Since the picture linking on the 'Holic site blows chunks I'm posting it all here in the testing section which they (at Holics) will have a link to this page.

This is with a crappy iphone 3g so excuse the picture quality

Starts out like this, satin blade, beadblasted hardware:



The best way to hold the blade for polishing is in the factory handle so to protect the anodizing.... with the blade closed I then wrapped the end in masking tape and let the blade fly forward. It was stopped but I pulled it out fully in the lock position at which point I wrapped the handle again including the switch.



This isn't a thread about HOW-TO polish, you can look in my past threads here for a tutorial... simply put, in this picture you can see one of my buffing wheels, the wheel on the left is Sisal which is rough and I'm using Emory compound. -the wheel on the right is a ventilated buff and is used with Tripoli (brown) compound and polishing paste for finishing.


The blade is hard, I didn't sand the factory grind marks off the blade. Make sure the buff doesn't catch the blade, that flying object would be BAD:


The factory blade markings were removed by the buff:


Taken apart... there goes my warranty. (Microtech warranteeeee.. HA!!)


IMPORTANT Picture.... the main spring up top is factory and the smaller/shorter one below is an aftermarket replacement from assisted knife.com -It's obvious in person to see that it's nowhere near as strong as factory and will be stretched pretty far which I'm sure will affect durability... the smaller switch spring is factory, and the taller one (but much thinner) is aftermarket


The glassbreaker and pocket clip are easily removed with an 3/32nd punch (edited figure thanks to a 'Holic) :


Before:


After:


Back Together:





Here's one with my carry piece... Colt Officers .45