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Hi,
Recently, I bought a condor golok and I have been very satisfied with it, great chopper and quite affordable.
However, there were a few things that at least I thought could make it even better...
The handle was a bit too short for my hand, but at the same time a tad too thick..I couldn't quite get a nice firm and secure grip on it.
After a bit of work the grip is better, but still not quite to my liking, I might go for a couple of slabs of mircata later on, but for now it's ok.
The next thing, was to get rid of the coating, I dislike coatings, IMHO they interfere with the cutting and have a nasty habit of looking really ugly after a bit of use.
I didn't have any paint stripper at hand when i started, and boy, do I regret that!..that stuff stuck to the blade like nothing I've seen, but with the help of scrapers, box cutters, files and so on, I got the stuff off.
Underneath it was actually quite decent, no big dings or scratches and Condor had left the tempering color on..a nice very dark yellow-brownish color.
While I had it in the "naked" state, I decided to refine the edge a bit..
It is nicely convexed form the factory, but the transition from the edge to the flat of the blade leaves a rather pronounced "shoulder" "ridge" or whatever you like to call it..
To make it smoother, a few hours of work with files and some stones was required.
Now, if you run you fingers across the blade it feels smooth..no "ridge"
The final touch was to give the blade a nice forced patina.
I scoured the fridge and found some concentrated lemon juice..
Wrapping the blade in toilet paper and soaking it with the lemon juice produced (if I have to say it myself) a rather nice result.
It took a couple of applications to get the finish as I wanted it, but it is very fast..only takes a few hours at the most..serious sh** that lemon juice!
Voila, I had a "new" golok...now I just need to go cut something!
Here's a few pictures, sorry for the quality, I used my phone.
The begining
Without coating
Forced patina
Recently, I bought a condor golok and I have been very satisfied with it, great chopper and quite affordable.
However, there were a few things that at least I thought could make it even better...
The handle was a bit too short for my hand, but at the same time a tad too thick..I couldn't quite get a nice firm and secure grip on it.
After a bit of work the grip is better, but still not quite to my liking, I might go for a couple of slabs of mircata later on, but for now it's ok.
The next thing, was to get rid of the coating, I dislike coatings, IMHO they interfere with the cutting and have a nasty habit of looking really ugly after a bit of use.
I didn't have any paint stripper at hand when i started, and boy, do I regret that!..that stuff stuck to the blade like nothing I've seen, but with the help of scrapers, box cutters, files and so on, I got the stuff off.
Underneath it was actually quite decent, no big dings or scratches and Condor had left the tempering color on..a nice very dark yellow-brownish color.
While I had it in the "naked" state, I decided to refine the edge a bit..
It is nicely convexed form the factory, but the transition from the edge to the flat of the blade leaves a rather pronounced "shoulder" "ridge" or whatever you like to call it..
To make it smoother, a few hours of work with files and some stones was required.
Now, if you run you fingers across the blade it feels smooth..no "ridge"
The final touch was to give the blade a nice forced patina.
I scoured the fridge and found some concentrated lemon juice..
Wrapping the blade in toilet paper and soaking it with the lemon juice produced (if I have to say it myself) a rather nice result.
It took a couple of applications to get the finish as I wanted it, but it is very fast..only takes a few hours at the most..serious sh** that lemon juice!
Voila, I had a "new" golok...now I just need to go cut something!
Here's a few pictures, sorry for the quality, I used my phone.
The begining
Without coating
Forced patina
