CKillgore Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 (edited) Hello all, I have been considering parkerizing (manganese phosphating) one of my knives for a family member. They wanted a little bit of rust prevention on their knife and I wanted to see how parkerizing held up etc. I'm staring at it now trying to decide how to go about doing it. It would seem to me it would be best if I was able to parkerize the whole knife, handle attached, so that I don't have to worry about sanding off the parkerized finish. I had read somewhere that if you had some sort of plastic handle, perhaps micarta or something similar, you don't have to worry about it in the parkerizing solution. The handle I would like to use is Stabilized big leaf maple burl and would rather not ruin a nice piece of wood to experimentation. I was hoping someone might know the answer to whether or not it will ruin a stabilized piece of wood. After I posted, I'm thinking this might should have gone in the finish and polish area. Thanks! Cody Edited April 22, 2013 by CKillgore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Hale Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 Take a small sample of the wood and treat it,,see wot it does,,,then decide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CKillgore Posted April 22, 2013 Author Share Posted April 22, 2013 Thanks for the reply. I'm starting to think that may be the only way to know for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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