Jeweling?

philthygeezer

philthygeezer

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I've read a couple of posts about buffing and blueing, but have any of you tried jeweling a Khukri? Eg. the finish on the bolt of a Winchester M70 or Remington 700 BDL. I know it's not realy a finish, but it might look really cool. Could maybe accomplish it with a dremel tool?
 
Bolt jewelling is also called spot polishing. Gunsmiths use a special fixture to hold the bolt and index it so the little wire brush can get the spots even. The wire brush is held in a drill press. Your khukuri would look like hell if you used a dremel because you don't have enough precise control to apply things evenly.

Ice
 
Jewelling wasn't designed to be a finish (although properly done it is nice) but rather a surface treatment to hold lubrication.

Ice is correct that you would not have precise enough control to accomplish it with a dremel...the brush, steel wool, paper you use would skitter all over the place. At the very least, you'd need a drill press and a very good eye...

But it would be cool...
 
I used to put a jeweled finish on a lot of things when I was an apprentice in the machine shop. One of the old timers was putting a jeweled finish on something one day and I just mimicked him.
But you do need a drill press, preferably one with at least 1/2" capacity. Simply roll up a piece of emory cloth, insert it into the chuck, and snug it down. You can't get it too tight or it will distort, a little trial and error will set you straight. Run a low speed and gently bring the emory cloth in contact with the work and hold in place for a few seconds.
Of course the grit of the emory will determine the finish you get. The finer the grit the nicer it looks on most things in my experience.;)
 
Even the "fine" emory seems to be pretty rough to me. Would it be a good idea to use Crocus cloth or something similar?
 
I have a little Ruger RST4 Standard Model .22 that I paid $80 for back in the 70's. It was my first gun. It now sports a Grade 5 reblue and a jeweled bolt and shiny refinished walnut grips. My gunsmith kidded me about "perfuming a pig" and I guess he's right, but it is a pretty little thing. The bolt is slicker than hell and very easy to clean, and a drop of lube spreads over the whole face and hood of the bolt easily.

I still have an old jeweled hammer and trigger for a 1911 that I built years ago, but ended up swapping out the shiny parts.

Regards,

Norm
 
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