Mora Companion HD Black Patina And Lefty Sheath Mod

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Bighaze51

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Just got my Mora Companion HD in today. This knife is SWEET! But I'm a lefty and this sheath only fits right handed, right? Uh, wrong. I finagled around that. I like the stock sheath so I wanted to be able to use it. I took the sheath and stuck it in the toaster oven for about 5 minutes to soften it up. I wrapped a layer of tin foil around the knife handle in an attempt to protect it from the hot sheath. I jammed the knive in backwards and then ran the whole thing under cold water to help set the plastic. So now my stock sheath is lefty with good retention.
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So, now that I got the sheath to work lefty, I decided to tinker a little more. Having good results doing a vinegar patina on my Mora 2/0, I wanted to try it on this one. I managed to get the blade almost black. I'm very happy with the outcome on this one
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I did a vinegar patina once on carbon steel and it worked well till I touched it, then it came off as easily as soot rubs off, how does it hold up on the mora? It looks great and of it hold up well I may just try it.
 
I rinsed it in the sink as soon as I pulled it out of the vinegar. Then used hair dryer to dry it off. I then put a drop of mineral oil on the blade and lightly rubbed it in with m finger. Wipe it down and the. Lightly polish with silver polish. I don't know how durable it is yet but its not wiping off on me now
 
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