It's the Pits! A little help please.

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RobertHankins

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Got one of those nasty deep pits in my latest bowie project. I wound up doing a Convex grind on this little sticker and took it too close before I Heat Treated it. I missed a small spot with the Keepbryte coating and got a major pit that is not going away. Edge quenched 3/16" 5160.

I need some suggestions on how to Patina this bad boy so the pit fits the look. It is an Iron Maiden style big ol Bowie. So antique type Patina will work.

It is getting moved into the role of cutting contest or truck carry weapon.
 
Robert I wouldn't bother with it. To make it easy on yourself, you can go ahead and just send that ugly ole thing to me for proper disposal. :p

Dave
 
Robert

Try bleach,white vinegar or the juice
from a jar of jalapenos.

I warm up the liquid a few sec. them I
cover the blade with some paper towels
an soak the towel with the liquid.
Hopes that helps
 
i have used this on a few 1095 blades and was happy with the results. you can do this natural like, by using the knife for cutting up meat for a barbeque etc, let the blood dry then wash with soap so you dont contamenated the meat. repeat until happy.
 
Bob, here are three ways to put a patina on the blade, quickly. Acid etch with muriatic, concentrated vinegar, and lemon or lime juice. The color with the muriatic will be determined by the amount of the chromium in the steel. Vinegar is fairly quick, but some steels take over-nite. The lemon or lime will give you a gray to light brown, from a couple of hours to longer, depending on the steel and chromium content.
KEN (WWJD)
 
Robert, just put a piece of masking tape over the pit and cut out around the edges of the pit. Then put a drop of oil or wax in the pit, take the tape off and etch the piss out of it with ferric chloride. If that don't work send it to ddavelarsen.
 
the way i do things is to heat the blade to 100-120 degress and use gun browning on it keep putting on the gun brown till you get a brownblack patina then sand lightly with 400 grit sand paper and it will look a couple hundred years old hope this helps.

Lee Brooks
Knifemaker
BROOKSKNIVES.canada


brooksknives@hotmail.com
 
Loan it to my son and tell him NOT to leave it out in the rain!:D

Boil it in walnut hulls!
 
Lee,
thanks I think that is heading in the right direction for this piece!
Thanks to all of you for your help.
Dave I will be glad to send ya a picture:D
 
Robert
If it's in a decent place you can deep etch a
logo or picture or something over it.
I've had voids that was in the right places to drill out
and inlay something in.
could be worth more when done.
you may recall or have read.
. back in it's begining inlays were used
to cover up mistakes..
 
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