check out the blued blades!

Wow, never saw that coming. First time I have ever seen blued coating on a slipjoint. Clearly this knife is aimed at the collector market based on the sky high price point and the engraved scrolling on the bolsters. I was pleasantly surprised to see the steel used was CV though. If they cut the price in half in get rid of the scrolled bolsters, Id love to try one out.. I really like that chestnut bone. It looks like the same chestnut bone that they used in 1999 and 2000 on there then CV line.. Anyway, thanks for sharing!
 
That would be a beautiful user. Just think ,if you EDC'd that knife for 4 years your looking at 6 cents a day. And that's if you depreciate it to zero. Hell I've about talked myself into buying one.
 
sunnyd said:
I was pleasantly surprised to see the steel used was CV though. If they cut the price in half in get rid of the scrolled bolsters, Id love to try one out.. I really like that chestnut bone.
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Amen! Great looking bone handles and CV to boot. I'm in. :)
 
Hmmmm. Bluing a blade. It works like a patina, no? Is it a solution that is applied to the blade? Can one use a blued blade for food prep? Does it come off quickly?
 
Used cold blue on an Opinel once. Stank of the chemicals for months :barf:
Looked ok though.
I think it's better to just use vinegar on it. Similar results without the long lasting pong.

Hot blued like a gun would look good on a safe queen, but would soon wear with use I'd think.
 
It is an easy process if you know what you're doing and being an ex gunsmith helps a bit too. The best way to do it is using OXPHOBLUE. Once done the blade looks like a million bux and will not rust. You can get the pores of the steel so dense with OXPHOBLUE the blades will puddle water. There is no hot blue as tough as OXPHOBLUE which is the finest cold blue I have ever used, period. This stuff is so tough you polish it out with steel wool to bring it to a beautiful sheen.
 
I cold blued a Amish forged throwing tomahawk one time....gave it a beautiful patina. I'm looking at a "white steel" Japanese forged layered knife right now that comes as a skelatal forge/grind (no handle material), I plan to put the patina to it when it arrives. I really like "blued" knife blades! The pix are beautiful, might look into one of the Case's myself!
 
I've got a Schrade that was blued by the Schrade and it has held up quite well. It is a good knife.
 
mnblade said:
Would you eat with a knife treated with OXPHOBLUE, WIL TERRY?
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YOU BETCHA !!! I have done so for many a moon and that includes having kitchen knives I blued. I am just back from the DR as we speak and there is every indication I will live to be 140. Not too shabby for a fellow who last April 2 the DR'S told my wife she was gonna be widow RSN, PDQ, and forthwith, probably that day. HA, I have beat the grim reaper for the third time !!!
 
What stores sell the Oxphoblue, WT? I would LOVE to blue my yellow handled CV Soddie Jr. I think it would look figgin awesome!!
 
Good gun stores will have bottles of OXPHOBLUE in stock. You may also buy it from the big gunsmith supply house in Montezuma, Iowa, BROWNELL'S.
 
I cold blued the blades on an Eye Brand large stockman. As has been mentioned, it had a funky smell for a while. With use the bluing slowly wore off to a dark gray.
 
Hot blued like a gun would look good on a safe queen, but would soon wear with use I'd think.
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At contact points, I figure that it would. Gun blueing always tends to wear at those points- a well used blade could almost entirely be a wear point- since cutting=friction and friction wears blueing.

That said, it looks very pretty. If it wasn't $84, I would be very tempted to buy and carry one of those.
 
I have done a cold blue on my Case Texas Jack with CV steel. I used that stuff that comes as a paste in a tube (I think it's made by Birchwood-Casey). It looks really nice, but as others have mentioned, it has a funky, chemical smell to it. I cut an apple with it today and I could kind of taste that noxious flavor. I think I will stop using it on food until that bad odor goes away. Whatever it is, it can't be good for you.
 
Whatever it is, it can't be good for you.
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Outers Cold Gun Blue contains Selenium Dioxide and Hydrochloric Acid Warning label on the package says to avoid contact with eyes and prolonged contact with skin. The front of the says MAY BE FATAL IF SWALLOWED in pretty large, bold caps. Granted this is the blueing chemical itself, but it definetely isn't innocuous.
 
Bluing salts are just chemicals that cause a reaction bringing on oxidation. Using these things is essentially the same thing as forcing a patina with lemon juice or vinegar. If you follow the directions and use care is washing the bluing salts from the blade nothing will be left to ingest.

-- Sam
 
Looks very nice! But can't stand those scrolled bolsters and engraved blade nonsense, looks very kitsch! I too wonder about the blueing process, OK till you sharpen it and then some preety nasty chemicals could get released. After all, you don't do food prep with a gun...You get a temporary blue effect on carbon by slicing shallots, real rainbow stuff till you wash it off.
 
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