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I really like what you did, John. AAPK Knifers sure know how to think 'outside the box'. Those would bid over $100.00 on the bay. The young kids today would go cray, cray over them.
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Ha!!! Thanks, LJ. The paint Olde Cutler recommended seems to be pretty durable. I added a coat of clear coat for backup, will probably spray my "Prototype" with clear coat too. And I did change the orange screws to red, I like it better.
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They're selling for $808 now at BladeHQ! Jump fast if you're in!
https://www.bladehq.com/item--Microtech ... to--117646
https://www.bladehq.com/item--Microtech ... to--117646
Pocket, fixed, machete, axe, it's all good!
You're going to look awfully silly with that knife sticking out of your @#$. -Clint Eastwood, High Plains Drifter
You're going to look awfully silly with that knife sticking out of your @#$. -Clint Eastwood, High Plains Drifter
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That version looks like it's been carried a few months. I know they're going for the aged look of Boba Fett's armor, but it still looks used to me.1967redrider wrote: ↑Mon Jul 18, 2022 12:50 am They're selling for $808 now at BladeHQ! Jump fast if you're in!
https://www.bladehq.com/item--Microtech ... to--117646
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1967redrider wrote: ↑Tue Nov 03, 2020 2:14 pm I took on an interesting project this past weekend. Surfing through online knife stores, I spied this new Microtech release of a Mandalorian'...
Over Saturday and Sunday, I put down at least 3 thin coats of paint, making sure there was ample drying time between coats. I also swapped out the 2 unpainted handle screws with painted ones late Sunday evening. Monday morning before heading to work I put everything back together, having let everything dry overnight. And here's the finished project, a good $660 cheaper than the concept, including original knife and supplies costs. I'm pleased with it and happy to have the savings set aside for other knives.
Sorry to inform you R.R. BUT that $660 you saved back in early November 2020, is now only worth $440 according to the online "Bidden Administration Inflation Calculator" well look on the bright side... at least it is worth more right now than in will be by the end January of 2023 I think it will be down to about $390 by then...
And if our government keeps printing $$$ the way they have been for all these years your $660 will eventually be worth about $30. But look on the bright side; at least you will have broken even wink: and sometimes that is all you can hope for in life
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GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Wed Dec 14, 2022 12:45 am1967redrider wrote: ↑Tue Nov 03, 2020 2:14 pm I took on an interesting project this past weekend. Surfing through online knife stores, I spied this new Microtech release of a Mandalorian'...
Over Saturday and Sunday, I put down at least 3 thin coats of paint, making sure there was ample drying time between coats. I also swapped out the 2 unpainted handle screws with painted ones late Sunday evening. Monday morning before heading to work I put everything back together, having let everything dry overnight. And here's the finished project, a good $660 cheaper than the concept, including original knife and supplies costs. I'm pleased with it and happy to have the savings set aside for other knives.
Sorry to inform you R.R. BUT that $660 you saved back in early November 2020, is now only worth $440 according to the online "Bidden Administration Inflation Calculator" well look on the bright side... at least it is worth more right now than in will be by the end January of 2023 I think it will be down to about $390 by then...
And if our government keeps printing $$$ the way they have been for all these years your $660 will eventually be worth about $30. But look on the bright side; at least you will have broken even wink: and sometimes that is all you can hope for in life
Sad but true, GSP.
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Thanks, Kim. Here's the most recent one I painted up. I used spray acrylic instead of the craft paint I used on the "Prototype." The red paint is some kind of outdoor craft paint.
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No way, no ma'am! I avoid that guy like the plague.
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You're going to look awfully silly with that knife sticking out of your @#$. -Clint Eastwood, High Plains Drifter
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Kimzilla wrote: ↑Wed Nov 15, 2023 6:21 am No offense Red, I just thought that it was cool that you were making your own breed of knife. But, it could make one worry about what other people are putting out there.
I know that you ain't no Dusty Duck. I don't know why someone hasn't hunted him down yet.
Pocket, fixed, machete, axe, it's all good!
You're going to look awfully silly with that knife sticking out of your @#$. -Clint Eastwood, High Plains Drifter
You're going to look awfully silly with that knife sticking out of your @#$. -Clint Eastwood, High Plains Drifter