SOG Twitch II mirror polished convex bevel
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02/27/2015 at 11:55 am #23914
Another one of my most favorite “low end” EDC small gentleman’s folders. Needed an overhaul and I may have gotten carried away but it came out and I had fun learning about convex bevels at same time!
Mirror polished all the hardware as well. Cool thing is I have enough left over part from a broken one that came into the shop, I’m thinking of doing an acid/stone washed swap out…
02/27/2015 at 1:09 pm #23916Wow! I really admire all those fully polished blades people have posted here recently! I think I have to get some sandpaper… :cheer:
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02/27/2015 at 10:09 pm #23923Wow! I really admire all those fully polished blades people have posted here recently! I think I have to get some sandpaper… :cheer:
Yeah, me too. Beautiful to look at that’s for sure… But, in my opinion, there’s nothing like the contrast of a mirrored bevel against a well-worm patina to showcase an edge. I’m currently sharpening an old Schrade 498 my granddaddy gave me over 20 years ago and can’t wait to mirror the edge.
02/27/2015 at 11:46 pm #23930Dude that’s a great job Cliff! Man, you really have to get a better camera… that one doesn’t do your work justice!
02/27/2015 at 11:55 pm #23932Dude that’s a great job Cliff! Man, you really have to get a better camera… that one doesn’t do your work justice!
Thanks Josh, agreed 110%. The other issue I seem to be having is lighting and photographing mirrors seems to be somewhat tricky. I asked a photo guy and he has suggested low indirect light, like from a lightbox maybe… but just not sure what Im doing there yet.
02/28/2015 at 12:07 am #23933Dude that’s a great job Cliff! Man, you really have to get a better camera… that one doesn’t do your work justice!
Thanks Josh, agreed 110%. The other issue I seem to be having is lighting and photographing mirrors seems to be somewhat tricky. I asked a photo guy and he has suggested low indirect light, like from a lightbox maybe… but just not sure what Im doing there yet. :([/quote]
a lightbox was probably the single most improvement in my photos… this was taken w/ my cell phone in my light box =) this is the one I got
This is the ZT0301 that I reground to a thin edge, acid etched, and stonewashed. After it was all done i mirrored the edge. The lightbox really highlights the stonewash and etch!
03/02/2015 at 9:25 am #24002Boy that’s really a great looking job & knife. I hope I can do that some day
03/02/2015 at 7:36 pm #24014Another one of my most favorite “low end” EDC small gentleman’s folders. Needed an overhaul and I may have gotten carried away but it came out and I had fun learning about convex bevels at same time!
The first, close-up picture of the Twitch is very cool…. the convex edge on the mirror finish looks like the Terminator’s skin…. fluid, pliable, malleable. Oh, yeah, and sharp…..
Nice job….
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03/02/2015 at 10:00 pm #24016Sweet mirror!
Great job!
03/16/2015 at 8:23 am #24344What I want to know is how you got your Twitch reassembled?… Over 21 parts to this little knife and I remember losing 2 (ball bearing and spring in safety) almost immediately.
04/07/2015 at 3:29 am #25011What I want to know is how you got your Twitch reassembled?… Over 21 parts to this little knife and I remember losing 2 (ball bearing and spring in safety) almost immediately.
Sorry Jason I missed this post. If I remember right it was a bugger, and things did go popping out back there. Im not a huge fan of the safety so I think I disabled mine with a drop of super glue.
04/07/2015 at 6:41 am #25018Hey Cliff, just want to share my latest joining the mirror’ed old timers in the family:
This SnG is already started:
Looking forward to how the PD1 gonna take on a mirror polish.
04/07/2015 at 7:13 am #25020Victor… that’s just insane lol. I would love to know how you do that amazing mirror finish when you have time or if you are willing to share!
And is that the “spanner tool” i have heard about?
04/07/2015 at 9:17 am #25035Ohhh man..you have some skills and neat blades! I threw up in my mouth a little bit seeing how perfect they are..and well..WHAT they are..
Thanks for sharing your alien like skills Bro! You are not from this world!
04/07/2015 at 9:35 am #25036The partial mirrored blade is so hard to get a crisp line on. I too would love to know your technique. I was taking painters tape and a dremmel with buffing wheels coated with different compounds after hand sanding. Corners are problematic. :blink:
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