[TheForge] Etching Damascus

[Kenny O.]

This may help

http://www.dfoggknives.com/etching.htm

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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Washington, Aubrey O." <awashington at ou.edu>
>To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
>Sent: Monday, November 20, 2006 4:15 PM
>Subject: [TheForge] Etching Damascus
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>Okay, I know you guys are gonna say, "This boy hasn't been paying attention
>all these year!"  But, here goes.  I just finish my first pattern welded
>blade and I'm ready to treat it to make the pattern stand out.   Here are my
>questions:
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>What is the name of the circuit board etchant one can buy at Radio Shack?
>What is the procedure for using this stuff on a blade?  (Straight up or
>diluted?  How long?  How or if to neutralize?)
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>I know all of these questions have been answered many times.  But I wasn't
>paying attention because I hadn't made my first blade yet.  Sheech!
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>Aubrey
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