I need black stuff...... please help

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edrozen

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I know this is going to sound dumb. Sorry. Anyway, I've got a folder with a thumbnotch. The knife is in great shape, but the thumb notch is scratched up, and I want to drop a little black stuff down in there to make it look good. I have some acrylic paint that is commonly used to paint pewter models. Is that okay to use? Actually I'd like something that's going stay a little longer. That paint always seems to scratch very easily. Any ideas are appreciated.

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EdRozen-On the cutting edge of finding out what the cutting edge is....
 
I'm not sure about what you mean by thumb notch. Which knife do you have and what is the part made of? There are several chemicals available at major gun dealers that will blacken steel, brass, or aluminum.

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A while back I bought an oversized "pen" of Gun-Black at Wal*Mart. I'm not sure if that's the brand name, but the product is specifically designed as a cover-up for the types of scratches you've mentioned. Any place with a good selection of gun accessories would probably have such a product.

Razor

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It looks like I've already got my answer, but I'm refering to the shallow indent that is carved in most older knives and many (if not most) Case XX knives. It is what you stick your thumbnail in to open the knife. These knives are not one-handed openers. Many modern knives have replaced this notch with a thumbstub. thanks.
 
For future reference, that's called a nail nick.

I don't think ordinary paint is going to hold up at all, but it won't hurt to try it. You could try one of the bake-on paints used on blades if you don't mind removing the blade from the handle, or if it's an all-metal knife ... I doubt that would hold up very well either, not to your thumbnail ... maybe it would, I dunno....

If the blade isn't stainless you could blue the nail nick or the whole blade. Stainless or not you could polish out the scratches -- carve a wooden tool for the purpose and use valve grinding compound; that won't give you a mirror finish but it should smooth out the scratches.

How did it get scratched inside the nail nick anyway???

-Cougar :{)
 
It's not "scratched" but rather inside the nail nick some of the black stuff is scratched off by continuous usage. I know I sound a little anal wanting to get the inside of the nail nick all black, but hey, I'm anal
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