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… 
Wow! 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.
Dude 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. 
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]
this is the one I gota lightbox was probably the single most improvement in my photos… this was taken w/ my cell phone in my light box =)
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!
Boy that’s really a great looking job & knife. I hope I can do that some day
[quote quote=“CliffCurry” post=21789]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!
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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…
Sweet mirror!
Great job!
What 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.
Hey 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.
Victor… 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?
Ohhh 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!
The 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:
What is the deal with all the weird partially drilled holes in the handles of those 2 pretty knifes? Is there a reason for them beyond just looking different than other knives?
Thank you all!!
Josh - Spanner is nothing special, fairly standard stuff really. Although in terms of dimensional fit, it is precise. Commercial ground dowel is used for the center guide pin, which, whether to extend or retract it from the spanner body, there will be resistance from vacuum created within the precise bore ID. In use, center guide pin is pulled out, placed over the knife pivot screw, gently push down to allow vacuum escape from the spanner ID bore, dowel guide pin will center the spanner perfectly on the knife’s pivot when it is all the way down. Two nipples on the spanner has .0005" side play to the corresponding spanner female pivot. I hope you get the idea from my crude descriptions.
Cliff - I used various home made small sanding blocks. Some are flat, while others, with required radius to suit blade profile. I also made jig to hold blade. Jig can pivot on vise so my body don’t have to contort into uncomfortable position, enable me to maintain accurate hand strokes while in repetitive work progressions. I have extensive collections of power tools, but I do all progression by hand along with tight grits progression. The nuisance is uncontrolled grit that drifted on working finish, which will set back the progression.
Zamfir - I presume you referring to the Domino and CRK? I am ambidextrous, double radius’ed dimples are there to enhance my grip and dimples provide an exact fit to my finger tips. Selecting the proper speed/fit, I purposely milled facets within the dimples - that in particular, sparkle with changing angle/light, is for looks :
