need to get a blade nitre-blued

[Jason Magruder]

Any of you guys want to help me out with this?
It's a small neck knife 5" oal in nickel damascus.
I'd like to get the knife done before the OKCA show April 17
I don't have the stuff to do it and neither do any of the other makers that live within driving distance of me. I can pay but not much, maybe 20-30 dollars.

Thanks

 

[NickWheeler]

Jason,

Send it up to me. You pay shipping here and back, and we'll call it even.

Make sure it's finished out finely. I either mirror polish, or take to about 1500, etch lightly for about 10-15 minutes, then polish the heck out of it before blueing.

If the nickel is pretty predominant in the steel....then simply polihsing and bluing looks really slick. If there' isn't much nickel in it, etching a little helps bring out the contrast of pattern...so it doesn't look simply like blued mild steel.

Shoot me an email and we'll get it done nwheeler@bladegallery.com

Nick

 

[Jason Magruder]

Ok cool Thanks Nick.
It is a pretty bold pattern. 21 layers of nickel and steel banding welded up then cut into 3 peices and twisted together with 2 layers of 1080 then welded to a 1080 core.
already lightly etched and sanded to 2000. I have to finish the filework first then I'll send it right up there.