Stepping into damascus

[izafireman]

In the video I saw that Steve linked for me the chap used the jar in boiing water and while the water boils the acid need not do so but it definately get up to a good heat which helps to speed the etch.

Thanks for letting me know, I had a chat with my neighbour who is an ex chemistry teachers and he has a test tube that's about a foot long and 1.5 inches wide along with a clamp and stand to hold it is place, just happens to look the perfect thing for heating the acid in and dipping the blade in safely as only a small volume of the acid Is required.

 

[Von Gruff]

Finally have these finished and have to say I am reasonably pleased with them
Damascus Light Hunter with flat backed buffalo horn bolster and fancy walnut on the raindrop pattern stainless damascus.

Mdified Buffalo Skinner with curve backed 3 pin buffalo horn bolster and stabilised exhibition spalted eucalyptus in the ladder pattern ss damascus

 

[Sean Jones]

Those look really nice Von Gruff!

 

[izafireman]

Very nice!.....I hope my Damascus knives turn out as good as that when I finally get round to making them.

 

[Bruce McLeish]

The hamons look fantastic.

 

[Von Gruff]

The hamons look fantastic.

It is not a hamon as much as it is the central core showing through. This damascus is also a san mai in effect

 

[Kevin Zito]

These are very nice, Garry. The Buffalo Skinner is my favorite!

 

[Smallshop]

It is not a hamon as much as it is the central core showing through. This damascus is also a san mai in effect

was wondering how you pulled that off!

 

[bladegrinder]

Those came out nice Garry.

 

[soundmind]

I especially like the skinner, too. Very very clean knives! I hope to buy some knives from you sometime.

 

[Heikki]

Both are nice looking knives, but I really like that eucalyptus on the skinner.

 

[Von Gruff]

Both are nice looking knives, but I really like that eucalyptus on the skinner.

That Eucalyptus has some beautiful coours and grain patterns. I have another batch in the vacuum chamber at the moment with a bit of spalting in the mix

 

[Heikki]

That Eucalyptus has some beautiful coours and grain patterns. I have another batch in the vacuum chamber at the moment with a bit of spalting in the mix

It reminds me of some of the giraffe bone or fossilized mammoth I've seen. It has a kind of aged feel to it. I like it a lot.

 

[Heysnow]

Wow what a amazing transformation, from box to acid etch, awesome work.. Wish I was closer to you so I could check out your tools. Very cool ruler...Nice work...

 

[Jason Volkert]

Nice work Gruff!

 

[Von Gruff]

Stay tuned guys.I have a project in the planning stage that will stretch me in many ways. I have done a the different parts to this project but never with them all in the same package. I will make a seperate WIP thread on it.