CS Trail Hawk Question

[ynwa1892]

After seeing the Trail Hawk mod thread, I decided to try my hand at it. I sprayed the head with Citristrip, wrapped it loosely in saran wrap, and waited for a few hours. Most of the coating came off and i used a razor blade to take the rest off. After I was finished I noticed a black oval near the edge. I checked and I saw the same thing on the other side. I figured that I hadn't removed all of the coating and repeated the stripping process, but instead of waiting a few hours, I waited for about 30 minutes. It didn't work though and I'm not sure what I should do next so I decided to ask on here because I really have no experience apart from stripping my BK7 (and that was only a few weeks ago). Has this happened to anyone before? Thanks in advance.

Here's a link to the pics: http://imgur.com/a/vLvYs

 

[WJC01]

I'm guessing some type of temper mark. You going to force patina or blue it?

 

[ynwa1892]

I want to blue it, but I live in an apartment so I think that will have to wait. I'll probably wait until the summer and and do a tomahawk bonding project with some buddies. I saw this thread http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...Mustard)-Sheath-Mod-etc?highlight=nail+polish where the patina was forced with nail polish and mustard. It looks pretty cool so I think I'm going to give that a try.

 

[WJC01]

Apply mustard with a qui-tip- stripes or whatever pattern, let it set about 20 min then soak a paper towel in vinegar and wrap blade 20 min or so. rinse and wipe off. Cool effects no mess. For bluing-get some cold blue- simple, quick, easy to do. On any of these jobs you can simply erase with fine steel wool or a miracle eraser. You cannot hurt it.