Tried a Boker Magnum

I just recieved on of the Magnum canoes today, and found it to be a well-made knife. There was a lot of grit in the action, which was resolved with some cleaning and blowing out the gunk. I too noticed that the scales bled when wet. I doused the knife with hot water, did a little rubbing, and the scales no longer bleed.

For 8 bucks you can't go wrong.

Amos, did you dremel the etch off of the blade yet?
I thought about doing the same, just wanted someone else to 'experiment' first. :)
 
LOL, nope. I was waiting for someone else too. I'm also wondering if there would be a non-destructive way to draw out the dye then polish and oil the scales so you could have a white jigged bone handle. My luck I would end up with a sickly pink. ;)

I better just leave it alone for now.
 
Believe it or not, after my initial washing, and subsequent quenching with WD40 and some rubbing with a soft cloth, the scales stopped bleeding.
A little bit ago, I tried wetting again, and voila, no more bleeding. The scales are still as red as they were initially--I think it was just excess dye in the jigged sections and along the edges.

I also just took the dremel to the CHINA stamp. Came off easily, but I need to do a polish now with some sandpaper to get it looking good again. Will post pics when done.
 
Alright Amos,
I did it. Took a dremel to it first, then sanded from 200 to 400 to 600 grit. Needs to go further, at least 800, and then a buff. But for now I kinda like it. The China stamp is no longer there, and it really changes the 'attitude' of the knife. Poor pics, sorry!
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The only thing that I didn't like about doing this to the blade, is that I lost the nice temper line that was present prior to sanding. I think that going further with some finer paper then a buff will bring it out again. I may even have to do an acid etch to let it through again.
 
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