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Well, I read up on some threads I found while browsing BFs, and learned how easy it was to home-anodize titanium. I have a DC power supply capable of up to about 25VDC. I used an old mason jar filled with trisodium phosphate (TSP) and distilled water. I mixed the solution pretty heavy. A County Comm Ti money clip served as my "ground" for the solution; it was easy to clip onto the jar and attach the negative lead using an alligator clip. Here are my results:
My Emerson CQC-14 liners. For some reason or another that I can't figure out, one liner would not take color whatsoever. The other one was hit with about 20VDC. The item propping up the knife is a Deryk Munroe D.T.S. pocket clip adapter, and I love this little thing. It is also Ti, and was hit with 17.30VDC to achieve the bronze color.
I also did the scales of my Buck-Mayo TNT. This one turned out much better than my Emerson. The color is difficult to see, but it's a gray-bronze with purple tints. It's almost a chameleon effect. The area near the blade end is a fingerprint, the anodization is fairly even. This one was hit with about 17.35VDC.
I finished up with the last of my Ti laying around the house, my Snow Peak Ti spork, which was on the verge of bronze and purple. No pictures of the spork however.
Hope you enjoy!
My Emerson CQC-14 liners. For some reason or another that I can't figure out, one liner would not take color whatsoever. The other one was hit with about 20VDC. The item propping up the knife is a Deryk Munroe D.T.S. pocket clip adapter, and I love this little thing. It is also Ti, and was hit with 17.30VDC to achieve the bronze color.
I also did the scales of my Buck-Mayo TNT. This one turned out much better than my Emerson. The color is difficult to see, but it's a gray-bronze with purple tints. It's almost a chameleon effect. The area near the blade end is a fingerprint, the anodization is fairly even. This one was hit with about 17.35VDC.
I finished up with the last of my Ti laying around the house, my Snow Peak Ti spork, which was on the verge of bronze and purple. No pictures of the spork however.
Hope you enjoy!
