Cold blued Beckers

Jonny1280

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I've always liked the looks of a blued blade, but never did get around to doing one myself.
I was at the gun store the other day and figured, "What the heck." Grabbed a bottle of gun blue and away I went.
The major reason I've stayed away from the blue is the possible toxicity. I cut a lot of food with many of my knives. But!!....I don't use my choppers on food! Yesterday I picked up my Machax and went for it.

The blade was already stripped, so all I did was follow the instructions on the bottle of gun blue:

-wash and scrub clean with steel wool. Rinse. Dry.
-rub with alcohol, rinse with cold water. Dry.
-wipe on gun blue with sponge, swab, cloth, etc.
-let dry for 30 seconds. Rinse. Dry.
-rub lightly with steel wool, scotchbrite, or high grit sandpaper. Rinse. Dry.
-repeat until your happy with the results. I did it 3 times.

Supplies used: dish soap, S.O.S. Pad, paper towels, gun blue, a large jug of water to rinse blade, and 1000 grit sandpaper.

I paid a little extra attention when sanding the grind lines. I like the contrast between the blued blade and the sanded grind lines. Each knife only took about 10-15 minutes start to finish. All in all I'm very happy with the results.









And today I blued the Brute:




 
those look good, highlighting the grind transitions like that.
 
I cold blued my clipped BK2, then sanded it, before bluing the stripes on:

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I also cold blued my tomahawk head:

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Cold bluing is difficult to keep from streaking I've found. I do like the looks though. Both those look nice Jonny. :thumbup:
 
Those look great! Especially the brute!
I think as I become better doing my vinegar/ orange patina,I will try to get a standardized shade of light grey patina, then highlight the grind lines like you did. That is the look that originally brought me to the patina process, AND TO BECKERS! :-)
 
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beachmaster said:
Those look great! Especially the brute!
I think as I become better doing my vinegar/ orange patina is to get a light grey patina, and highlight my grind lines like you did. That is the look that originally brought me to the patina process, AND TO BECKERS! :-)
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Hehe this is how I got myself into Becker and i started with a 14 using apple cider vinegar. I got gun blue but will keep that for the bigger blades as I wear out the original coating further.
 
Both blades look great. I agree that the contrasting color is nice and the overall dark shade of gray is even better.

I'd say your first attempt worked well!
 
Looks great, thanks for putting up the pictures. Like some others have said, I really like the way all the edges and transitions are outlined.
 
Great job Jonny.

If the brute ever needs a babysitter just let me know :D Ill make sure she gets a good workout!!
 
Damn John, fine job there on both blades.

I might have to do that.......now all I need is a 4.
 
I really love how those turned out! Great looking combo with the old school Camilus scales, the finish and that leather sheath. Gonna have to do my 9 like that...
 
Any idea how well that bluing holds up to use? I love that look but I also want to use my 4 and if I go to the effort to do it, won't want it to mess up easily.
 
DunkEm said:
Any idea how well that bluing holds up to use? I love that look but I also want to use my 4 and if I go to the effort to do it, won't want it to mess up easily.
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Sissy. Users are users....factory coating, blueing or stripped - it's the well worn look that gives them true beauty......
 
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