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XjJunky wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 29, 2025 6:02 pm

xceptnl wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 29, 2025 3:17 pm

XjJunky wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 29, 2025 3:10 pm

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.

Jeb wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 31, 2025 7:29 pm

XjJunky wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 29, 2025 6:02 pm

xceptnl wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 29, 2025 3:17 pm

XjJunky wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 29, 2025 3:10 pm

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.

That is some really nice handy work here. The blades are really great.

SaltyCaribbeanDfly wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 01, 2025 3:51 am

Been fishing a lot lately and sometimes it ain’t about the catch

Manixguy@1994 wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 01, 2025 5:33 am

SaltyCaribbeanDfly wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 01, 2025 3:51 am

Been fishing a lot lately and sometimes it ain’t about the catch

Great shot buddy ! Dan

Manixguy@1994 wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 01, 2025 5:33 am

SaltyCaribbeanDfly wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 01, 2025 3:51 am

Been fishing a lot lately and sometimes it ain’t about the catch

Great shot buddy ! Dan

Jeb wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 02, 2025 5:34 pm

Dan, you and Salty got some blacked out bumble bee knifes together here or what's uppp? I have never held one of those knifes with that type of scales, they feel any different or this all on the looks spectrum?

Whatever, you two have a really great looking knife and it's MagnaCut too...

Manixguy@1994 wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 02, 2025 5:04 pm

MG2

Manixguy@1994 wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 02, 2025 5:04 pm

MG2

Nestor wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 02, 2025 6:48 pm

Manixguy@1994 wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 02, 2025 5:04 pm

MG2

So...the Earth is actually flat. Wow! There's a proof right there! Cool shot.

Mrj wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 02, 2025 6:59 pm

Nestor wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 02, 2025 6:48 pm

Manixguy@1994 wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 02, 2025 5:04 pm

MG2

So...the Earth is actually flat. Wow! There's a proof right there! Cool shot.

Ha na that’s just Illinois