My First Cliching Attempt

wasatchdan

wasatchdan

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So after Clich's Do Not Go Gentle thread, I got a wild hair to finally try out some etching on my own. Thanks to some extremely helpful advice from Clich yesterday and a whole lot of intestinal fortitude on my part, I managed to screw my courage to the sticking place and just go for it.

I wanted to do a couple of knives I've had hanging around that are a bit different than the norm, so I went with my special edition combo-edge Bk-11 and my Michael Janich-designed Blackhawk! Tatang blade as my guinea pigs. They both turned out pretty decent for my first attempt, although I'm still trying to get the method down.

Here are some pics.

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I convexed both blades. The Necker, being a comboedge, required more care than a normal Necker and I flubbed the grind a tiny bit where the edge meets the serrations, but it isn't too bad. You'll notice I left the factory finish on the lower part of the tang intact. I also gave the Necker's micarta two coats of tung oil to darken it up.

The Tatang with its double edge was particularly difficult, but both edges now cut like a mofo. I also gave the scales a good stippling. Now I can execute snap cuts, thrusts, and back cuts with a perfectly solid grip. The blade is even heavy enough, with its 1/4 inch thickness and barong heritage, to do some actual wood and foliage chopping. The sub-hilt gives it a lot of control for thrusting, and it can be gripped lower to give the cut greater power.

Roach would be so proud, if he hadn't bought the farm on the Georgia/Russian border. ;):D

Thanks for the help, Clich.
 
Looks great man, the patina on that last one kind of looks like a hamon line. Very cool! :thumbup::thumbup:
 
Looks great man...how did you apply the blu before the bleach? Looks brushed on..I'm reallllly enjoying the way the Blackhawk turned out.
 
I like a lot. Looks like you hit it right on the head. Id be stoked for that kinda result on that 11...
 
Pa_Slasher said:
I like it Dan! They both look really cool. The bottom blade looks like the ones in MW3.
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:o Gamer geek incoming.
That's cause the knives in MW 2&3 are modeled after this design.
The Tomahawk in Black Ops was a Strider Knives model as well.


By the way, nice etching! I need to get around to trying it on some blades I have around. :thumbup:

Kyle
 
that Tatang is over the top! awesome blade and the etch came out PERFECT for it! I never heard of that knife, must look into it, thats a mean mambajamba! Two Thumbs way way up!

LOL not to say the 11 aint purdy but damn that Tatang just draws me in! *wolf whistle*
 
Great job!
I'm getting ready to try my first attempt at the clich etch patina.
Thanks for sharing brother
 
Thanks for the complements, everyone. I like how they turned out.

Greybush, the way I applied the finish was to first sand the knife with 220 grit, 400 grit, and then 600 grit sandpaper, going back and forth in one direction to get that kind of brushed look. Then I applied the bluing with a cotton ball in a random pattern that doesn't at all resemble the finished look. Then I put vaseline on the edge to protect it from the etchant. I put the vaseline on a little thick, which was a happy accident since that is what gives the Tatang the hamon line look.

After that a one hour soak in PCB etchant solution from Radio Shack, laying flat on the container. Wash it three times with soapy water, dry it, and then sand with 600 grit paper. Then I applied the bluing across the whole knife with a cotton ball, waited a few minutes, reapplied the bluing once more, and then sanded it with 600 grit paper.

All this stuff comes from Clich, btw. He did a great job explaining how to do this in a way that even I could follow.
 
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