Spyderco Photo of the Week Contest!

[Manixguy@1994]

Great entries so far, let's keep it up. Judging is tomorrow evening, correct?

Yes , tomorrow evening shots should be judged . MG2

[XjJunky]

Searched your posts to no avail, so how'd you force such a great patina pattern?

Started off by soaking the blade for 30 minutes in apple cider vinegar to get a nice dull patina. Then mixed Grey Upon Dijon mustard with apple cider vinegar until I got the consistency I was looking for. Put the mustard mixture in a needle top squeeze bottle and started making flame like and blob designs on the blade. Let sit for 30-45 minutes, washed the blade off and repeated the process until it got the colors I wanted( I did 6 times). Then I soaked in apple cider vinegar for another 30 minutes. Immediately removed from vinegar and as I rinsed with hot water, I used a green Scotch Brite pad and rubbed with moderate pressure. As I rubbed it turned really dark, almost black. It has lightened up a bit with use.
Did the same with the Enuff 2, only did not pre or post soak in apple cider or use the Scotch Brite pad. The blade does not have the dark patina. Also Rit Dyed the handle graphite black. Dipped the blue handle in black until it reached a pretty close gun metal blue color. Here are some pictures(wrong place for this, so I hope nobody minds)
Disassembled and testing under handle just in case.

Before assembly after I got it finished


After all assembled with dyed handle. The blues in the blade are amazing, photos don't really bring it out.



And one last one for comparison.

[xceptnl]

Thanks for sharing @XjJunky

[harryo97]

Spring being sprung

[Manixguy@1994]

Spring being sprung

Good to see your entry , fantastic shot ! Hope Uncle Larry hasn’t been stressing you too much ! Great buddy ! Dan

[SaltyCaribbeanDfly]

Spring being sprung

Cool @harryo97

[Manixguy@1994]

Just a reminder a new week has started and last week still needs to be judged . MG2

[Mrj]

Searched your posts to no avail, so how'd you force such a great patina pattern?

Started off by soaking the blade for 30 minutes in apple cider vinegar to get a nice dull patina. Then mixed Grey Upon Dijon mustard with apple cider vinegar until I got the consistency I was looking for. Put the mustard mixture in a needle top squeeze bottle and started making flame like and blob designs on the blade. Let sit for 30-45 minutes, washed the blade off and repeated the process until it got the colors I wanted( I did 6 times). Then I soaked in apple cider vinegar for another 30 minutes. Immediately removed from vinegar and as I rinsed with hot water, I used a green Scotch Brite pad and rubbed with moderate pressure. As I rubbed it turned really dark, almost black. It has lightened up a bit with use.
Did the same with the Enuff 2, only did not pre or post soak in apple cider or use the Scotch Brite pad. The blade does not have the dark patina. Also Rit Dyed the handle graphite black. Dipped the blue handle in black until it reached a pretty close gun metal blue color. Here are some pictures(wrong place for this, so I hope nobody minds)
Disassembled and testing under handle just in case.

Before assembly after I got it finished


After all assembled with dyed handle. The blues in the blade are amazing, photos don't really bring it out.



And one last one for comparison.

Thanks for the entry but this is the wrong thread to discuss knife mods. Please kindly keep all posts in topic and submit only one photo a week.

[Mrj]

Great entries so far, let's keep it up. Judging is tomorrow evening, correct?

Please announce your winners @xceptnl

[xceptnl]

10 total submissions this week (9 eligible for the honor). I see lots of photography styles and compositions. Tried to keep my eye and mind open to all concepts. Without further delay...

Winner @harryo97

Spring being sprung

Honorable mention @Nestor

Terrific job everyone. Hope to get 20 submissions or more this week. Keep those cameras handy and stay sharp.

[Nestor]

Congratulations harryo97 and thanks for judging xceptnl!

[Nestor]

Let's start this week somehow.

[SpeedHoles]

Congrats, some great pics there!

The heavy vignette fade and somewhat seductively hiding knife takes the win!

[harryo97]

10 total submissions this week (9 eligible for the honor). I see lots of photography styles and compositions. Tried to keep my eye and mind open to all concepts. Without further delay...

Winner @harryo97

Spring being sprung

Honorable mention @Nestor

Terrific job everyone. Hope to get 20 submissions or more this week. Keep those cameras handy and stay sharp.

Wow that’s awesome, I really appreciate the selection! It’s been a minute since I’ve submitted a picture for Photo of the Week, thanks again for judging! Congrats to @Nestor for the second place nod!

[harryo97]

Congratulations harryo97 and thanks for judging xceptnl!

Thank you @Nestor

[harryo97]

Congrats, some great pics there!

The heavy vignette fade and somewhat seductively hiding knife takes the win!

Appreciate it! Love that description ya got there

[harryo97]

Spring being sprung

Good to see your entry , fantastic shot ! Hope Uncle Larry hasn’t been stressing you too much ! Great buddy ! Dan

Thank you Dan! And always hahaha

[xceptnl]

Congrats, some great pics there!

The heavy vignette fade and somewhat seductively hiding knife takes the win!

Appreciate it! Love that description ya got there

I studied your submission for a minute, you placed loose flower buds through the Spydie hole, top down correct?

[harryo97]

Congrats, some great pics there!

The heavy vignette fade and somewhat seductively hiding knife takes the win!

Appreciate it! Love that description ya got there

I studied your submission for a minute, you placed loose flower buds through the Spydie hole, top down correct?

I did indeed! It would’ve been next to impossible to get the flower to go through the spydie hole without ruining the petals so I had to grab a flower, take it off the bush, and then place it top down into the spydie hole. That was the easy part, getting the knife to float on top of the bush was the hard part

[xceptnl]

Congrats, some great pics there!

The heavy vignette fade and somewhat seductively hiding knife takes the win!

Appreciate it! Love that description ya got there

I studied your submission for a minute, you placed loose flower buds through the Spydie hole, top down correct?

I did indeed! It would’ve been next to impossible to get the flower to go through the spydie hole without ruining the petals so I had to grab a flower, take it off the bush, and then place it top down into the spydie hole. That was the easy part, getting the knife to float on top of the bush was the hard part

Can totally relate, I believe I've had some fall over the years while trying to precariously place them. Example (not for submission)

(not for submission)