anodizing, or polishing coated liners?

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stonproject

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I have a Benchmade 860 Bedlam with a satin finish plain blade. the liners on this model, along with the glass breaker/ striker are coated with a matte black finish. Is it possible to get the liners and pommel anodized some sort of 'flashy' color? or can I just polish them to a satin finish? How would I go about this? Any advice and pointers would be much appreciated. Thanks
 
What is the liner material? If they're steel, the best you'll be able to do is to polish them and maybe re-finish them (stonewash, acid wash, or something of the like). If they're titanium (sorry, don't know much about Benchmade models), you'll be able to anodize them fairly simply. Either way, it'll involve removing the coating which will probably take some amount of grinding/sanding (sorry, not really knowledgeable about this either).

If the liners are titanium, though, I've been able to anodize some titanium of my own with some amount of success.
 
im pretty sure theyre just stainless steel liners. If I polished the liners down to a satin finish, could I then have it anodized? Ive had steel bicycle frames anodized. Anyone on this forum interested in doin this?
 
Who/how did you have the steel bike frame anodized? I've always been under the impression you can't ano steel. Usually some sort of PVD coating is used on steel (otherwise a more basic paint/powder coat). Aluminum/Titanium can be anodized chemically/electrically or by heat/flame.
 
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I am with ck about anodizing and the liners on the Bedlam are 420J steel. I think steel can be heat colored, but not sure it can be done to stainless. A nice satin finish on the liners would look good though!
 
You can definitely heat discolor stainless but from what I've always been taught its a different actual process than takes place when heat coloring Ti.

With Ti if you go past the color you want you can simply sand it off and start again (like true anodizing), with stainless you don't have that option, if you over heat steel it turns a white color and you've gone to far and there's no way to redo it.
 
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