Thread: The Butchered Blade

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Been thinking about this..Instead of oiling and steel-wooling, you just let the last application sit until you see some light rust and then oil the blade and let that sit to kill the reaction? How long? Need to try that.
Mine are always nice and blue, yet very reflective after the oil/steel wool. Hard to photograph!

Thats what I was telling you!!
Let it sit over night.

Originally Posted by outback

Thats what I was telling you!!
Let it sit over night.

Before oiling and steel wooling? Reacting allll nite?
Gonna get one out of the windchime box and experiment.

It should come out like this.
Just wipe the oil off, no steel wool [emoji34] ...[emoji1]

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Before oiling and steel wooling? Reacting allll nite?
Gonna get one out of the windchime box and experiment.

Apply the blueing, let it sit on the blade till it lightly rusts, then "Gently"!! Apply oil and let sit overnight. Then just wipe the oil off with a clean rag. Do " NOT" rub with steel wool at all.....NEVER!!!

I do not use bluing but a Jax product that does the very same thing. Depending on what i am trying to do as to how I use it. If I am doing my false patina it is a few wipes and then steel wool and then bleach splashes, and then rinse and steel wool and oil. If I am going for a very dark finish i will soak a small piece of paper towel and let it sit wrapped up for a few hours and then let it dry and chill overnight. The first time i saw what looked like rust my heart sank and I thought I had stuffed my efforts, but steel wool and oil and it was golden.

The Joseph Allen is honed and complete.
Will post it in SOTD tomorrow morning.

Brass wedge, Brass pins , Outback collars

Those are wacky collars. I kind of like those. At first the reflection of the counters threw me off. Nice job.

I like Outbacks collars, I see someone found the findings catalogue, thinking outside the box, that is what I like more than the rest, the spalted scales are perfect.

findings catalogue? spill the beans

Originally Posted by FAL

I like Outbacks collars, I see someone found the findings catalogue, thinking outside the box, that is what I like more than the rest, the spalted scales are perfect.

What is the findings catalog?
Like Rez said....spill the beans!