IZULA coating

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I like the colors that are offered in the izula line, however my hands are quite large and I would prefer to have an izula II. That being said I would like to know if anyone has stripped and then recoated their izula in a color of their choice, and if so, how did you do so? What kind of coating?Thank you:)
 
There aren't many colors you can't buy an Izula in. :p

Izula:
Black
Tan
Pink
Olive Drab
Grey
Orange
Blue
Venom Green
Red

Izula II:
Black
Tan
Grey
Olive Drab
Orange

But yeah, I've seen ESEE knives re-coated in all kinds of colors.
 
I've stripped them before but never put one back on. I've heard some guys use duracoat but I have no idea how it's applied. The II is the way to go.
 
Yeah Duracoating seems pretty popular due to ease of application or you could look into trying Ceracoat (ceramic base) which I heard was more durable. Ever thought about a patina??? :)

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I did indeed think of a patina but i like more control in the design. I don't know if I have the guts to chance it, but dam that looks cool. I was wanting an izula I in red, but i need to get a II and it doesn't come in red, dura-coat may be with what I'll go with. I want a memorable fixed blade so I'm going to customize my knife with home made scales and what not. What are some ways to patina?
 
Patina will form from food acids, so citrus fruit is your quickest way. Other fruit and some veggies will do it too (read in one post here that someone was freaking out when his BK5 turned green from cutting carrot). Obviously vinegar will do it too, seen bleach being used, and ferric chloride seems to give a blade a nice dark finish, can couple that with a stone wash, looks real nice (however stone wash does not come half as nice if steel is not polished beforehand).
 
With patinas, once you get one, does it stay? or does it keep stacking until you have a dark muttle colored blade?
 
The one up above was just normal yellow mustard but anything acidic will work. It will stack considering the variables, duration, levels of acidity, that kind of stuff. A lot of forum members have specific ways to make a uniform patina. Also, if you wanted to go the more controlled route you could also try parkerizing or blueing the blade. Regardless, It would be really cool to see a red IZULA II. Whatever route you choose make sure to post pictures (or it never happened) :thumbup:
 
After much though I think I'm going to coat the izula II white with the ant and etching staying black, with custom black g-10...ohhh sexy. One last question. Would cutting out masking tape to keep the color of the etching black work? Or should I put a clay type material over it and flatten and cut it flush to protect that part of the blade?
 
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