finishing wrought iron fittings?

NickWheeler

NickWheeler

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Hey guys-

I'm putting together a big camp knife for the ABS Reno show, and have some wrought iron forged down for fittings.

I'm guessing that shaping, hand sanding to 600x, and then etching (to desired depth) will give a good result. Any thoughts?

What do you do with it?

Thanks!!!
Nick
 
NickWheeler said:
Hey guys-

I'm putting together a big camp knife for the ABS Reno show, and have some wrought iron forged down for fittings.

I'm guessing that shaping, hand sanding to 600x, and then etching (to desired depth) will give a good result. Any thoughts?

What do you do with it?

Thanks!!!
Nick
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Nick: I glass beaded it between etchings.
 
From www.fisk-knives.com:

"One of my favorites is wrought iron. I have a small supply of pre civil war wrought iron. To work it for instance it has to be forged to shape, then ground, then mirror polished and at that time I put it in muratic acid for about a 60 second etch to bring out the natural grain flow of the iron. This looks really nice."

Roger

PS - Nick - send me some pics of that puppy!
 
let me elaborate in I.G.'s process.
between etching when you bead blast it cleans out the voids left from the etching, then etching again makes them a little deeper. once you've got it deep enough then you can hit it with a cold bluing solution, which willl darken it up, but when you use a piece of scotch brite pad to clean up the flats they lighten up but the darker color stays inside the deep voids giving it a really nice contrast. maybe I.G. will post a pic for you ;)
 
After you bead blast it, it looks as if has all microscopic crystals shining all over it. But once you oil it they disappear. :( :confused:
 
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