Customized Busse Combat AMS

[devil07]

...or should I say personalized?

A few weeks ago I decided to strip my Anniversary Mean Street. Well, I finally got around to polishing the blade properly. I thought I'd share the results, so here it is:



And it's etched, so the logo is still readable:


It does get cloudy a little bit. Maybe a few more passes with green compound would fix that.

So, what say the knife gurus of INGO?

 

[DaKruiser]

Looks great!

 

[PoolQs]

Great work!! If you would like to get more of those scratches off, try black compound first, then green, and finally white.
You will be amazed the difference. The cloudiness usually comes from the compound when too much was put on the buffing
wheel. Acetone or mineral spirits will clean the blade after each compound to see the results. Troy

 

[devil07]

Do you have a recommendation of a buffing wheel which is easy to use with the different compounds? What I used to do this was kind of improvised. I wouldn't mind getting something more dedicated.

 

[grunt soldier]

That looks damn good brother. Nice work. Etching came out great too!

 

[flatlander]

Damn that's nice. Bring it by the booth at the next 1500. I'd like to see it.

Bob

 

[vitamink]

I like it!

 

[devil07]

Damn that's nice. Bring it by the booth at the next 1500. I'd like to see it.

Bob

Will do

 

[PoolQs]

If you have a buffer, use tight Muslin wheel for black and green (dedicate 1 wheel for each color, don't mix compounds),
and a loose for white and pink (pink is jewler's compound - no abrasives, just buffing)
Search results for: 'buffing wheel'

If you have a dremel or roto-zip, you can buy polishing wheels for it
Shop Dremel 1/2-in Felt Polishing Wheel at Lowes.com

If neither of these, you can do it with a Drill (I use this for my pink compound, varible low speed)
4 Piece Buffing Kit

These are the tools that I use and hope this will help answer your questions,
Troy

 

[indyjohn]

I would have like to have seen this first hand today...

 

[devil07]

I would have like to have seen this first hand today...

Oops, are you going to be set up at the next 1500?
Per the request of flatlander, it'll be at the next Indy 1500 I attend. Just don't know which day I'll be there.

 

[PoolQs]

This is one that I did last year with the tools explained before.
Before I used those, I hand sanded from 220 grit up to 2000 grit wet/dry sandpaper
with windex as the wet. I alternated directions of sanding after each grit making sure
that previous scratches were gone.

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[indyjohn]

Oops, are you going to be set up at the next 1500?
Per the request of flatlander, it'll be at the next Indy 1500 I attend. Just don't know which day I'll be there.

No worries. I'll be there all 3 days.

 

[M67]

Oops, are you going to be set up at the next 1500?
Per the request of flatlander, it'll be at the next Indy 1500 I attend. Just don't know which day I'll be there.

Yeah, but will you be at KC so you can take us to River Girls?

 

[grunt soldier]

Yeah, but will you be at KC so you can take us to River Girls?

I talked to him just the other day and he was saving lots of money for KC so I'm betting he is going to be there sir! I unfortunately can't get the days off boo freaking hoo!

 

[M67]

I talked to him just the other day and he was saving lots of money for KC so I'm betting he is going to be there sir! I unfortunately can't get the days off boo freaking hoo!

You never come to KC

But at least you're not like Bobby. Say you're coming then say well.....something came up

 

[grunt soldier]

I've been to KC several times just never on Thursday night unfortunately.

 

[rhino]

What is "KC"?

 

[DaKruiser]

What is "KC"?

Knob Creek, Kentucky. Busse has a table at the machine gun shoot,

 

[M67]

I've been to KC several times just never on Thursday night unfortunately.

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