DIY - STONE WASHING A COATED KNIFE BLADE! (Does it work??)

[@mikejurnak0324]

I like it with the white lines. Gives it some character. Great job Zach. 👍🏼

[@rob10ring]

Daring! Going pretty well. 👍

[@zachstuff]

Thank you! 🤙🏼

[@kathleensmith370]

Great looking knife looks good

[@zachstuff]

Thank you! 🙏🏼

[@Fedharrison5634]

Cool it looks awesome love the scales.

[@zachstuff]

Glad you like it! Happy they did some focus on the 940 this year!

[@andrew5117]

Turned out great!

[@zachstuff]

Thank you! 🙏🏻

[@ck158]

Looks good 👍

[@zachstuff]

Thank you! 🙏🏼

[@radar468]

Looks good, I wasn’t sure how that would pan out but I’m pleasantly surprised 👍🏼👍🏼

[@zachstuff]

It really surprised me how well it worked. Now the timeframe was a bit off! But makes sense. Thanks for checking this out!

[@B_Dizzle]

Wow those scales are STUNNING!

[@zachstuff]

They pop like crazy!!

[@mrmouse-ol9pw]

Agreed. Wish they made more aftermarket parts for the bailout

[@rodneypearson6986]

It's fun trying different media to obtain the wash your looking for. Great job my friend ✌🏻

[@zachstuff]

Fun projects indeed! Thank you!

[@nickmartino2839]

Lesssgooooooo !!!!! Very awesome zach!!!!! And i would say ya..invest in a vib tumbler and media..... get both kinds.. they have green and white media...... plus you can use it to tumble anything you want down the road.. . Plus it works for you...allowing you to do other stuff.. it doesn't confine you to sitting there shaking it!!!!! Looks awesome..i wouldn't be mad if ALL my knives were battleworn

[@zachstuff]

Thanks Nick!! Yeah checking out media today and seeing what options for tumblers are out there. Have a great weekend!! 🤙🏼

[@justinmcvay5560]

Pretty cool. Fun video. 👍🏻 👍🏻

[@zachstuff]

Thank you!

[@TopDog8762]

I am watching this after the live. Kinda sounded like you were not thrilled with the result. I like it, practice makes perfect. 😉

[@zachstuff]

Most definitely going to continue practicing! I was excited to learn some more techniques! Now I have to keep practicing to find the perfect recipe! Appreciate you checking this one out!

[@everettcontreras6494]

I used to acid etch knife blades with muriatic acid then do the same method with the rocks and bottle but next time just put a big towel around it and tie it and toss it in the drier on a low heat works perfectly 👍

[@poncho151]

That battle wash is likely an etched blade not ceracoted, which will take the stone washing much better so it’s not going to look the same. That said I’m actually surprised the ceracote looked as good as it does. A small rock tumbler with ceramic media or just rocks works well for blades and parts without have to buy a big vibratory tumbler. Also I’d be careful putting loctite in those thumbstud threads if you ever plan on removing them again being that they’re tiny aluminum threads.

[@zachstuff]

Yeah my first research confirmed it was a tumbled coated blade. But I suspect there is magic elixir involved!! Thanks for the tumbler idea too!

[@fredstephens6737]

Nice job! I must have a pivot alignment tool.

[@zachstuff]

Thank you! The Pivot tools are super helpful!!

[@jj9936]

Perfect 👍

[@zachstuff]

Groovy! Thank you!

[@rorycalhoun8011]

Tks for the demo!!

[@zachstuff]

You’re Welcome!

[@mikranger1078]

Wow I LOVE it you did such a GREAT Job & Thanks for the video #DSKFS

[@zachstuff]

Thank you Mik! 🤙🏼

[@romanm3538]

Looks good.

[@zachstuff]

Thanks Roman!!

[@J_DuB27]

I just stonewashed my bronze bugout in the dryer 😢. Clip now matches the battlewash blade, but the scales are a little messed up. To lifesharp, or not to lifesharp, that is the question.

[@marshalllaw123]

I can show you how amazing it can look with both DLC and PVD coatings! The thing about them is they’re really HARD, so a bigger container, a liberal spray of WD40 (no water), and then… violence is your friend! Don’t buy the HF tumbler for this application, it won’t give you good results (speaking from experience).

[@zachstuff]

Well that is good to know! Thank you! 🙏🏼

[@bazzzker]

I'd say get some stonewashing stone bodies not random rocks

[@zachstuff]

I will be trying this method next to compare. Thanks 🙏🏼