Kreanga Carbon Legal Modification

great idea

If it is only taking off the silver sealant, I think a normal digital scale would hardly give any reaction. I would guess around 3 grams will be taken.

   tommy please let us know how it compares to how it was before you took the silver off

is it faster now?i ask this because the silver finish was kinda soft,you can score it with your fingernail

IceDefence wrote: Is the KC the only BTY blade that is painted with colours on the blade head: I mean is he the only blade that is only silver coloured e.t.c.

I think painting is Ok, as long as you can actually feel the grain of the timber.

The Dawei Bio X50 has a light coat of silver, but you can still feel the grain.

Here's a few pics of my new, modified, super-duper KC (not finished):

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It's certainly lighter. A lot of silver goo came off. I'm sure it will be a few grams lighter even after I triple seal!

I bought a $30 sander from Sears, and did the job in 30 minutes with a 220 grade sand paper sheet. I can't believe I've been sanding by hand all these years.

The sanders at work. It's not the orbital kind or the belt kind. It's the other kind! About the black smear . . . I'm worried it's a thin part of the wood where the carbon is exposed. I thought it was an area where the coating was deep into the woodgrain, but . . . maybe hand sanding would be safer, but . . . well actually . . . it looks like a factory defect because the blade is level and flat. I think the wood was thin in that area and the coating covered it. It's like putting carpet over a rotten floor. I'll finish sealing and play with it. It's not going to be a collectable anyway so I'll beat it up and hopefully win some games. Maybe the exposed carbon area will be a new sweet spot. LOL!!!! weeoooo crash and burn and burn and burn.

Mine had a VERY thick coat of it. When I was finished I had a handful of silver goo. I think they had to cover an uneven woodply. Bastards!! Anyway, I'll use it and beat on it. I traded for this one so I don't mind. Maybe it cost me about $70 in goods, not $200.

weeoooo

awesome tommy... always the man at hand

Tommy, I think that your blade is worthless now, You went to far in one corner, and now the top layer is not even and continues, making it illegal.

Sorry mate.

M.Keyshot wrote: 1stly: Kudos to tommyzai for spending the effort to remove that silver crap off a genuinely good blade. If you have the skills and dont excessively sand you will have a excellent blade + the handle looks way sexier than the ishlion. 2ndly @ Pingpongrob   Not very nice to shoot him down like that. I think your shop is worthless and you've gone too far with Dawei making yourself hated.   Sorry mate.

Tommy, I wasn't having a go at you, you should be proud of the hard work you've done, and the fact that you showed us that it can be done. WELL DONE MATE.

As for You M.Keyshot, what a clown, coming up with comments like that, your no better than Super user JCDI.   What the hell are you talking about, I haven't shot Tommy down, just stating a fact.

And who are you to say I'm Hated, What have I ever done to you or anyone else to deserve that comment.

And what do you mean gone to far with dawei, its just another product.
What are you affraid of, my quality service, my excellant prices, my quick delivery, my large range. Go on if your man enough, why dont we have a debate about those issue's

Dont tell me you belong to that fan club as well.

If you want to have a go at me, well do it properly in the right thread, I will shoot you down in Flames, because you know nothing about what your talking about. GO AHEAD MAKE MY DAY

I dun think it's necessary to have a go @ pingpongrob like that in "public", It serves no purpose n it'd be nice to keep things like that in Private Messages.

Well, I must confess you are right. I only have tested a KC for one training session. Very few here in France have this Ishlion and I haven't met any of them. I just reported what I've red on TT forums saying they were similar except for the silver coating. In what do they differ appart thickness ? Do they behave differently ? Pls adv.

you need to post some pics of your legalized version of this blade.