Gun blued knives

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I was wondering how many people out there have done this to their blades?
I wanted to get a few of mine done but don't know too much about it. How durable is the finish? They don't have to heat the steel in anyway to do it do they? I was just thinking about the tempering...

I found a place not too far from me that does it but the guy said that his machine couldn't do stainless steels. does anyone have pics they could show me?
thanks..
 
Blueing requires some heat...the biggest problem is that stainless steel cannot be blued. Bluing is controlled "rust" for lack of a better term. Also, depending on the kind of knife you have, if it can't be dissasembled, I doubt you could blue it. The chemicals used are pretty corrosive and would damage any non-steel parts. There are alot of great finishes available. Do a search on knife finishes in the archives..
 
SOG makes a couple of their Bowies with gun blued blades. (carbon steel of course).

I think they are beautiful looking knives, and I'm suprised not to see some more knives that are blued. Perhaps it has to do with the lack of corrosion resistance?

Joe
 
I've successfully used cold bluing on a carbon steel Randall No. 1

My intent was to reduce visibilty prior to going in "the Green" in 1966 but have kept it since it looks good.

Cold blue is easily removed with any rust remover so if you don't like the effect you can get back to plain steel quite easily.
 
I remember seeing an ATKO-8 Paragon that was ATS-34 and had a shiny blue blade that resembled a gun blue. They also made a matte version, and I wonder if one style was just polished out a bit. It was not my kind of knife (and an auto, to boot) and I didn't give it much thought at the time.
 
If you like the blued look, consider having your blade boron carbide coated by Bodycote. The effect is very much the same, and the scratch resistance of BC1 is many, many times higher. As with bluing, however, the coating must be applied sans handles.
 
I cold blued a Mauser bayonet for the heck of it. I'm actually surprised at how well the finish has held up through various assault on cardboard boxes, boards, dirt piles and old furniture.

Tim
 
I did it with the blade of a swedish Mauser 96 bayonet 25 Y ago,
and it still looks good. (the bowie tip was a tuning made by a friend)
Dont know the exact steel but it gets sharp and stays so.
It worked much better when the steel was warm, (not hot, i could touch it).
I remember it was a white tube with blue sign, "Gun blue" ..



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Sorry not a detailed pic of the blade,

Oh - and it stoped rust!
 
Bigbore, that is a beautifully done Mauser. Only thing i would do differently is make the blade a tad shorter, but thats a personal preference thing.
 
I wanted to blu the blade of my AFCK but after speaking to a guy that does it over here I don't think I'm going to do it anymore.

He sounded really skeptical about the stainles steel blade. Couldn't guarantee that it was going to work. Bodycote sounds interesting but I just wouldn't want to send my blade away. Prefer to have it done locally.
 
Originally posted by one2gofst
Bigbore, that is a beautifully done Mauser. Only thing i would do differently is make the blade a tad shorter, but thats a personal preference thing.
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Thanks a lot,
(you should see what i did with the rifle, M96, 6,5x55 ;) )

i was young then and now my flavor changed to shorter blades too,
but please remember: that was the 70`th, with the survival-knife-silliness, and having not enough money for a "real" Rambo knife,
i tried to copy one.
The grip of the bayonet already was hollow and the endcap simply is a big screw.
I wraped the grip with leather (glued on) instead of nylon (Rambo vorgive me please) and made a SOB IWB leather sheat by simply glue some leather parts together, holds till now!
Please recognise the original metal sheat was customized (made one hole + removed some parts) for tip down carry under a parka.


Yes, i`m older and wiser now,
but i still like to carry a big fixed upside down! :D






:D :rolleyes: :)
 
I like the leather handle a lot. But what does this mean about me if I am only 20 and already am liking shorter blades?;)
 
I've used Gun Blue sold at Wal-Mart on a number of items.

My Mora knifes just seemed to keep on rusting so I took a SOS pad (a commercialy soaped steel wool pad)to wipe the rust off and nearly all the blueing came off.

Had no problem with my William Rogers Dagger besides not getting an even finish.

I would guess new carbon blades will have a more even finish than an older/used carbon blade.
 
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