Case canoe

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I just received a case amber bone conoe with the Indian in canoe.i was originally trying to find 2 1970 case conoes for my son and my wife's son(they are treaty Cree aboriginals from Northern Canada.the 70's were engraved and made to stay.i was unable to find any,so I purchased the 2023 model to try out.and what I found was it is a very comfortable knife to carry and with very practical blades.not sure why this pattern is not more appreciated. Unfortunately the native in the canoe will disappear with use,I believe because it is laser etched. I noticed a few native canoes made in germany.might buy them but my funds are diminishing, I told the wife that I'm only spending money from the selling of my hunting rifles and scopes as well as skinning knives,now that health has ended my hunting days.but I'm suspecting that the wife is suspecting that I may of exceeded my budget.my only honest excuse I could provide was my grade ten math report card.
 
Think the markings both were and are electro-etched. The depth of electro-etching is partly controlled by length of time the current is applied. So it is possible that the older ones were etched deeper.
 
knarfeng said:
Think the markings both were and are electro-etched. The depth of electro-etching is partly controlled by length of time the current is applied. So it is possible that the older ones were etched deeper.
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Ya I had read somewhere that it was etched deeper and that when the paint washed out the engraving

was still very visible, and that the new ones once the paint is gone it is invisible,
 
For what it's worth, I bought one of these canoes in 2018. I don't use it often, because I try to rotate through ALL my knives, so none get frequent use. But as you can see from the photo below, taken a couple of years after I got the canoe, it had developed at least a moderate patina and the blade etch is still very visible. Most of the use for that canoe had been food prep, so it hasn't had much abrasive action against the blade that would wear paint out of the bottom of the etch.
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- GT
 
5K Qs said:
For what it's worth, I bought one of these canoes in 2018. I don't use it often, because I try to rotate through ALL my knives, so none get frequent use. But as you can see from the photo below, taken a couple of years after I got the canoe, it had developed at least a moderate patina and the blade etch is still very visible. Most of the use for that canoe had been food prep, so it hasn't had much abrasive action against the blade that would wear paint out of the bottom of the etch.
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- GT
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Ya that's the same as I have,thanks for that.
 
??? Should not be any paint involved. Eelectro-etching parameters can be chose such that the process leaves a dark marking composed of metallic oxides.

The marking method can be chosen such that the marking is just on the surface and the etch does not remove any metal. The parameters can also be chosen such that metal is removed (known as a "deep etch"). But in either case, the dark material is metal oxide that is part of the blade. Much like anodize is oxide layer which is oxidized aluminum which is part of the metal. The metal oxide can wear away. But in no case is it "paint".
 
Thanks for the clarification regarding the "color" of blade etches, Frank.

- GT
 
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