I found this thread a couple of weeks ago and thought it would be fun to try.
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showth...ht=junglas+mods

I thought it would be best to try it on a couple of small blades first, and I'm very happy with the results.

One thing that didn't quite turn out the way I had hoped was the Rodent Solution. It started life with a Moss Green coating with Black Paper scales. The Moss Green has dimples like a golf ball, and some of the dimples are deep enough to come VERY close to the steel. I thought this might be an issue, but I was too lazy to trim the painters tape around the Swamp Rat logo before I painted the blade so the etching solution found the dimples and etched the dimples right into the steel. I don't think it looks too bad though.

Something I didn't expect, the INFI on the SS4 wouldn't take the Perma Blue. The decarb layer where the flats are soaked it right up though, and gave it an accidental two tone finish. I'm really happy with it

On with the pics. Forgot to take WIP pics, but the steps are the same as in the thread above.

Comments welcome.

I saw that on the original post with the junglas and loved Look. Yours are fantastic.
Great job!

Thanks!

I forgot to mention that since the logos on the RS and SS4 are so much more intricate than the Junglas, I didn't let them soak in the etching solution for nearly as long. Only about 12 hours.

Looks great, gives me ideas and makes me want to do more work to my blades. Nice job!

While that SS4 is really striking the way the blue just took to the flats.

Those look great. Is that a patina around the handle on the SS4?

Nice job on the blades. Although I've never tried it myself, I've always heard that INFI doesn't take to bluing like Carbon steel will.

Very nice!

good idea by the way i recommend stripping and blue to all blades <<<<<<<seriously hate the powder coat it drags really bad on everything. just sucks that the blades have those stupid imperfections on them. makes me wonder if they are drop forged or something.

Hey, it wouldn't bother me if they just ground them out and sharpened them! Maybe put a coating under the Res-c, or not. The tight fit of the Res-C will probably keep any liquids from getting under the grips.

Hey that's a thought. Just grind em sharpen em slip on the handles and ship em out.

DAN, You should do a poll!

Nice job, Spider-Pig. And thanks for posting the thread from BF. I missed it since I spend very little time there. BryFry's Junglas is stunning.

That SS4 looks AWESOME!!!!!
I LOVE how deep the logo got!!!
Looks like I got a mod project!!!
Got any tips for me?