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Waaaaaaaa! Those are sick bro!

I'm very satisfied with what I got for what I paid. I'm debating putting a forced patina on it but I've never done it before and I don't want to mess my blade up... I don't have any knife conditioning skills. That goes for sharpening too but luckily my knives are still sharp enough. The karda, while really small, is scary sharp.

The whole thing was covered in a thick layer of oil but it smelled horrid so I cleaned it off... What should I oil the blade with?
 
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Mineral oil, 3-in-1, Rem-oil, 10W30, pretty much whatever you have on hand that isn't plant based, as that will eventually spoil and smell bad.

Forced patinas are easier than you might think. If you don't like the results you can polish them off really easily too.
 
Thanks for the tips!

My other worries are how the end and finger guard will look because I think they are plated brass, I'll post a pic later to show why.
 
Here's a pic of the end cap. I like the look of the brass colored line around it. The finger guard may be a piece of steel after looking closer and not seeing any brass. I wonder if a magnet would tell me since brass isn't magnetic, but there's LOTS of steel that it could attract to.

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Edit: I don't mean the rivets I mean the line going around the end of the butt cap.
 
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That line looks like the seam where the end was soldered together. Also going to need more photos of the cat.
 
Oh, Trent? I'll see what I can do :D

So you can solder steel with brass or am I missing something? My soldering expertise ends at soldering copper pipes together when working on houses.
 
That looks like what Auntie refers to as "white metal". Nickel or nickel-plated brass, or something in between. It's funny, many times with the bolsters on my HI knives, if it's a brass bolster there will be a line of nickel where it was soldered together, but on my nickel bolsters there will be a line of brass.
 
Nickel and brass wouldn't be hurt when trying to force a patina would it? I am thinking I should do it because I don't want to forget about it and have it start rusting on me.

This one has a really nice (in my opinion anyways) blade but the handle has lots of little imperfections that I point it and say "see! It is handmade" to people. I mean fit an finish could have still been better and showed that as well but it's got character and I like character!
 
I kind of like the line being brass, it looks good that way. Lol, think of it this way, if it starts off with character then you won't feel bad the first time you slip and add MORE character to it :D Each of my knives has a unique personality and the character marks are part of that. Knives and guns are meant to be used, they get marked.
 
TheCanadian said:
O.O I'm not sure I can even own a grenade launcher in Canada let alone get ammunition for one!
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Dude, where in Canada do you live? Yes, you can own a grenade launcher here. Or a mortar or a tank. Or a flame thrower. Or all of them at once.

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Hell from what I've read, if an intruder was in my house meaning to do me harm and I shot him with my legally owned and configured shotgun I'd be the one leaving in steel bracelets...
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At the risk of sounding like an asshole, I have to say that if that is what you think, you are not very well read.

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I figure if anything I'll buy some land in the middle of nowhere I'll, put my shack in the middle of the land and I'll keep a ruger sr22 rifle with 25+ round magazine close by. .22LR may not be an ideal home defence round but the shots won't be heard outside my property... I doubt your average home invader could tell the difference between an SR22 Rifle and any other actual 5.56 AR platform rifles... Especially by looking down the barrel...
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Wow. Sounds like a plan.

I am not sure if you are genuinely as naive as you present yourself as, or if you are actively trolling to perpetuate a stereotype. Either way, I am almost at a loss to explain how wrong headed so many of your statements are.,
 
Canadian, you don't need to go that far with the patina anyways. If you are gonna do it just do the blade and don't worry about the handle.
 
seanp said:
Dude, where in Canada do you live? Yes, you can own a grenade launcher here. Or a mortar or a tank. Or a flame thrower. Or all of them at once.



At the risk of sounding like an asshole, I have to say that if that is what you think, you are not very well read.



Wow. Sounds like a plan.

I am not sure if you are genuinely as naive as you present yourself as, or if you are actively trolling to perpetuate a stereotype. Either way, I am almost at a loss to explain how wrong headed so many of your statements are.,
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First of all, I said IM NOT SURE you can own one here. I never said said you couldn't.

I am well read in Canada's self defense laws but I've never claimed to know everything. From what I've read the reality is if I use a gun to defend myself or my home I will be brought away in cuffs, if I can prove without a doubt that it was the only option I'd probably get off.

The thing about living in the woods with a. 22 was a joke... notice how no one else said anything about it?
 
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First of all, I said IM NOT SURE you can own one here. I never said said you couldn't.

I am well read in Canada's self defense laws but I've never claimed to know everything. From what I've read the reality is if I use a gun to defend myself or my home I will be brought away in cuffs, if I can prove without a doubt that it was the only option I'd probably get off.

The thing about living in the woods with a. 22 was a joke... notice how no one else said anything about it?
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I think you are very well read in Canada's self defense laws in the same way that a camel fits in a gopher hole.

Tell you what, - if you are honest, and not a troll - I think you are a younger person who is maybe finding their way - and that's ok.

But if that's the case, you need to learn how to accept a slap down and shut the fuck up. You thought wrong, and you need to ruminate on that. Millions upon millions of people have done this and come out better for the experience.

Think for a minute that I am a person in the same jurisdiction as you. Probably with a few more years of experience. Maybe 10-20.

But you know more than me.
 
Better yet pull your lower lip over your head and swallow. Couldn't help myself.
 
Steel has a melting point of about 1000�F higher than Brass. The brazing material (yellow filling) is brass basically. Thats the gold stuff used to "solder" the "white metal" which may be nickel steel or even carbon steel.

Solder is typically an alloy of tin, lead, silver and many other metals. Solder in general melts at a considerably lower temperature (365�F) than brass (1650�F-1725�F) or steel (2500�F-2700�F) so you can actually solder either type of bolster material if you wanted to without melting the bolster. However, brazing (brass filling) is stronger but requires higher temperatures. Why dont you braze brass you ask? Well because they are basically the same metal and you would likely melt your bolster trying to fill the seam with a material with the same melting point. That is why you see steel with brass seam filling and brass with silver colored solder seam.
Fortunately if you wanted to force patina on the metals they will both patina nicely. They may vary slightly in color but they will both oxidize. Vinegar or lemon juice would work nicely. Philllllll can vouch for the vinegar. I can vouch for the lllllllemon juice:D
 
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