Olive tree Bowie

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Victor T

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Hi! I've been reading the forum for a long period of time and i decided to post a knife i made recently. 28 cm blade- 40cm overall length , 5mm thick, made of Uddeholm arne steel, heat treated at 57 hrc, all cold work. In the handle mild steel, brass and olive tree wood harvested here in Greece.


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zzyzzogeton said:
Very nice. What process did you use to darken the mild steel guard and spacer?
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Thank you all or for the positive feedback!!

The mild steel : at first I rusted it using the electrochemical method (salt water and a cellphone charger) until it pitted deeply enough. After that I wire brushed it to get all the rust off. And finally i heated it on a small gas burner and sprayed it with wd40. I repeated the heat-spray cycles as many times as it needed to get the color nice and consistant!
 
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That one is very nice!

Be careful with the WD40 when it is sprayed on a hot object it will turn it black but it also gives off some fumes that are not supposed be good for you. I can't remember exactly what was said, the warning was on another forum and I would have to go back and dig thru it to try and find it!! So try not to breath the fumes when using on a hot object!!

You did very well on this one the choice of handle materials and spacer material really work well with the knife!!! I like how you contoured the edges of the spacer materials. Really makes them stand out!!! Two thumbs up!!
 
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