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Well, the bug has bit me! Bit me in the wallet too. I have watched the BK&T forum for a little while and have posted in several areas. When I first saw Ethans knives I was a little put off, and thought that they looked a bit clunky and had a had time imagining what the grips would feel like in my hand. But the more I lurched on the POST YOUR BECKER PHOTOS HERE thread, the more I liked the shape. So one night after a marathon study session I saw a BK9 posted in the exchange at a price that would make the thriftiest man start reaching for his wallet. (THANK YOU AGAIN AWGunS!). When it arrived, I knew I was hooked! It seems that I had stumbled upon what you already knew: the BK9 is the perfect blend of grip, edge, balance, strength, etc! Im not the biggest fan of blade coatings, so I set out to make it naked. After a quick trip to my locally owned ACE Hardware, I picked up a can of 5 minute spray JASCO stripper, a nonmetallic scrapper, some fresh chem. gloves, and a face dust mask, and went to work.
Now that the coating had been removed from the blade, I emailed CLICH for a link to his tutorial on how to work magic with a forced patina. The process sounded simple enough, but I ran short on time, patience, and cash to get the required materials, so I decided to do a forced patina with some muriatic acid that I had from a concrete cleaning project. What I didnt know was that the portion that was going to get the actual etching was the surface of the blade the was NOT covered in acid. So I got a negative of what I was looking for, which was a little embarrassing. I stopped the reaction by soaking the whole shebang in tub of water with a few drops of DRAIN-O. I gave the 9 a good coating of Hoppes #9 and put her away.
Never being satisfied, I decided that my forced patina wasnt good enough, I removed the patina with a few dozen dabs of SEMI-CHROME polished. I am now into the blade for over an hour in a stone wash process (photos to come when complete)
Now that the coating had been removed from the blade, I emailed CLICH for a link to his tutorial on how to work magic with a forced patina. The process sounded simple enough, but I ran short on time, patience, and cash to get the required materials, so I decided to do a forced patina with some muriatic acid that I had from a concrete cleaning project. What I didnt know was that the portion that was going to get the actual etching was the surface of the blade the was NOT covered in acid. So I got a negative of what I was looking for, which was a little embarrassing. I stopped the reaction by soaking the whole shebang in tub of water with a few drops of DRAIN-O. I gave the 9 a good coating of Hoppes #9 and put her away.
Never being satisfied, I decided that my forced patina wasnt good enough, I removed the patina with a few dozen dabs of SEMI-CHROME polished. I am now into the blade for over an hour in a stone wash process (photos to come when complete)
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