Benchmade pictures

[Professor]

 

[flipe8]

 

[toto07]

 

[pmek5]

Nice pic. ^

 

[toto07]

 

[BuMs]

Nice 635 :thumbup:

635BK-502

 

[vanslem6]

531 today.

 

[combatjiujitsu]

 

[ourgon]

 

[42Jackbauer23]

Nice! What finish did you put on that? I love my 913. It's beat up and worn pretty bad but it still keeps going.

 

[ourgon]

Nice! What finish did you put on that? I love my 913. It's beat up and worn pretty bad but it still keeps going.

Acid wash/blackwash. Before etching blade had poorly polished finish
http://i.imgur.com/LDtyYYO.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/4nK8KGF.jpg

So it's etched on that poor mirror finish.

I used ferric chloride, temperature of water for solution - the hottest water from tap, time of process - I was keeping blade in it about 80, maybe 90 seconds. Acid solution saturated with precipitated sediment. Blade disassembled from handle, with secured pivot and lock area [with duct tape], degreasing with acetone before wash. After all resharpen of course.

Effect is very nice, looks and feel under finger like old gun oxide, mostly I think because it was etched on polished blade for short time - longer time and you get mat, rough texture, darker in one light and more grey at different angle. IMHO Steel D2 is more susceptible to acid etching than VG-10 for example. I'm very happy with that modification. It's hard to show on pictures with 5 mpix phone camera.

I done acid stonewash on that knife long time ago, but I wasn't happy with that effect after some time. [here are pics http://i.imgur.com/I3QQhjs.jpg , http://i.imgur.com/hvvET1L.jpg ]

 

[hiend]

 

[warrenwrench]

Benchmade 625 Crawford Leopard.

 

[@LeathermanGX]

 

[VESO RAD]

 

[Hbpuckstopper]

Hard to follow up the last post, but new to the game, this little guy was delivered Friday

Ritter Mini grip in M390

 

[nosuchagency]

 

[ourgon]

 

[trukreltrog]

 

[Wavicle]

Got the 808 Loco today, otherwise known as the Crazy Hawaiian. I like it.