but I think I asked you about that a couple months back and I don't remember if we talked much more about it.

if you look in that picture the knife is sitting on an already stone-washed Ti scale, and next to that is a Hinderer stone-washed liner. the finish is pretty much the same.

Any time brother!!! :D

:D

 

[kaichu dento]

if you look in that picture the knife is sitting on an already stone-washed Ti scale, and next to that is a Hinderer stone-washed liner. the finish is pretty much the same.

What I was wondering was if you could make the same jibbing as the plastic slabs have?

The stonewash on the Ti slab looks great.

 

[The Sun]

if you mean the texture on the surface, then no. i won't make the same texture as Rick's. that's his texture and he sells his scales with that texture on them. i don't want to step over that line.

i can put other types of texture on them though.

thanks brother :)

 

[kaichu dento]

if you mean the texture on the surface, then no. i won't make the same texture as Rick's. that's his texture and he sells his scales with that texture on them. i don't want to step over that line.

i can put other types of texture on them though.

thanks brother :)

In that case I'd really be interested in seeing what your carved finish would look like on the Ti... :popcorn:

 

[The Sun]

:)

the organic texture is awesome in Ti. i've got a couple of them done, just have to get pic's of them up. :D

 

[kaichu dento]

:)

the organic texture is awesome in Ti. i've got a couple of them done, just have to get pic's of them up. :D

:popcorn:

 

[Belstaff1464]

Wow !!! That's so sweet !

Any ideas how much weight this will add to the knife ?

 

[The Sun]

No, don't have a scale, but not much. I don't find the difference to be very noticeable while carrying or using and it still balances in the same place.