Camillus USN MK2 Restore

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Camillus USN MK2 Restore

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I've had this sitting partially finished in the shop for a couple years now or close to it. It turned out o.k. The leather I used for the washers was softer than what I normally use so it did not take a fine finish polish like normal but stayed kind of rough which made the color uneven when I dyed it which bothered me at first but since it's my own knife and it's going to be a user anyway i'm not entirely PO'd about it. It actually looks kinda old and "original" (ie: it looks beat up). colored spacers aren't correct, blade was cleaned then bead blasted by a forum member and it got some rust while it was kicking around the shop so I blued it and it blended it a bit. When I get moved into a bigger shop someday I'm going to get a small blast cabinet so I can do my own. I like the matte blued look I got with the bead blast / blued combo
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I like it, excellent job. ::tu:: ::tu::
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Re: Camillus USN MK2 Restore

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Looks familiar 8) Came out nice ::tu::
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Re: Camillus USN MK2 Restore

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Looks fit for duty!!

Nice restore!
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Blade almost looks like a Parkerized finish now. Nice Job!

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Most excellent! Great looking old warhorse!
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That came out really nice!
I like the finish on the blade! ::tu::
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