Striped Shark framelock

[Chuck Gedraitis Knives]

Finished this up last friday and am finally getting around to posting it. Blade is 2 3/4 in long and made of D-2. Blade has been satin finished and then etched in ferric chloride. Titanium thumbstud and 3/32 titanium liners which have been anodized blue and jeweled. Outline of a shark on the "A" side of the knife. Overall length is 6 5/8 in. This is a framelock.
Thanks for looking,
Chuck

 

[p moore]

That looks great!!. can you give me some info on the way you etch the blade to get the stripe effect. Paul

 

[Chuck Gedraitis Knives]

Paul,
It is easy to do. I brought the blad eup to a nice satin finish, around 400 grit. Then I painted the stripes on with fingernail polish and then dunked it in ferric chloride for a few seconds. You can etch it longer for a deeper color. Make sure you paint around your pivot hole and where the ball detent travels otherwise the knife won't be as smooth opening and closing.

 

[p moore]

Sounds easy enough. I assume acetone to clean up. The other question is how do you get rid of the black smudge from the FC. I can clean and clean and still get smudge.??? Paul

 

[Chuck Gedraitis Knives]

Paul,
D-2 is as close to being stainless as you can get without actually being stainless. It has a high chromium content, so when you etch it you don't get any black smudge like you do with damascus or high carbon steels. Use a test piece and try it out. You will like the results.
Chuck