My other post about the divot colors might have sounded a little screwball. Seriously, though, what's the deal with the titanium on the SnGs? This is the first titanium anything I have ever owned, and the colors in the divots are really nice. Is titanium normally this way? Or this titanium layered in some manner? I used to titanium was just a simple silver/gray metal; but apparently I was wrong.
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Question about titanium
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Mick would really be the man to answer your question, of course, but I'll take a crack at it.
It looks like the Ti was bead blasted then given the Tiger Stripe (TS) with a torch. It also appears that some of the Ti slabs had the dimples machined before they were bead blasted and some were after.
Ad, if I had to take a guess, the reason that your dimples look blue is that they were machined after bead blasting. Because the Ti in the dimples was raw when torched, it changes to a more brilliant blue and gold than that of the bead blasted Ti. I've seen one just like yours. The pocket clip has a very tight TS, but the slab has large swaths of blues and golds. I think it's visually very striking and better matches the wide TS pattern on the blade.
Eric
It looks like the Ti was bead blasted then given the Tiger Stripe (TS) with a torch. It also appears that some of the Ti slabs had the dimples machined before they were bead blasted and some were after.
Ad, if I had to take a guess, the reason that your dimples look blue is that they were machined after bead blasting. Because the Ti in the dimples was raw when torched, it changes to a more brilliant blue and gold than that of the bead blasted Ti. I've seen one just like yours. The pocket clip has a very tight TS, but the slab has large swaths of blues and golds. I think it's visually very striking and better matches the wide TS pattern on the blade.
Eric
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We have a winner!!!
We blast them, then apply the strips with a little contaminant and some heat.
We use WD40 as a contaminant.
m
We blast them, then apply the strips with a little contaminant and some heat.
We use WD40 as a contaminant.
m
This color pattern is very beautiful.