My FortyTwoBlades inspired RC4

fatheadhill

fatheadhill

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I recently had a sharpening debacle on with my RC4 and messed the coating up pretty good. I decided I'd strip the coating and sand it to make it nnice and shiny but I just wasn't quite satisfied with how it looked. After seeing FortyTwoBlades' RC3 I decided to blue it., I think it turned out pretty good.

Here's some pics....


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You can still see a ghost image of the RC logo in this pic., I sanded on it for a long time and you can still see the logo.., I think it's kinda cool.

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I just used the Super Blue by Birchwood Casey I picked up at a local Orscheln's. I coated it about 4 or 5 times to make it a little darker. Although it's far from a profesional blueing job it actually came out pretty even.

Lemme know what ya'll think.
 
I like it! :D Looks like you were able to get yours a bit darker than I did mine, too.
 
Hello, justa quick intro, I'm new to the board and new to knives really. I'm hoping to pick up some good info, and I've been eyeing the Izula.

Nice bluing. Did you ever consider or have you ever tried rust bluing? It takes acouple of days, but if gives a wonderful color and patina. It takes several applications over several days, but it's gorgeous.

You start with a degerased piece of steel that's been prepped down to 320 grit or so. Apply solution with cotton swab and let it rust. 3 hours or a bit longer. At the end of this phase, rust will have formed on the steel. Then boil in water for 5-10 minutes and let dry. Card with degreased 0000 steel wool. Repeat 3-4 times. During each cycle, you'll need to let the solution remain on the blade for longer because preceding applications are providing rust protection, and that's really what bluing is, controlled rusting, then conversion of the iron oxides to something else that escapes me.

And if you want the blade browned, you just use the rust bluing solution, but don't boil off afterwards (or just for a minute or so for a nice patina) and just go straight to the steel wool carding. It's a nice look, but clearly the blade requires more routine maint to keep rusting in check. If you live in arid climate, it's not much of a problem, but if you live in a maritime or high humidity climate, the powder coating offers real advantages.

Anyway, nice blade!:thumbup:
 
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