The classic 1911

Tactical_Reviews · June 30, 2021, 5:22pm

This customer requested a .45 1911 in a classic look. My plan was to do traditional bluing. However, the slide is stainless, and stainless can’t be blued. So I went to plan B and used midnight blue Cerakote. Wow is all I can say. The classic checkered wooden grips really dress it up. All the external parts will be black with a little bit of bare stainless just to give it a little more pop. I can’t wait to finish this one. Who knew class and simple could look so drop-dead sexy?

Robert · June 30, 2021, 5:52pm

Looks great!

Nick · July 1, 2021, 12:45am

I’m not going to google much these days. Can stainless be parkerized?

6un5_4r3_N347 · July 1, 2021, 2:04am

Mn or Zn parking does not work on most stainless steels. There are stainless steels that can be blued. There are special hot blueing salts (Brownell’s and Du-Lite) for many other types of stainless steels. You can do salt bath ferritic nitrocarburizing like Melonite, physical vapor deposition like IonBond or DLC, or chemical vapor deposition, plasma coating… and a bunch of other stuff. There are a ton of options out there that will produce a beautiful black finish.