Gayle Bradley Hard Use

This looks like you dipped it in paint.

 

Pretty similar actually.


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I'll bet there was some waxy residue left on the blade that you didn't *quite* get

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Yea, it doesn't look like any patina I've seen. Looks almost like black cerakote.

 

Well I left it in apple cider vinegar for about 5 hours and I would microwave it every half hour. Then I cleaned it off will rubbing alcohol and a toothbrush, and these were the finally results.


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That could be true, but I cleaned it with alcohol pretty thoroughly, but I guess that's the only real explanation.


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Try this:
https://www.corrosionpedia.com/definition/876/phosphating

https://www.rit.edu/affiliate/nysp2i/sites/rit.edu.affiliate.nysp2i/files/pdfs/phosphating_final.pdf

https://www.google.hu/search?q=Phos...firefox-b&gfe_rd=cr&ei=e_KFWIbFEM3i8AfpyI3gDQ

https://www.google.hu/search?q=Phos...firefox-b&gfe_rd=cr&ei=hvOFWMiwMs3i8AfpyI3gDQ

 

Did you microwave the blade too...?

 

Yeah i did, would that explain the lack of patina towards the edge?


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Is this the reason it turned out so black? Interesting stuff.


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Ahaha no, that sounds very dangerous.
I read microbevel, not microwave, my bad.

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LOL I was going to say...

 

My friend just got his GB2, so I had chance to handle it. So light & thin liner, not as confidence inspiring as GB1.The stop pin is also smaller. Definitely not feeling robust at all. It felt a normal liner lock, not a workhorse liner lock. I was shocked at how different it is ...

One must really hold both to compare, reading how light it is won't do.

Has any of GB2 owner used it as hard as Andrew (OP)?

 

I love everything about my GB1. I like the heft and the thick steel liner.

I would say, that if Spyderco were to do a sprint run of the GB1, say still in CPM M4, but maybe with a different colour scale, it would be one of the most eagerly anticipated and sought-after sprint runs ever. The legend of the GB1 just keeps growing. In my opinion, it was a design where everthing came together, right from the start, and needed no improvement. It is not the perfect knife for everything, but what it does well, it excels at.

Fingers crossed we have not seen the end of this great design!

 

That blade looks pretty cool, IMO

 

Totally agree that it needs no improvement. Scale can be changed, there're so many good makers here

 

The same thick smoked-like patina can be easily done with ferric chloride.

 

Because of this thread, I bought into the GB Koolaide.
My new GB2 will be in this afternoon.

Hopefully it will live up to the hype.

 

Don't worry, it tastes great!

 

Have had my gb2 for about a week and a half. I now need the gb1. Kicked my pm2 out of my pocket after a good solid year and a half at least.

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