do you like the look of flamed titanium?

[Big Barn]

Now you just need to wear a tutu and use that knife to cut some tea sandwiches and you'll be living it up.

I take it this response was a no.

 

[harkamus]

Never liked flamed or anodized titanium. I like bare, sand blasted, or stone washed titanium.

 

[Spinerazor]

i'm thinking i'm not going to bother with this Ti flaming anymore, its kinda gay i think, too bright for my liking i like how Striders are done but that's about it. time to break out the sandpaper!

 

[Stelth]

I know it takes all kinds to make a world but I still find it hard to believe that this appeals to anybody.

 

[Spinerazor]

actually instead of me sanding it off again, what would happen if i just keep flaming it? will it get dark again or something?

 

[cutter17]

I like heat anodised Ti because electrically anodised is too bright and even.
Flamed has more muted colours.

This is what I like. The muted colors seem to wear better, and as I understand it, flame anodizing is more durable than electrical anodizing as it goes deeper into the metal itself(?)

 

[timbit]

Anyone know what kind of temperatures result in the different colours? It might be possible to bring a piece of Ti up to temp in a PID controlled forge so that you could have a uniform titanium oxide blue or purple or whatever. Might come out really neat if the scales were highly polished before the heat treatment.

 

[Spinerazor]

I've had it with flamed Ti, after sanding and re-sanding and doing the flaming 3 times now i've had just about enough of it, it looks silly and fruity and i should have never done it in the first place. Finally i'm back to where i started, you can only notice one little spot on the lock bar cutout that i couldn't sand off well. i'm glad that's over with.

 

[Striderco]

I like it on the back of my one Strider PTs but I wouldnt want it on a larger surface!