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Ok, you’re right, for (bead) blasting you’d need some special equipment even though I’d never blast a blade.
It’s a good technique on handles made of very stainless steel or Ti but every blasted (Kershaw) blade I tried had dots and smudges on it after the slightest use.
Blasting tears up the surface and even “stainless” steels like 8Cr13MoV will get spots.
Only steels used for handles that don’t need edge retention capabilities won’t react like that.

Whenever I get a beadblasted blade I just stonewash it right away, preferably after polishing, that gives a nice “frosted” surface.

Thanks for The link to the original knife .

I’d say you stepped it up quite a few notches.
Nice work!! . :+1:

Edit: The french fry/pickle fork - pry bar is cool to.

Knife before Adahn worked his magic

Nice job.
You could sell scales or other items with this finishing at premium price!

I guess that would only work with premium knives.
Who’d want to spend 60-80 bucks on a pair of scales or an orange peel/ano job on a 30 to 40 Dollars knife?

I’ve had a co-worker who got some of my stuff sold, I don’t have that salesman talent, I’m more the tinkerer :wink:

But of course, if you see what you like and have an idea with a knife you own or want to order, PM me and I can tell you if it’s possible.

If this one came with a milled clip then I think an orange peel pattern of the circle could look awesome, even more with some anodizing…

https://www.gearbest.com/pp_009385673803.html?wid=1433363

For $5, honestly it is a decent knife, although much smaller than I expected. I obviously forgot to look at its dimensions before ordering. I have no complaints about the quality.

My Domin Mini arrived today!! Everything, and more ; you said about it is true toddcshoe!! :+1:

I am a happy camper. :slight_smile:

It even has shrunken scales… which are a very nice touch.

Thanks again for the recommendation. :beer:

Oh yeah… I got Blue also. :wink:

The Land 9103 is on a “super-sale”, currently reduced to 12.99 $US.
Points/other reductions won’t work though (and according to the GB team there are no current coupons):
https://www.gearbest.com/pocket-knives-and-folding-knives/pp_620961.html

Unfortunately, Gearbest have changed the shipping method for all blade products. It now shows up during checkout as “E-packet” and is twice the price compared to before.

Just another orange peel, sorry to anyone getting bored :wink:





Great! :+1: How does it feel holding the handle in the hand?

Good. Much grippier.
After brushing I polished it on a buffing wheel with white compond for plastic materials.
Without buffing it’s as grippy as aggressive sand blasting (which I dislike).
Also anodizing doesn’t get smudges as quickly as before.
Maybe a new trend soon as it’s really easy to apply.

A co-worker asked me if I wanna do this to all of my Ti knives.
Not too soon but maybe I’ll do it to my TiLock.

Thanks for the heads up on this deal. Your right, E-packet was the only shipping choice at $1.32 for one knife. (I don’t remember how it compares to other orders. But I’ll take your word that it is double. :wink: )

But…. if you add a second knife, the same shipping drops to $0.24. :+1:
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$12.99×2 ……. LAND 9103 Frame Lock Pocket Folding Knife Silver
$0.24………… E-packet GD-E / 15-28 business days
Shipping Guarantee:……… $2.62

$26.22………… Total

I’ve been looking at Giant Mouse Iona and some Civivi knives. Those are my budget knives I really want. Today I carried an Arcform Catalyst and later I carried a Spyderco Tenacious Sprint run.

Hey guys can you link some budget knife (folders and fixed) YouTubers….thanks

Is there a version of this knife that comes with a G10 handle?

There is the 910 Plus . It is slightly larger… The blade is 85mm compared to 82mm for the 9103. Blade steel is advertised the same.

It does have G-10 scales.
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Thanks!

Sure thing…… :beer:

Ahm, well. The knives have the exact same dimensions, at least the 6 that I had in hands so far.
That means you can interchange the blades from the G10 and the all steel versions with no problems.
But different people are measuring differently.

The G10 version is a bit wider and grippier, better for hard work. The framelock version is slimmer and carries better in the pocket.
The best one, of course, is my 9103CF follow by the 910+CF :wink:

Thanks for that info Adahn!! :+1: . I do not have the 9103’s yet & was only going from the descriptions from GearBest.

If you have them both, I quickly yeild to your in hand observations as being correct. :smiley: . :beer:

Just received Ganzo F759M Delica/Meadowlark clone, took a little over 1 week from GB, that’s gotta be a new record…It is so sharp you almost can’t hear the paper being cut when testing :+1: