So on the weekend, I decided to attempt my first mod.
I have the Sanrenmu 7023 LUC-SA that I really like except for the tacky engraving that says "stainless steel folding knife" on the handle.
My first thought was to do a carbon fiber vinyl wrap on it.
While it looked really nice and the CF really suited well the knife, I wasn't happy with the result.
I tried to do the wrapping 3 or 4 times but every time, no matter how I did it, I wasn't able to make the wrapping being smooth on the corners and ended up always feeling the vinyl there.
So I gave up on the idea and decided to simply sand off the engravings.
5 to 10 min with 400 grit sand paper did the trick.
Then I decided to try to stonewash the scales.
And then, while I was at it, I also decided to try to acid etch the blade.
Here is what I ended up with
For it being my first mod, I'm very happy with it.
The stonewash ended up looking great.
The acid etch turned out nice as well but it's also very dependent of how skilled you are with artwork and as you can see, painting is not my forte LOL!
Still, being pretty happy with the results, I decided to then acid etch my current EDC, a Syderco Domino clone.
Here are the results
