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Old 03-08-2019, 01:05 PM
damon damon is offline
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nice to see you can do this with this steel too. ive mostly used 1084, and W2.

a note to add in the polishing. hand finish 600 or higher grit rather than going to a buffing wheel. hand finishing will give cleaner crisper contrast. ive had decent results going to 15micron before etching, and 1200-1600 grit after. , but like with damascus, the finer you hand finish the crisper your contrast will be.

i am not a ranking authority on this by any means, ive just recently gone through the same critique/ suggestions myself.

another helpful tip ray gave me is to do short etches... sand (1200-2000grit)... clean... repeat...
what i noticed when i followed this advice was it actually etched deeper/ faster than if id let it soak for the full duration it took to do that 4 times letting it soak 1-2 min each time.
my observation on this is the layer of gunk built up on the blade seems to keep the etchant from being as efficient. so cleaning it off allows the ferric to keep getting a fresh bite at the steel. i might be wrong on this, but thats what it looked like was happening.

this is one from a few years ago. sanded to 600 then etched 30+min...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/oiseau...posted-public/

vs the pic posted here of one more recent doing the multiple short etch ray suggested to me. ive still got room to improve. :-/ especially on how far the clay covers.

stupid site wont let me post pic because its also in the "chat room photo sharing thread"
http://www.knifenetwork.com/forum/at...3&d=1551057196

Last edited by damon; 03-08-2019 at 01:45 PM.
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