D. Martell Old School Takeda Conversion

This "new style" Takeda came in with edge damage. This repair required a decent amount of material to be removed which would make an already thick edge - extra thick. Instead of just remvoing the damage and sharpening I thinned the bevel by raising the height up into the blade. Basically I converted this knife to an "old school" Takeda. The owner isn't going to believe it's the same knife when he cuts with it. :wink:

Did you do some blueing on the KU? Or is that just the lighting in the after pics?

brainsausage said:

Did you do some blueing on the KU? Or is that just the lighting in the after pics?

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Good eye! Yeah it's bluing. I didn't do it heavily, just a light quick coating.

That's a nice transformation, you can actually see a lot of the damage in the before pics. Do you know if the bluing also works on stainless cladding?

tjangula said:

Do you know if the bluing also works on stainless cladding?

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Nope

I see… upon doing further reading it looks like bluing and the oxide coating terms I've come across are referring to the same, at first I thought they were two different processes. With knives other methods such as hot bluing probably wouldn't be smart…

JBroida said:

Nope

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Thanks Jon