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When brownells mentions that the liquid must be in a heated tank will a baking pan work? I want to try this stuff but hate to for the first time on a customers knife. If it goes south I am remaking the knife :grumpy:

Anyway, the customer has decided that my etched finish and blued will be good enough. He doent want to spend the added cost to coat the knife.
I think I may get the stuff at a later date though.

Dave, your gun kote looked awsome!
 
I agree with most, Tell him to buy a shovel or a hoe. If he has $$$$$ I have some Beta Titianum from Mission knives that I traded for. Its over 1/4 inch thick. It is the nastist stuff to grind, but you can dig all you want and it won't rust. You also can use Talanite, Vasco wear, etc. Best bet make it out of 5160, bead blast and tell him that it will discolor with minium care :cool: . Good luck
 
blgoode said:
When brownells mentions that the liquid must be in a heated tank will a baking pan work? I want to try this stuff but hate to for the first time on a customers knife. If it goes south I am remaking the knife :grumpy:
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You can do this on the stove top (don't forget to ventilate
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) in a pot that will fit the blade.You would have to 'cook' it in a stainless or stove top safe glass pan/pot (I guess aluminum will work too). If you use a 'steel' pot it to will be parkerized.
Don't use the wifes best cookware though... they can be funny about such things :D .

If you have an extra small piece of stock, the same as the knife, you could try a practice run on it. I would think giving it (at least one side) the same finish as the blade would give you a good indication of the final results.
 
Kim - if he has $$$$ Yeah right! We talked about going stainless and as soon as I mentioned the price increase for 1/4" x 2" wide stock he decided to stay with what I have in the shop :D :confused: :D
I mentioned sending out for parkerizing or spliting the cost to get brownells stuff and he decided to stay with what I have in the shop wich its etch and cold blue.

SO - Etch and Cold blue it is ;) I will be using a light colored micarta so it may look nice afterall. He just needs to keep it dry and carry a pic and shovel :D
 
Actually Brian bluing should do okay as long as he gives it even a little bit of care. I hope you get feedback on the knife and share it with us later. Good luck! This has been an interesting thread.
 
Thanks Dave! What about ferric chloride? Hurt Micarta?? Will I need to protect it with fingernail polish?
 
I suppose you could paint the Micarta and then etch and blue, I've never thought of that. What I would do is shape the handle to the tang and bolsters, remove it, treat the blade, assemble the knife and finish the handle where it doesn't come flush with the knife. Does this make sense?

You could use handle bolts to hold the scales on while you're doing the initial fit then glue everything up later.
 
It makes since Dave...I just hate the thought of shaping the handle then reassembly but then again alot of hidden tang knives are made that way!
I'll have to try that but I'll figure out something ;)
 
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