Mokuti care/finish

[WharnSharpie]

Hello all, i searched the forums for hours looking for information on how mokuti is polished/colored. I recently picked up a used john gray and the mokuti scale appears to have lost its luster. Around the pivot it still has great golds/orange/reds but below the pivot is just dull looking. Im a newbie to this material and how to care for it. Anyone willing to share their knowledge about this material?

 

[Obsessed with Edges]

I have ZERO experience with it. But, in reading about it, it seems the color only comes about as a surface effect when the material is heated or anodized. I get the impression, if anything is done to the finish after the fact, to shape or grind it, polish it or sand it, or whatever, the color effects will be diminished or removed, as they only exist on the surface. Couple of links below, which hint at that point.

How to proper heat anodizing Moku-Ti?

I saw video of this Snody MokuTi and it has uncommon vivid color... base on experience working with 6AL4V and pure Ti... I wish to know how to get the color like that? Torch heating to aimed color and quench multiple times for the deeper/richer color...

www.bladeforums.com

What is MokuTi Damascus? - BLADE Magazine

Chad Nichols created a type of damascus steel called MokuTi that combines mokume with titanium. Learn why so many custom knifemakers can't wait to use it.

blademag.com

"...
As Carey noted, MokuTi comes from Nichols Damascus as a billet that must be worked to shape and then colored.

“[Chad] usually colors it so you can see the pattern, but that gets ground off when you work it,” Carey said, explaining that it is a surface color that does not go all the way though the material. “When you get it to final shape and finish, you have to heat color or anodize it to the colors you want.”
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[WharnSharpie]

I have ZERO experience with it. But, in reading about it, it seems the color only comes about as a surface effect when the material is heated or anodized. I get the impression, if anything is done to the finish after the fact, to shape or grind it, polish it or sand it, or whatever, the color effects will be diminished or removed, as they only exist on the surface. Couple of links below, which hint at that point.

How to proper heat anodizing Moku-Ti?

I saw video of this Snody MokuTi and it has uncommon vivid color... base on experience working with 6AL4V and pure Ti... I wish to know how to get the color like that? Torch heating to aimed color and quench multiple times for the deeper/richer color...

www.bladeforums.com

What is MokuTi Damascus? - BLADE Magazine

Chad Nichols created a type of damascus steel called MokuTi that combines mokume with titanium. Learn why so many custom knifemakers can't wait to use it.

blademag.com

Thank you for that, i had a hard time finding much about it.