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Hi Guys,
It's been almost a year since I made a knife but I'm getting married in a couple of weeks and my Fiancé asked me to make a knife for us to cut our cake. She's had a lot of input in the design stage which has been really nice.
She wants a rustic looking knife... "something that still looks new, but looks like something you'd buy if you were shopping for a knife in the early 1900s... hand made rather than machine made". So I've done my best with the crafting, few mistakes here and there but overall it came out alright. The blade is O1, handle is stabilized ebony, spacers are fileworked O1 and a stainless bolster. I Just need some suggestions for how to finish it now....
Can anyone recommend a way of etching the blade and fittings that will give them a nice aged look without making the knife look like someone dug it out of the ground and dusted off? I've heard of mustard / vinegar but haven't tried either for this kind of effect. The most I've ever tried is used diluted ferric chloride to bring out hamons, which does darken the steel nicely after a few etch/polishes but I thought I'd ask for some other suggestions.
Open to any and all suggestions, if you'd done something like this before and it gave a good finish I'm eager to hear about it!
Cheers in advance,
Steve
It's been almost a year since I made a knife but I'm getting married in a couple of weeks and my Fiancé asked me to make a knife for us to cut our cake. She's had a lot of input in the design stage which has been really nice.
She wants a rustic looking knife... "something that still looks new, but looks like something you'd buy if you were shopping for a knife in the early 1900s... hand made rather than machine made". So I've done my best with the crafting, few mistakes here and there but overall it came out alright. The blade is O1, handle is stabilized ebony, spacers are fileworked O1 and a stainless bolster. I Just need some suggestions for how to finish it now....
Can anyone recommend a way of etching the blade and fittings that will give them a nice aged look without making the knife look like someone dug it out of the ground and dusted off? I've heard of mustard / vinegar but haven't tried either for this kind of effect. The most I've ever tried is used diluted ferric chloride to bring out hamons, which does darken the steel nicely after a few etch/polishes but I thought I'd ask for some other suggestions.
Open to any and all suggestions, if you'd done something like this before and it gave a good finish I'm eager to hear about it!
Cheers in advance,
Steve
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