RC-3 Mod Project (pic heavy)

[FortyTwoBlades]

As some of you may recall, I chipped up the finish on my RC-3 and decided to fix it. A $10 blueing kit and some elbow grease later, and these were the results:

 

[FortyTwoBlades]

 

[R.A.T.]

Nice work!

 

[j williams]

That looks cool! Nice job!

 

[Don G.]

Indeed, nicely done! :thumbup:

 

[smcclown05]

Very cool! What did you use to touch up the RAT logo?

 

[liljon140]

that looks sick! I might have to do that to mine and the finish isnt even messed up.

 

[Don G.]

that looks sick!

Uh, that's good, right? ...

 

[fatheadhill]

Nice work man! I love how you left the logo on there!

 

[myright]

I like it a lot and have been thinking stripping mine as well.

Out of curiousity, what purpose does blueing the knife serve? This is something I am not familiar with.

 

[FortyTwoBlades]

Thanks for the compliments all! Especially you, Jeff. It means a lot coming from the man himself!

Very cool! What did you use to touch up the RAT logo?

It's just the original epoxy coating, but when I sanded the rough steel of the blade it smoothed the epoxy out a bit. It's on there pretty thick, so it didn't wear away entirely--and if it does it'll be bare uncoated metal underneath so you'll still see it in high def!

Out of curiousity, what purpose does blueing the knife serve? This is something I am not familiar with.

It's essentially a chemically controlled slow oxidation of the steel that forms a protective layer over the steel. Commonly used on non-stainless firearms.

 

[wolfsurvival]

Nice Job Fortytwo…

 

[Mike Fitz]

Great job! That looks pretty slick with the logo left on it.

 

[SeanGCO]

Pimp!

 

[Idaho Jarhead]

Man....nice job. That logo just POPS out at you. I like it! :thumbup:

 

[Seahawk]

Very nice work, the knife looks great.

 

[FortyTwoBlades]

Thanks guys! The blueing seems really durable, too. I just batoned with it today and no scratches to be seen!

 

[shangchi108]

That looks great! Thanks for sharing.

 

[hwpaintballer]

great work especially with the logo :thumbup:

 

[FortyTwoBlades]

Heh heh. The crevices of the logo are gummed up with wood fibers again. It's dong its job!