Any way for a stock-remover to mimic fold patterns?

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RichardP

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Hello!
Newbie here who’s been playing around with hardening high-carbon steels, chasing that hamon. I’ve long been fascinated by nihonto and it’s really what pushed me to try knife-making. My living situation is such that it would be inconsiderate to be swinging a hammer, so for now I’m just doing stock-removal and making small tanto. (I’ve got a heat-treat oven and have been experimenting with water vs. Parks 50.)
Is there any method for treating/etching steel to mimic masame/itame hada? I want to leave the ji with a high polish, and utter lack of hada is unattractive...
Thanks all!
 
I’m imagining a really aggressive etchant that I’d use once and then polish away, leaving behind some kind of interesting pattern to the steel...?
 
Just saw the “Freehand Etching” post—maybe coat the entire blade in enamel paint, then score a pattern of thin lines through the paint with a needle and soak in FC?
 
One thing that the Chinese guys who fake a nihon-to blade do is put coarse grit sanding lines down the blade parallel to the edge and then sand with finer grit leaving just a trace of the deeper scratches. Etching also will deepen and darken the scratches.
 
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