Gold Damascus

[Chuck Gedraitis Knives]

Just wondering if anyone has tried this? I have some gold leafing paint which contains real gold. I was thinking of giving a damascus blade a real deep etch, the painting it with the gold and then taking a piece of 2000 grit sandpaper and sanding off the excess. Then a quick light etch to bring the pattern back out in the damascus. It might look kinda cool with little gold spots here and there.

 

[george tichbourne]

It might work, a few years back a couple of makers (can't recall who) did a damascus blade, etched it deeply, coated it with lacquer, sanded off the high spots and plated the high areas with 24 carat gold. Very dramatic result.

 

[Reg ELLERY]

Lloyd Harding gold plated damascus a few years ago it looked quite good. He sent it off to someone in the eastern states of Australia.
Just from memory it was not expensive I remember being supprised but don't remember the price.

Give it a go let us know how it works for you.

 

[Phil Tham]

Sounds like it should work. Give it a shot and let's see the result.