How do you get this gold finish?

[seionage]

Coop posted this in the custom forum. How does a maker do this gold finish?

Thanks!

 

[mete]

The one on the right looks like wood grain .If so it's gold paint. Aluminum could be gold anodized.Steel could be gold plated .

 

[J. Hoffman]

I think it would depend on what type of material the base metal is. It could be gold plated or anodized I think.

 

[Daniel Fairly Knives]

You could get that color with TiN (Titanium Nitride) coating, it is commonly used on drill bits.

I doubt those are Titanium but Ti can be anodized that color.

You can also get a yellow color with heat, it is the first tempering color in the cycle.

I am not sure how those are done...

 

[seionage]

since it is Jeffrey Cornwell, I'm assuming that is damascus.

 

[Half Cut Skele]

Look like photoshop mockups to me.

 

[Bill DeShivs]

The finish is gold plated, with the plating selectively abrasively removed on the flat (on the right side of pic.)

 

[Phil Dwyer]

I guess the emeralds haven't been set yet for the eye(s)?