OK, I re-anodized the handle and also anodized a new Money clip I just got.

Teh Items to be Anodized



The 635 Taken apart.



Here's the new set up. It worked MUCH better and faster. See the money clip in the alchohol at the right?



This end of the handle was sticking out most of the time.



The finished Handle. Sorry no finished clip pics <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/doh.gif" alt="" />


The Soda fizzed up and overflowed at the very begining.
This setup worked 5 times better and 5 times faster than the previous one.

Redox reaction, they're all the same. Something is getting reduced and something is getting oxidized. Something is gaining electrons, something is losing electrons. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

Only matter of what your reducing and oxidizing. In this case, it's the Ti that's getting oxidized to Titanium Oxide, or Titanium Dioxide if you want to get really technical. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

One of the coolest pieces of jewelry I've ever seen was a necklace-type hoop of differentially anodized niobium with a swirl design at the sternum. If I was dating anybody at the time I definitely would have gotten it. It's been at least 5 years since I saw it but it was really hard to forget. I should have just gotten it anyway. I like to grab really cool stuff when I see it and figure out who I'll give it to later <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> It sure makes it easier around the holidays if you already have a stash of really cool stuff.

I've done some electrochemical stuff for research purposes but never just for artistic satisfaction. It sure does make pretty stuff.

I do have an old CRKT titanium framelock I'm not afraid of destroying. It would definitely be entertaining to try to get some good color on it.

You can also get different colors With higher voltage, It sure would be cool to have green <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

im going to victorinox...because it LOOKS LIKE I BECAME A COLLECTOR TODAY

i asked my boss what kind of deal he would give me for the vic's that have been sitting in the counter & he said "just take them & i'll have forgot about it by tomorrow"

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here's one a friend from another forum picked up for me while he was in swizterland








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here is the pm he sent me when he shipped the knife to me

free SAK's from the boss? so unfair.

Geneva is awesome. That fountain is like 500 ft and I think it runs on close to 1000 hp.

the buildings in the background are 4 or 5 floors, for comparison

Wow, great score Vance! Here's some of mine. I have more around the house, but these were handy. I really like the Patriot & Time Keeper. The Patriot is great for when you don’t need all the “gadgets”, just a knife. It has a large and small blade only, and is really thin for easy carry. Also I like the scales are aluminum, not plastic. They’re usually $15 or so, but I got these on sale at Big 5 for $5 each! I also like the Time Keeper because it adds a watch, alarm, and timer. Combined items means less things to carry. I even saw a SAK that had a lighter in it! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

if anyone at blade happens to spot a certain folding khukri for sale, there's a guy in NJ who wants one.

so...i've got a ZT0300 in my shopping cart. a few other items, no big economic deal. these decisions are always harder when infi is on the way, because there's usually a $500+ charge on my credit card. i can afford it, but i feel so guilty when gas is $4 a gallon and i do whatever can to avoid using and buying fuel.

plus i'm still toying with the new guitar idea.