antique finishing techniques?

All these techniques work well. I'm also wondering if the scales can be on if using acid. I guess g-10 would fair better than a wrap. Does anyone know how Daniel Winkler gets that thick black old looking coat on his blades?
 
Dan's finish, like most of those of us who do that "look", is a combination of forge finish and acid etch......
 
Hi Chuck! Tell me more! your knives absolutely have that "covered in 100 yrs of use" look. I use a gas forge, is it possible to acheive the look or does the coal play a factor?
 
I just came in from heat-treating a blade. I tried borax for the first time. Covered it a thick layer, didnt let it dry completely, (also didnt fully dissolve the borax) I heated the blade slowly over open forge flame to dry it and the borax bubbled in some large, some small bubbles (quite dramatically)After heat-treat and tempering the blade is covered in a very hard very old looking black coating. Very hard to get off , harder than scale. I love the look, I sanded with 400 grit and put it in ferric chloride.It looks very old and used. I was trying to protect the blade from scale. Was it just not fully dissolving and fully drying the borax that did this or is this normal?
 
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