Bluing

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Andre Simpson

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Hi all,

I have been doing a fair bit of work on the village khukuri I got from Bill - polishing, reshaping the handle etc.

The next step I plan is to blue the blade in the same way that rifles are treated, that is, use a proper solution to rust the blade and then boil it (its great having a Dad who restores firearms).

Given the type of steel used this should work well and give a very deep,'hard' blue.

So has anyone tried this and if so how did it work and any tips, pointers.

Andre
 
Hi Andre:

Good to hear from down under.

I think maybe Rusty and Ghostsix may be able to help you with the bluing. They will be around so keep a watch.

Uncle Bill
 
I tried some plum brown on my villager even though it's still a bit rough. Didn't like it, so kept on sanding.
 

Hi Andre.
I haven't blued a Kuhkuri as yet.When my 18" Ang Khola gets to me I _might_ blue it. It will get much harder use than my wifes 15" AK.
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I have blued my Cold Steel Trailmaster Bowie and my sons' as well as some other blades however.
I use the cold blueing and warm the blades with running hot water until good and warm. It helps the cold blue set quicker and also dries the blade quicker. I have had very good luck with it. I blued the CS TM around the 1st. of Mar. 1992. I got it on Feb.25th.'92. I just recently worked it over good and reblued it and it saw some very hard use.
A good hot blue will do really good I think. We used to hot blue arrow points at a little machine shop I worked at in Oregon. It helped them to hold up to the elements better.
HTH.

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I`m here.Hot blue requires more than most would want to deal with.Rust blue is good and simple and lasts.If you want to use cold blue or plum brown,heat the steel with a torch until sizzel is reached.If mottled,re-do to even out color.Oil and card with 0000 steel wool to finish.The smell will go away.

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