Recommendation? Fix poorly etched feather Damascus

[ADBrown]

I received a much as anticipated feather Damascus hunter that has apparently been etched with manganese phosphate to bring out a pretty poorly done forging of the dasmascus. Many blade sections are hazy and the feathering doesn't stand out much. When I cleaned the blade I Ren waxed to see if it would even out the splotches, but had no success. Can someone direct me to a shop who can restore the blade, and bring out the best in the feather design? This was a custom job by a well-respected maker, but I don't trust him to adequately address the problem since he let it go out of his one man shop in this current condition.
Thanks for any help you can offer.
Allan

 

[Bühlmann]

If it was a custom job by a well-respected maker I'd say it'd be worth the effort to reach out, have a conversation and allow him the opportunity to make it right for you. That would be my first action as a buyer, and as a maker I'd feel sick if I'd let a customer down and not been given the chance to correct it. YMMV.

 

[ADBrown]

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[3fifty7]

1: Document what you ordered (size, style, pattern, layer count, steels, materials or did you just say “make me a feather pattern knife) and Photograph what you received.

2: Do nothing to the blade other than look at it and keep it oiled or waxed. Especially if you are unsure or uneasy about something.

3: Contact maker and discuss your concerns, and expectations vs actuality.

4: Ask for further advise here for recommendations someone willing to work on another makers blade or DIY recommendations and tutorials.

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

I agree with the others. You should be in contact with the maker first.
If you want to hire someone to re-do the knife put that request in "The Exchange - Knifemaker Services Wanted" sub-forum.

 

[Pinoy Knife]

i have to eco what the guys here have already said .. Contact him
id say to "Put yourself in his shoes" well known & Respected means
he CAN do good work.. i would just advise that if you Explain you are not 100% happy with the etch
and would like it to be cleaner/more defined that gives him the "Chance" to make it right..
if he says "Pound Sand" then & only then right him off.. If you Love the knife Despite the Maker being "Sketchy"
have someone else fix it.. otherwise why have a "Sketchy" guys knife where they Failed to make it right ??

 

[AVigil]

If it is the knife/maker I am thinking of, you really need to give him the opportunity to take care of this.

 

[ADBrown]

Thanks all for your replies.

 

[Natlek]

i have to eco what the guys here have already said .. Contact him
id say to "Put yourself in his shoes" well known & Respected means
he CAN do good work.. i would just advise that if you Explain you are not 100% happy with the etch
and would like it to be cleaner/more defined that gives him the "Chance" to make it right..
if he says "Pound Sand" then & only then right him off.. If you Love the knife Despite the Maker being "Sketchy"
have someone else fix it.. otherwise why have a "Sketchy" guys knife where they Failed to make it right ??

Well-respected maker should never have allowed such a knife to leave his shop ? He GET chance to make it right in the moment customer ask him to make knife ................