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Bill Sanders

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I wish I had a digital camera. I blued the blade on my 18" Sher AK. I used Birchwood Casey Perma_Blue. It has to set overnight with some oil on the finish, but right now it looks great! I am also going to antique the brass and do some sanding and polishing on the wood. If I can find someone to borrow a camera from I will put up some pics, when I'm done. I doubt that I'm the first do do this, but it's the first blade I've blued, and it so far is better than I expected.

Bill
 
I
need
to
do
this,
too.
I
need
to
subdue
my
khuk
for
the
field

(mykeybordisbrokensorry...)

spcebr
broken
with
first
letter
broken
too
the
one
before
"B"
I
will
substitute
"U"
for
firstletter
i.e.,
"ulfphubet"
ubcdefghijklmnopqrst*vwxyz

hehe...:D
 
Everything you type now is a poem by e.e. cummings.
Seabee17, looking forward to seeing photos. I blued an old military kukri I had as a teenager, it kept the rust off for years.
 
Tommyifmykeybordhdthesmeproblemyoursdoesitwouldlooklikethis.:D

We anxiously await the pics... :cool:
 
Tommy, I know you're not trying to be funny, but I'm ROTFLMAO right now. I started losing it once I read "mykeybordisbrokensorry..", that's just too funny! :D Thanks for the laugh man, I really need it right now.

On the subject... Seabee, it sounds like that turned out really nice. I'd like to blue my 18" Kumar Ang Khola, it's going to be my workhorse khuk. That's the one I beat up for the Extreme testing review, it's now listed as my favorite knife. If you get the pics be sure to post them for us. Are you planning on using this one? I'm curious about how well the bluing holds up to chopping and such.
 
RR, yes, I do plan on using it. It will be the test subject to see how well it holds up to use. If it holds up well, I may do my 16.5 Kumar AK. This is the biggest that my Skipper will allow in my war bag. (And had to do some fancy talking to get him to OK that one.)

Bill
 
This is the biggest that my Skipper will allow in my war bag. (And had to do some fancy talking to get him to OK that one.)
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It's amazing what sissies there are in the military, isn't it? Artillery systems and fully automatic weapons are just the tools of the trade, but carrying a large knife makes you some kind of freak :rolleyes:. I've even caught flak for my Camillus EDC, whenever I use it to clean my fingernails. Apparently that's threatening to some people. Thanks in advance for the durability report, I'm looking forward to seeing it.
 
I
wunt
to
blue
my
16.5"
chiruwu
U.K.
'cuz
my
CO
sez
it's
too
shiny


...unxiously
uwuiting
the
outcome
of
your
uttempt.

-Tommy
Utkins.:D
 
So who can tell me how or where to get a nice browning job done on whatever? I tried some Plum Brown ( think it was Birchwood Casey ) but am unimpressed . A good deep browning on an octagonal barrel like on some custom muzzleloaders appeals to me like - well, can any of you remember the blue on the old Python?
 
Rusty, I'm about dead here, so I don't have energy to search for you(just peeking in before I go soak in tub), but you might try asking in shop talk/ searching there. I know the subject of browning has come up before, in that forum I believe. As has rust bluing. There's at least one guy in there who either himself, or his father(or uncle or something) is very well known for work with muzzleloaders, and he, and robably many others in there, could point you in the rigth direction. I have afriend who probably could to, but last I knew he was out of town.
 
Gottcha: had my hair cut earlier so I'm headed for the showers too, before I itch to death.
 
Originally posted by Rusty ...how or where to get a nice browning job done on whatever?
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Here's a how-to:
best info-->http://members.aol.com/illinewek/faqs/browning.htm
and
http://www.americanlongrifles.com/WorkShop_Barrel_Browning.htm
and
http://www.maritimt.net/trj/gunsmith/bruksanv_barrelbrown.htm


Came across this bit that you might consider (if true):

"Even effective weaponry was sabotaged by the desire for a good show. Muskets were to be kept polished to a mirror-like finish, but this weakened the barrels: while a process of "browning" could make them rust-resistant, it also weakened them as well. "
from
http://www.briansiano.com/flashman/HTML Files/Uniforms of 19th century.htm

And you can look thru these search results:
http://www.google.com/search?num=10...&as_qdr=all&q=browning+barrel+rust+OR+rusting
 
hehe

musturd
on
chiruwu
now
deli
style
looks
delicious
(goeswithmywrysenseofhumor)

wrupped
in
wux
puper
like
sundwich

will
buy
new
keybord
hopefully
tomorrow.

:D
 
Originally posted by ddean
Start with an irregular satin rubdown.
Then add a patina-

Search forums:

patina mustard
camouflage
camoflage
mayonnaise
mayonaisse
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loveto,
but
I'm
not
'ble
to
type
'ny
of
those
words!

putinumusturd
cumufluge
muyonnuise

:D

noworries
 
I have been staring at the bottle of bluing for a couple of days now; trying to decide which khuk I was going to blue. I was hesistating because of the fear of messing something up. BUT...today's the day. Onward and upward.
 
I have cold blued several of my machetes and Kuks and the Kuks come out a beautiful deep dark bluish purple color. The machetes (Martindales) just turn a dark blue almost black.The Valiant Goloks blue awesome.

I was using a cotton ball /pad to apply the blue but found that a needle tip bottle works much better. I just run several lines of the liquid along the face of the blade--- spread it around with my fingertip----put it in the sun to cook for a while---come back when I remember----take some 0000 steel wool and rub it down---apply my favorite lube---I kinda like Ballistol-- and marvel at the transformation..




For cold bluing:
Liquid---http://www.brownells.com/aspx/NS/store/ProductDetail.aspx?p=1072

Creme---http://www.brownells.com/aspx/NS/store/ProductDetail.aspx?p=1108


Book on bluing and browning:http://www.brownells.com/aspx/NS/store/ProductDetail.aspx?p=12611


Oops-Thanks Mark for the reminder.I first run the blade under hot water using a strong soap to remove all traces of oil before putting on the blue. And I too have noticed that the hot steel will reacts quickly whereas the cold blade kinda mopes along and fiddles around
turning blue slowly. The oxpho dropped directly on the clean hot steel turns the metal almost black instantly.
 
Heating up the blade with hot tap water can really help. It has seemed to help in the past for me.
 
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