Heat coloring Ti?

[elkins45]

So I own this custom folder from Chuck Gedraitis which I absolutely love:

It's heat colored titanium.

I also own this Benchmade 750 which I often use as a knock around knife on the farm.

I was wondering if I could simply take it apart, break out the torch and play it across the titanium slabs and get a similar effect? Any danger of changing the properties or performance of the material? I don't want to ruin a perfectly good knife just to be decorative.

Thanks for any advice.

 

[TekSec]

I don't see any major issues. Keep the flame away from the screw holes just to be safe....

 

[Lon Aguiar]

I also have one of Chuck's heat colored folders. I love mine too!
I've talked with him about how he gets the effect he does, a lot of experimenting and practice. You won't hurt the titanium but you probably won't get the same effect on your first try. I would get in touch with him to see if he can do it for you.

 

[butcher_block]

watch the lock bar as when you heat it it might detune(just have to rebend while hot but can be tricky to get right )