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Comment by Garett Finney on March 23, 2014 at 21:27

Sounds like good advice to me! Thanks for the pointers

KnifeMaker Comment by Tim "Chops" Lambkin on March 23, 2014 at 21:13

The blue tint I'm assuming is a heat coloring and you need to be good with a torch to touch it up. as for the etch I have a lot of tricks I do on mine to make em POP! but here's a good recipe for the diy. 50/50 ferric chloride and vinegar for 10 -15 min. at a time then spray with windex then combine 3 or 4 tablespoons of windex with 3 cups boiling water and rinse - the water boils at 212 degrees and this will neutralize acid in the pores w/o hurting the temper then dry with a hair dryer but don't touch the surface with your fingers until dry then steel wool or just hand rub and coat with ballistol  

Comment by Garett Finney on March 23, 2014 at 19:08

Some of the art knives have that blue tint which is more of a process to get back. If they are black and white you could just re polish and etch like you say. I have that same acid but what's your etching process? 4 to 1 mixture with water? Then 00 steel wool after running through hot water?

KnifeMaker Comment by Tim "Chops" Lambkin on March 23, 2014 at 19:02

Yeah Chris the cool thing about an artknife is that they are still full blown knives - at least mine are! I wouldn't hesitate to use any of them! And Garett you actually can remove scratches very easily! You simply send it back to me and I'll have her like new in no time and for those that want to diy just contact the maker and find out what etching method he or she uses and you'll be able to bring it back in no time! heck the acid I use to etch I get at Radio Shack!   

Comment by Garett Finney on March 23, 2014 at 15:59

But you can't polish out scratches on a knife blade like these that's the problem. If it were a knife with mirror polish you could keep fixing it up

KnifeMaker Comment by Chris Sievert on March 23, 2014 at 15:18

I wouldn't put it behind glass it would be in my pocket every day! I love making "art" knives but every one is a functional Knife even my miniatures... I can see this is a beautiful functional knife and it would be a shame to just display it!

KnifeMaker Comment by Tim "Chops" Lambkin on March 22, 2014 at 9:07

Thanx Guys!! and thanx for the feature Ron!!! Yeah Garett some of my customers only display them but then again I've many who carry and use them on a daily basis! My folders can be completely disassembled so I can service anything on the knife but handmade usually means a lot more time and effort went into making sure they'll hold up. Since I make all the parts by hand each knife is one of a kind - unique unto itself and the only one like it on the planet!   

Comment by Garett Finney on March 21, 2014 at 21:32

Serious Art! Who would use it? it would just site behind glass if it were mine

Comment by Ron Cooper on March 20, 2014 at 3:39

While all of the knives that you posted pictures of could easily be Featured. I believe that this one especially deserves the honor this week. Congratulations, my friend!

Comment by Ron Cooper on March 19, 2014 at 21:44

I think that WOW! just about covers it.

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