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Hey guys, I'm new to the forum and going to be new to knife making. Since I'll be creating my own knives I'd like to have my mark on them. The question is do I etch it or do I buy a hand stamp? I've tried a quick search on etching on the forum, didn't quite what I was looking for, but I'll look more. Thanks and hope to upload my first knife within a week or so.
 
Welcome to the forum. I recomment electric etch. I did stamps for yrs and switched to electric etch and love it. Rusty McDonald makes a heck of a good etcher macine for the money (Lot less than commercial ones) and he really helped me get going. Here is a link to his website. E-mail him and ask about his machine. http://rbmcdonaldknives.com/
Then you will have to come up with a logo. Anyway, I love mine.
 
Thanks for the reply. I'll email him today. By the way your knives are incredible :eek: . I have a simple dagger blank coming in the mail tomorrow. I want to forge and cut my own but I don' have a furnace to do it, and at the moment its a little out of my price range. As for my logo here it is

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didn't someone post a link about how to etch using a chopped 12v cell phone charger and salt water? I'm also interested in putting my mark on future knives so any info would be appreciated.
 
I wonder about using a 9 volt battery....When the terminals are connected like that isnt it supposed to cause the acid inside to heat up/boil and possibly explode? I don't know I just heard that somewhere, but I could be wrong.
 
R.C.Reichert said:
I wonder about using a 9 volt battery....When the terminals are connected like that isnt it supposed to cause the acid inside to heat up/boil and possibly explode? I don't know I just heard that somewhere, but I could be wrong.
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I suppose that's possible and I'm far from an expert in electronics, so try this at your own risk only. I'm not sure how it would be any different than using the battery in any other application however, or using any other type of power supply for that matter. If anyone knows that this is dangerous and/or a bad idea please post up and save me from myself!
 
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I suppose that's possible and I'm far from an expert in electronics, so try this at your own risk only. I'm not sure how it would be any different than using the battery in any other application however, or using any other type of power supply for that matter. If anyone knows that this is dangerous and/or a bad idea please post up and save me from myself!
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I think connecting the terminals like that creates a short circuit and causes the battery to overwork itself. I think that is partly why they say not to carry them in your pants. I know I tried doing a quick etch one time with a battery like that and the battery got mighty hot. I am no expert either...so maybe someone who knows better will tell us if this is a good idea or not before we blow our pants off.:eek: It might be different if you use the alligator clips and electrical wires though....I am not sure. If I am wrong about this (which is most likely the case), then sorry to alarm you.
 
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Yea the reason why the battery gets hot is because there is too little resistance in the circuit, and you will run the risk of blowing the battery out if you are not careful.
 
Ok I have gotten a few Emails about the etcher I make so I thought Id post a pic of one here just for the heck of it so Yall Can see what it is that I offer.
This one Is a basic etcher 24-28v ac and dc depending on your local power companys outputs.
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The other one I make has an extra switch that switches the voltage from 12-14v to 24-28v but is basicly the same layout with an extra switch.
 
Yep, thats it. Mine has the extra switch. Rusty does a heck of a fine job on these. I have a buddy who has a 400.00 unit and this does the same thing. Love mine.
 
Thats pretty much what I was going to do as well. I found the plans on the forums here and just have to get the parts to make it up. It's the stencil making that holds me back.
 
Etching gives you more freedom to put a mark pretty much where ever you want, but I do prefer the simplicity of my stamp more often than not.
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Haha Justin, nice logo. Since I'm newer it looks like I'm going to have to design a new one. Nice work by the way
 
I use a stamp, takes about 5 seconds compared to however long it takes to do an etch.
 
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