Let's say my timascus' anodizing wears away....

[Csalmon]

Let's say my timascus' anodizing wears away.... and it's epoxied to CF on an S90v fixed blade. I know heat anodizing is out of the question, but could you use electricity (rather than heat) to anodize again?

 

[Armadew]

There are some pretty simple homemade rigs for titanium anodizing. I'm not sure I'd dunk the whole knife, though. Are you comfortable removing the timascus inlay? Is sending it back to the maker an option?

You might try posting this in the Maintenance Tinkering & Embellishment or Knifemaker's section. Might get more educated responses.

 

[Csalmon]

There are some pretty simple homemade rigs for titanium anodizing. I'm not sure I'd dunk the whole knife, though. Are you comfortable removing the timascus inlay? Is sending it back to the maker an option?

You might try posting this in the Maintenance Tinkering & Embellishment or Knifemaker's section. Might get more educated responses.

I am the maker, and west systems epoxy won't be letting go.

 

[Danke42]

Pics?

 

[Csalmon]

Pics?

 

[Danke42]

This is kind for a nice how too that I found.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Anodize-Titanium/

Not sure though what effect the process will have on the blade or carbon during the treatment. I'd start out with a test mule, keep the volts low and be ready to quickly neutralize the chemicals.

 

[PURPLEDC]

Its a rough call man. The reason being its hard to say how the steel is going to react in the electrolyte solution. I know nails in the same situation tend to start to rust almost instantly. What i would honetly do if possible would be to make a dummy with the same materials if you have any scraps. I looked it up and you can anodize timascus with electricity. But its hard to say if it will negatively effect the other materials.

 

[Csalmon]

Its a rough call man. The reason being its hard to say how the steel is going to react in the electrolyte solution. I know nails in the same situation tend to start to rust almost instantly. What i would honetly do if possible would be to make a dummy with the same materials if you have any scraps. I looked it up and you can anodize timascus with electricity. But its hard to say if it will negatively effect the other materials.

The knife is s90v, all pins inside the handle are ss and the corby bolts are Ti. And I would only submerge the handle and as little of the handle as possible to do the job. Fingers crossed, no rust considering the corrosion resistance. On hopefully, and no other issues regarding the HT of the blade etc.

 

[PURPLEDC]

yeah and its a quick dip. Just know if the pins in the handle are titanium they will color too.