Black Jack model 7 arrived, a bit disappointed

[GOG]

The knife arrived this morning and while I'm generally pleased, there's some kind of mark on the blade.

I tried lacquer thinner, Hoppe's #9 and Kroil and it won't go away. I can probably polish it out, but I don't know if it's worth the effort, if I should shine it on or return it..

As an aside, it's a really good feeling knife.

The dreaded mark:

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[WAYNO]

Maybe the etching (engraving) machine had a little malfunction. If it's to be used, I wouldn't worry. If it's to be a display piece, return it.

I don't know much about their newer blades, but mine has etching on both sides of the blade.

 

[titsonritz]

If it's to be used, I wouldn't worry. If it's to be a display piece, return it.

Just what I was thinking.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

These knives have a high carbon content and will stain easily...as a rule it won't effect how well they still cut , chop , slash , stab , etc...
Nice looking knife GOG...
One day yours will catch up with mine with wear and tear...
Andy

 

[GOG]

Well good.
I'll just keep it then. It's not worth the hassle to return it and I bought it to use it. I don't buy much stuff just to look at, so no harm no foul.
Thanks for the input gentleman.

@AndyinEverson, you've got the leather handle which I would have preferred, but I also know your knife has a provenance mine will never have.

 

[titsonritz]

These knives have a high carbon content and will stain easily...as a rule it won't effect how well they still cut , chop , slash , stab , etc...
Nice looking knife GOG...
One day yours will catch up with mine with wear and tear...
Andy
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I think I see a little blemish on yours.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Mine has indeed seem some use , first on deployment...And now does duty as a camp , hunting and kitchen knife...the patina comes and goes as it gets washed , re-sharpened , then used again...all to re-patina the blade and handle...
Andy

 

[titsonritz]

Mine has indeed seem some use , first on deployment...And now does duty as a camp , hunting and kitchen knife...the patina comes and goes as it gets washed , re-sharpened , then used again...all to re-patina the blade and handle...
Andy

It's a thing of beauty if you ask me.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

It's a thing of beauty if you ask me.

@AndyinEverson, you've got the leather handle which I would have preferred, but I also know your knife has a provenance mine will never have.

Thanks guys...its my favorite knife...we have been through a lot for sure...and it has never let me down.
Andy

 

[GOG]

It occurred to me that the mark looked like the bluing on the logo, so I used some B/C bluing & rust remover and that minimized it quite a bit. There's now an oval shiny area there as well that may even out eventually or not. But at any rate, I'm done messing with it, it's a user not a looker.

 

[Geardo]

You could force a patina on it.

 

[bbbass]

You could force a patina on it.

Dried blood?

 

[Geardo]

Dried blood?

Lol. I usually use mustard but to each his own.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

If you want patina...I'd just suggest using it as a knife...patina will happen quickly that way...
Andy

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Of course if one wants patina more quicklyer...
You can :
Give the blade a light coating of perma blue...
Cut some onions or tomatoes...
Mustard as mentioned above...
A vinegar rub / wipe...
Lightly and quickly rub the blade with bleach...

With any of the above a little goes a long way...ironically one must work slowly to get patina quickly...using these methods...
Andy

 

[drstrangelove]

I know for a fact that strawberries force a beautiful blue patina.

 

[GOG]

 

[bbbass]

Dat's a nice lookin tool... I really like it's lines.

 

[bbbass]

Not as classy as Andy's but it earned it's keep (and still does) as well as it's patina... I carried it in my flight suit ankle pocket on every USCG SAR flight for several years. Then in my fanny pack or daypack for elk, and my survival bag for winter tower jaunts. It's still my favorite skinning knife due to shape of pointy end and ease of touching it up to resharpen. I don't use the stone, I have a couple of steels, one that I carried on my belt and a flat one that goes in the pack.




Two that went with me on elk hunts.




This Old Timer is what I carried on my belt for elk hunting. It's great for working up inside and cutting diaphragm, careful work around the bladder/bunghole, etc. I also carried the axe below for splitting the pelvis and for wood gathering (while out hunting, at my stand, or in emergency... sometimes ya gotta stay out all night), it's flat enough to fit right against my hip. Along with a fillet knife to reach up and cut around the windpipe, these were everything I needed to field gut an elk.



Stainless steel throwing axe, very sharp!! Can be used like an Ulu to skin but it's really a bit unwieldy and I prefer my survival knife for that task. Stainless is too hard to resharpen, and I find I need to resharpen a skinning knife about every five minutes at most.

 

[Captain O]

GOG: That's a beautiful knife! Andy: Dayum, I'm jealous! That knife is better for its use. They were meant to be used, not hung on a wall.