I was cleaning up a little bit in the shop yesterday when I noticed that my acid container for etching damascus was left open. I thought that was kinda odd until I remembered that I only take the lid off when I'm etching a blade. Then it dawned on me, I had left a blade in there! Overnight probably wouldn't have been too bad, but I put it in there a week ago!
Here's what is looked like:
I took it out and did a quick bath to neutralize the acid, and this was about how it looked two minutes later. I think I'll keep a better eye on this next time. The blade was about 10 inches overall made out of a 224 layer damacus combo of 1095 and mild.
Jamie
Here's what is looked like:
I took it out and did a quick bath to neutralize the acid, and this was about how it looked two minutes later. I think I'll keep a better eye on this next time. The blade was about 10 inches overall made out of a 224 layer damacus combo of 1095 and mild.
Jamie