Anyone ever tried Blueing Wire Pocket Cips?

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Re: Anyone ever tried Blueing Wire Pocket Cips?

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Nasgul wrote:I turned it to red with a good lighter :D
And cooled it in some oil.

Look good to me and following how you do it you will have different "colors". :)
After long use, no problem with it at all.

This won't wear off I think :D

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I really like this idea, but I have no doubt these clips have some kind of fairly specific heat treatment to allow them to be springy and not brittle. I wonder how this effects that heat treat..
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Re: Anyone ever tried Blueing Wire Pocket Cips?

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I've heat anodized a few of my stamped clips and they turned out similar, didn't seem to hurt the tempering at all but I'm no metallurgist so take that with a grain of salt.
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Re: Anyone ever tried Blueing Wire Pocket Cips?

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KnickKnackCity wrote:Does anyone think a full DLC coating on the clip would hinder how it seats in the slots on the scale?
I think it would fit,(tight) on most as long as it's a nice clean job, but there are a few that are a pretty tight fit to start with.
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Re: Anyone ever tried Blueing Wire Pocket Cips?

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Love this idea. it should be so simple. If pistols, rifle can be blued and last forever, this should be a no brainer from Spyderco.
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Re: Anyone ever tried Blueing Wire Pocket Cips?

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Evil D wrote:
Nasgul wrote:I turned it to red with a good lighter :D
And cooled it in some oil.

Look good to me and following how you do it you will have different "colors". :)
After long use, no problem with it at all.

This won't wear off I think :D

http://nsa37.casimages.com/img/2016/03/ ... 672092.jpg

I really like this idea, but I have no doubt these clips have some kind of fairly specific heat treatment to allow them to be springy and not brittle. I wonder how this effects that heat treat..
Sorry for the late reply.
I use regularly the G10 D'Fly and no problem at all. I may have done this about at least 6 month... nearly a year ago. :cool:
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Re: Anyone ever tried Blueing Wire Pocket Cips?

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gull wing wrote:The non-lowrider clip is etched, it's from a lightweight Manix, it was polished before.


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Would you mind giving a little run down of the process (chemicals needed, time, etc)? I have the same Manix Lightweight clip on my Slysz Bowie and yours looks exactly like I want mine!
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