Anyone ever blued a stainless steel razor?

[Cornishman]

Hi All!
Just wondering if anyone has ever blued their stainless razor?
I think the bluing process is when you heat a metal up with a blow torch until you get the required color, then quench it in engine oil.
They do gun parts with it apparently.
I think a stainless razor would look cool after bluing!
There are videos on Youtube showing how it's done.
Here's an example of the finish:

 

[bosseb]

That is some nice finish!

Altering the raw stainless surface of the recent (Weber) razors will be a hot subject when the amount of sold pieces increases. The raw stainless steel is prone to rust and stains.

Altering the surface by replating an already plated surface (Feather or Ikon) is even more complicated!

Here is a replate in black chrome of my Weber/Feather/Ikon razor system.

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[oldbluelight]

Stainless can be fire blued but my understanding is the finish is not very durable. You might want to prowl around on some gun and gunsmithing forums f you haven't already. The composition of the steel may be an important factor as some ss can have a mottled appearance after fire bluing and your cooling process can affect the hardness of the steel. Please keep us informed about the project.

 

[NingYupOwaDat]

I work in steel, it turns blue from a certain level of heat doesn't need to be fire it can even just be intense friction.

If you burn the blue into it it will eventually fade off

 

[tacchini]

my understanding of blueing is that rust can come through after a while, as well as firearms its used on some tattoo machines, it has to be re done a fair bit, its not as durable as nickel plating, i have some tattoo machines that are done with this and rust specs are on them,that ikon razor above looks something else, a real nice finish.

 

[pahntr760]

CeraKote in Midnight Blue is rather close to what you are looking for. It will be much longer lasting then the process you mentioned. As stated above, 'gun blue' is a form of iron corrosion. It needs the carbon in steel to make that color.

 

[flashover604]

Talk to member jnyost. He does CeraKote and duracoat and should be able to answer your questions.