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I decided I didn't much care for the rust finish on my 2008 Special Edition blades. They were never used and put away lightly oiled, but still managed to rust a lot, especially the corrugations. I had tried sanding the decarb off on the Jack Hammer, but apparently I didn't go deep enough.
Then I saw Coupchoux's thread on bluing with Hoppes Gun Blue Kit 1700, and thought I'd give it a try. Unfortunately, I didn't think to take "before" pictures, but I do have some "after" shots.
The pictures aren't great, but this is how they came out:
I'm not sure why they look rusty in some of these pictures; they don't appear rusty in real life. Not anymore, anyway. It must be a trick of th light.
The bluing didn't stick much to the parts where the INFI dimples were ground off, but it did stick a bit in places to the convex edge on the Jack Hammer, though.
They've got a sort of well-used look to them, even though they've never been used.
Then I saw Coupchoux's thread on bluing with Hoppes Gun Blue Kit 1700, and thought I'd give it a try. Unfortunately, I didn't think to take "before" pictures, but I do have some "after" shots.
The pictures aren't great, but this is how they came out:
I'm not sure why they look rusty in some of these pictures; they don't appear rusty in real life. Not anymore, anyway. It must be a trick of th light.
The bluing didn't stick much to the parts where the INFI dimples were ground off, but it did stick a bit in places to the convex edge on the Jack Hammer, though.
They've got a sort of well-used look to them, even though they've never been used.
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