Lion Steel "Roundhead" Euro-Barlow

AlwaysTomboy said:
Would the ram's horn in this photo be considered rough or smooth? I didn't specify and don't think I have a preference. Just curious. :)
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I would say textured. At one point early on, Mike said that the recent Ram's Horn he was seeing from Lion Steel was smooth caramel-colored. I really like the translucent blue in the teaser photo.
I asked for textured, but I'll be happy with whatever is sent.
 
Ratbert said:
I would say textured. At one point early on, Mike said that the recent Ram's Horn he was seeing from Lion Steel was smooth caramel-colored. I really like the translucent blue in the teaser photo.
I asked for textured, but I'll be happy with whatever is sent.
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That description of "smooth caramel-colored" almost makes me wish I'd gone with the ram's horn. :)
 
r8shell said:
I've got a carbon fiber on the way. :) I'm looking forward to seeing how the titanium bolsters look with wear. I've never had a titanium scaled knife, and I've read that that they get "snail trails" which I think means burnished marks, rather than scratches. Or do they show scratches as well? Anyone here have experience with titanium?
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Hey r8shell - they show both, as you have described above both burnished marks and scratches. Sort of hard to describe, on a higher "polish" stonewash the scratches are more evident, on a more flat or dull finish the snail trails show up more. This is a higher "polish" stonewash that shows scratches but not many snail trails.

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Thanks, Tom. I imagine it'll be like any other user knife I buy new. The first few marks are traumatic. Then it gets a nice "lived in" feel. I'm anxious to see the legendary snail-trails. :D
 
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I know there are some already posted, but I figured a few more couldn't hurt. Also, I polished the bevels, so you can see how Ti takes a polish, and how the polish shows marks.
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I'm probably going to stonewash my bolsters... won't really show wear at all after that ;)

~Chip
 
WValtakis said:
I'm probably going to stonewash my bolsters... won't really show wear at all after that ;)

~Chip
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I have seen some folks tumble Ti in small copper plumbing fittings for a nice effect. Though I have seen everything from keys, coins, a few old gold rings, brass plumbing pieces, a mix of goods for different color marks

With bolsters this small, I would think one piece of 1/2" copper tubing 2'-3' long would do just fine. Just cut it down to 1" pieces and toss half of them into a plastic gatorade bottle, close Very tightly, wrap in a towel and tie the towel on.
Now just toss it into your clothes dryer on cool or no heat and let it tumble away, check it every couple of minutes for preferred finish.

If you have some spare time, and don't mind the noise, you can just sit on the couch and shake the bottle. This will make it easier to check, but will yield slower results. The one good thing about the slower process, is that you can check as frequently as you would like and not over-do it as easily.


Ti is fairly forgiving and easy to work with.
Don't forget, we also can send the bolsters out for Anodization too.
 
Thanks for all the titanium info, Bill.

I'm hoping for a nice satin finish. Not too shiny, but not too roughly sandblasted.
 
WValtakis said:
I haven't posted anything about it in years, but I've got some ideas about that ;) I'd post pics but I've never had a traditional to anodize before.

My Anodizing experiments

~Chip
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Nice work, that knot work is beautiful.

Now I want to get my hands on one of those 1636's in zdp...
Sometimes I hate being a knife knut...
:(
 
As a car dork long before being a knife dork, I've always wondered about heating the titanium on knives to get the colorized effects. I'm sure some custom makers of modern flippers have been doing this for years, but as a traditional guy, I've no clue.

If you heat treated the Ti bolsters and matched them with the CF handles, and slapped a tuner's name on it, you might hit a whole new demographic.

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NJBillK said:
Nice work, that knot work is beautiful.

Now I want to get my hands on one of those 1636's in zdp...
Sometimes I hate being a knife knut...
:(
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Thanks! I do miss that knife (I'm a ZDP fanatic), but somebody made me an offer I couldn't refuse after I anodized it.

I haven't done much detail stuff lately, I've been doing a lot of stonewashed/blue ano on my personal stuff. It reminds me of worn blue jeans and pretty much doesn't show wear.

~Chip
 
Wurrwulf said:
As a car dork long before being a knife dork, I've always wondered about heating the titanium on knives to get the colorized effects. I'm sure some custom makers of modern flippers have been doing this for years, but as a traditional guy, I've no clue.
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Yes, there are folks who colorize their modern titanium knife handles. Never cared for it myself. But it is done.
 
I could see someone anodizing these a brass/golden tone or any color often seen on other traditional knives.
 
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