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Mora Clipper Blued

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SkunkWerX

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Here we have two Clippers, both high carbon.
The top one is Blued with Birchwood Casey "Super Blue".

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Simply follow the directions on the bottle.
I did 3 applications, with cold water rinses/wipes in between each application.

When finished you may not think it's a very deep color, but wait 24 hours, it will darken some mora by the following day. ;)
 
Way-O said:
How well does it hold up with use?
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We will find out. At the blade edge it's going to wear, for sure.
This is cold bluing so it will touch up easy enough.
I'll wittle something, or do some kind of use with it, and get back with the effects on the finish.

Pit Man- yes, after the first application I wasn't too impressed.
I have refinished firearms, so, I did know it would darken after-the-fact, but yes, in person, it is even more pronounced than what you see in the pic.
It is a fairly deep rich blue color. Very nice. Probably a testament to the high carbon steel they use?
 
looks good, you should try brownells oxpho blue,realy quick coloring and very durable for a cold blue,with the liquid you can pretty much go over the blade once wait a minute wipe it of and it's black.I've never tried it on a mora but worked great on a boker sodbuster. And no I don't work for brownells!!!
 
Looks good, Skunk. They are a handy little knife.

Lotoblades, I've also used Brownells Dicropan T-4 to touch up firearms. Good stuff.
 
The bluing looks good. I'm going to try lemon juice on my carbon SwAK. Is supposed to give the metal a nice natural patina.
 
Has anyone ever tried making their own handle for a frost blade? I noticed Lee Valley sells several types of the naked blades.
 
That looks great, Skunk. Longbow, I've used hot white vinegar on my carbon steel blades, works really good, and fast.
 
Sure thing. Just heat the vinegar on the stove, then let the blade soak in it until it stops bubbling. I usually wipe the blade with paper towel, then go over it with 0000 steel wool, then reheat the vinegar for one more treatment. That gives a nice, rich patina. Good luck!
 
KD, thanks for the insight.:thumbup:

Last Confederate, they look great. :thumbup: Thanks.
 
I just finished bluing the other carbon steel Clipper.
This time I did several overall applications, rinsing and steel wooling each time, BUT, then, got a Q tip, and did a couple more applications in wavy stripes, rinsing and steel wooling again, each time.

I can definately see a variance in the finish shades where i Q tipped, and where I left it alone.

Will post pics after 24 or 48 hours once it reaches "maturity".

You could probably do some nifty designs with an artist's brush.

Next idea: to try to make one a lighter shade at the blade edge,
with varying degrees of darkness going up toward the spine.
 
I cold blued a wood handled Mora #1 and it turned out really nice. I had already stripped off the red paint and the blond wood and blue blade look really good together. If you sharpen them correctly, laying the entire bevel on the stone, they polish up into a really neat looking two-tone blade IMO.

I'm going to hot vinegar my carbon blades once I get back to Brazil next week. I really like that dark grey finish. Mac
 
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