[TheForge] Finishing forged knife

[Larry and Pat Brown]

You make it sound so easy!
;-)
L Brown

At 10:07 AM 10/19/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>Anneal, grind to about 120 grit, draw file, grind out all possible stress
>risers, normalize, harden, stress relive, final grind with out gloves to
>insure you don't over heat the blade, stone, wet paper finish down to about
>600 grit using water laced with 409, cool mist etc., degrease, etch in a 140
>F. mix of 1 part ferric Chloride to 3 parts warm distilled water, boil in
>distilled water,neutralize in Tri Sodium Phosphate solution, spray down with
>WD-40. and rub vigorously with brown paper shopping bag several times a day
>for 3 days, light polish with 1200 grit paper to high- light the etch, spray
>down with fluid film and presto you are ready to fit your handle etc.
>Chuck