Ti clip Barong

[toomzz]

Couple of months ago I purchased a 1mm sheet of titanium (thanks Jerry Brouwer!). I wanted to make some knifeclips out of it. I like the look of Ti and specifically wanted to make some deep-carry models. The Barong was my first victim to dress up with my creation :D



Ti is rather easy to work with. Drilling is the toughest, you have to drill right through otherwise, making it hot, it gets harder.
Bending it is easy as long as you heaten it up with a blowtorch properly.



This last picture was the initial model clip. It found out it was a little too big and it rested on the screw of the G10 (not visible). Therefore I made it smaller and a little shorter.
The clip is blasted with aluminum-oxide and lightly sanded with 600-800 grit paper. Heating it white-orange makes it dullgray, heating it up cooler will produce those yellow-blue-purple colors.



Enjoy, Tomas

[Kohbanang]

Hey Thomas
Nice work Stay on this way
Greetz from Austria

[Mako109]

Sweet! Nice work and nice mods on your Barong.

[xceptnl]

Very nice work Tomas. The curve of the clip compliments the handle shape very well. Next time you send me a package I may request you drop one of those in with it. :D

[toomzz]

Thanks guys. One question, how do I harden this 6Al4V stuff, so the clip becomes stiffer? I mean, what is the best proper way?

[demoncase]

Thanks guys. One question, how do I harden this 6Al4V stuff, so the clip becomes stiffer? I mean, what is the best proper way?

It will work-harden but that's a risk.

A quick google reveals that: Heat treat 904-954oC (1660-1750 F) for 2 hours followed by water quench.