Pitted Blade

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frank22

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I've been carving out a bowie from a piece of heavily rusted and pitted sword steel that I picked up years ago. I goofed big time when I was laying out the pattern and ended up with some pitting on the blade that
I'm really having trouble removing. I could
keep grinding until the pits are gone but I'm afraid by the time I remove them and make the surface even I'll make the blade too thin.
The pits aren't really big, maybe a mm or two deep and less than 3 mm in diameter but
they don't look good.
I've thought of two solutions that might work: Etch a design on the blade that will incorporate the pitting. Weld some sort of filler over the pitting.
Any ideas?
 
Dont grind it too thin. I like the idea of acid etching a pattern or picture on the blade. David Boye did this, actually his wife did, Those early knives are very collectable now. They look very cool! Bruce
 
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