Whats your latest knife purchase?

[MeatyMac]

Been looking for a Darrel Ralph Cuda Maxx 5.5 D2 serrated for the past 5 months and this NIB one popped up on eBay last Saturday and I Bought It Now at a very reasonable price, $325...




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Picked up this Seki, Japan made SOG Pentagon at Williams Cutlery in south San Jose this week...

[JWHuey]

Just bought a Delica & Endura Zome.

Should be here tomorrow.

[cal3gunner]

I put a thumb stud on this Buck 560 Titanium knife and carried it on a hike/beach day out at Point Arguello last weekend. I was gifted this knife in 1998 and carried it till around 2004.

[cal3gunner]

Not the latest knife purchase. I have so many I never carry I decided to start carrying old ones. I polished these up today.

Large fixed blade I made in New Zealand last year
Buck 102 Woodsman from 1999
Buck 110 Hunter from 2003
Buck 112 Ranger from 2002
Money clip with Mammoth Ivory scrimshaw

I'll carry the Buck 112 Ranger on a hike tomorrow. That 110 feels like a boat anchor its so heavy!

[RIPtastic]

[crufflers]

My favorite Presido look... same as the non-auto appearance-wise. Gorgeous. Love those AL scales. Tough knife. Tanto in stainless is great. Congrats.

[Blademan21]

[rodblder]

ZT 450 flipper with damascus blade...........love ZTs

[bug_eyedmonster]

Went on vacation with the wife and kiddos, bought two Strider SMFs online before we took off. The mail call this morning did not suck.

[crufflers]

Back on topic. Just bought this Laguiole on eBay today. Just bought it because it looks cool and comes w/its own sharpening rod which fits in the sheath w/the knife. I plan to use it as a steak knife. ]

Pretty nice! Looks like you have some uneven patina in the file work. Hahahah

Kidding bro. Looks like a nice steak knife. I'll most likely use that big Bull Buster for the same thing and other stuff. I'll post more pics if the steak juice changes the camo pattern.

[Cuda440]

Yes but bluing is a technique to provide a UNIFORM and ATTRACTIVE finish to the metal. Of course, what's attractive is in the eye of the beholder but, if Meyer lemon treating your blades is what you are shooting for great!

I've got LOTS of knives that look even "better" than what @cufflers did and they got they way thru normal use and I have no problems w/them looking that way. The other knives in my collection are another matter.

Everybody SHhhhh..... Dont tell this guy about color case hardening, its not uniform!

not to mention all those pretty damascus knives that would be plain looking steel if it wasnt for the acid wash "patina" that brings out the pattern

[crufflers]

Yes but bluing is a technique to provide a UNIFORM and ATTRACTIVE finish to the metal. Of course, what's attractive is in the eye of the beholder but, if Meyer lemon treating your blades is what you are shooting for great!

I've got LOTS of knives that look even "better" than what @cufflers did and they got they way thru normal use and I have no problems w/them looking that way. The other knives in my collection are another matter.

yeah I was experimenting trying to get a non-uniform coating... if you just dip the blade into a coffee cup full of acid or acidic juice it will put a perfectly even dark grey/black coat on the blade. I was trying for more of a camo look.

To each their own for sure. That GEC 21 is the only traditional I have that's forced patina - so I was "going for" one with that pattern I have many other GEC 21's that are brand new and shiny like your knives. A lot of fixed blade USERS are stripped SR-101 steel or SR-77 so they have various light shades of patina but not too much. I think my user BK-15 has darkened. I just had that MORA out in the yard and it is pretty dark now, no rust.

[crufflers]

No but I've got a couple that have been unintentionally and negligently pitted.

I've seen intentionally corroded (factory blued) guns rust and pit unintentionally too. Woulda happened a lot sooner with no factory corrosion coat though

Personally I have had it on a shotgun where a damp sling touched the barrel in the safe, and an old revolver that was not taken care of before I got it... once the rust was removed it was fine and hasn't rusted since.

[crufflers]

Yes lol. Literally all blued guns are deliberately corroded, thats what blueing does. Its a form of oxidation that helps to protect the steel.

So your knife patina is similar and I think its neat.

Thanks... I think there were other posts in the thread where people added patina to carbon steel knives whether kitchen or traditional. Definitely it is a common practice with traditionals and anything copper or brass like flashlights, knives, coins, etc...

I see wanting to keep a shiny blade shiny though. Whatever you want to do. I've never forced one before AFAIK... well I guess I did let a Mora sit after slicing vegetables, but that steel just wants to turn orange and rust right away. Oh yeah, I have done mustard on at least one with no real results IIRC... not 1095. I think I scrubbed the rust off that Mora and cold blued it.

Definitely the GEC 1095 seems really rust resistant after bluing even with lemon which I am sure is much thinner than a harsher chem bluing. After first "coat" it wasn't turning orange anywhere. Just blackens.

There is a difference between blued steel and raw steel.

[MongooseV8]

Do you have any GUNS that are deliberately corroded? Hahah.

Yes lol. Literally all blued guns are deliberately corroded, thats what blueing does. Its a form of oxidation that helps to protect the steel.

So your knife patina is similar and I think its neat.