Craig Barr Damascus, reprofiled, mustard finished

[rlcanon]

This is a CB Damascus head that I reprofiled and then applied a mustard finish. Not the best pictures and my last pass of Thai hot sauce left a little staining, but this is my go-to beater so I'm not concerned about it. I don't remember where I got the handle, but it's a nice straight grain and there is a bit of a swell at the end of the handle that I really like. Enough to give a good purchase when chopping, not too much to hamper throwing.

 

[Chris John]

Hi rlcanon.
Amazing what a bit of musterd can do ,
Nice piece of random pattern weld too.
Good shaped hawk ,
Chris

 

[rlcanon]

Hi rlcanon.
Amazing what a bit of musterd can do ,
Nice piece of random pattern weld too.
Good shaped hawk ,
Chris

Craig Barr does great work and the price is more than fair, but I never liked the shape of his hawk heads. After reshaping it though it's one of my favorites. I probably would have left it alone finish-wise, but where I took off material it naturally took off the etching as well, obscuring the Damascus pattern. The mustard/hot sauce brought it all back to a consistent finish. It was so easy and got such good results, it's got me looking around for other non-stainless stuff to give the mustard treatment!

 

[Chris John]

Hello rlcanon,
You can use ferric chloride to etch back to probably what he may have used most use it on pattern weld steels , you can get from radio shack i think .
Chris
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