Wasn't sure where to introduce myself (new member)...lots of progress pics

[patek philippe]

Thanks guys, I didn't realize the process was so foreign over here. I've been doing selective anodizing for years, here's a link to a thread with a ton of pics by me:
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/custom-titanium-anodizing.770502/

The basics are simple, using something as a resist to keep the electrolyte away from areas you don't want to anodize...anything from waterproof tape to enamel will work. On this piece I first masked the silver knot with nail polish then dipped at 12 volts for bronze, masked the second knot then dipped at 26 volts for blue.

Is all them patterns from anodizing? If so I never knew you could do that with anodizing. Can you do that with stainless steel and other metals or is it just specific to titanium? I appreciate any info.

 

[WValtakis2]

Is all them patterns from anodizing? If so I never knew you could do that with anodizing. Can you do that with stainless steel and other metals or is it just specific to titanium? I appreciate any info.

Yup, everything in the linked thread is anodized titanium.

You can't anodize stainless steel, only reactive metals like titanium, niobium, etc.

 

[patek philippe]

Yup, everything in the linked thread is anodized titanium.

You can't anodize stainless steel, only reactive metals like titanium, niobium, etc.

ok thanks. Your anodizing looks amazing.

 

[WValtakis2]

Current engraving project...one I'm not exactly happy to be doing, but happy to be able to do. Memorial plaque for family, it will be mounted on a boulder by the lake (Eagle Lake) they always fished. 1/8" 304 stainless, 6"x8".

 

[WValtakis2]

I was given this Strider SMF clone, and while I don't condone clones it's certainly a lot of practice real estate in titanium

 

[John B.]

See you're keeping busy with engraving and knife work, Chip.
Good work, keep it coming. Your pictures are great.
And I have fished a lot at Eagle Lake too, the one near the Oregon border.

 

[WValtakis2]

See you're keeping busy with engraving and knife work, Chip.
Good work, keep it coming. Your pictures are great.
And I have fished a lot at Eagle Lake too, the one near the Oregon border.

Thanks John! That's the Eagle Lake, we actually went up to Susanville a couple weeks ago...visited my my mom and mounted the plaque on a nice boulder facing the lake

 

[WValtakis2]

Did some anodizing today on the Stryduhr, the textured background is a dark blue to simulate the "blacking out" that engraving traditionally gets, with bronze on bare titanium for the rest.

 

[John B.]

Very attractive Skip. thanks for sharing it.

 

[WValtakis2]

Another A.G. Russell titanium Funny Folder...this time the titanium was blackened before stripping the high points and selectively anodizing. No lacquer was used to black out the background

~Chip

 

[Jonathan.Silas]

Another A.G. Russell titanium Funny Folder...this time the titanium was blackened before stripping the high points and selectively anodizing. No lacquer was used to black out the background

~Chip

Dont believe any photo posted Sir.

 

[WValtakis2]

Hmmm...let's try that again...

 

[Jonathan.Silas]

Hmmm...let's try that again...

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There she is!

 

[John B.]

Another beauty, Skip. And great photos.

 

[WValtakis2]

Another beauty, Skip. And great photos.

Thanks John, I rigged up a makeshift light tent for those shots

~Chip

 

[John B.]

[QUOTE="WValtakis2, post: 226020, member: 14816 (Quote")Thanks John, I rigged up a makeshift light tent for those shots

Well it sure worked, Skip.

 

[WValtakis2]

Some puttering around on the Case/Bose Wilfred lockback Hunter that I carry around every day

 

[WValtakis2]

Had some leftover 20CV steel from a knife project...knocking out some little keychain pry widgets

 

[WValtakis2]

Some sketching for another knife project...

 

[John B.]

Nice drawings Chip,
I'm liking #3 best.
What say's you?