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Title: Caper, etc.
Post by: 4est trekker on June 13, 2011, 10:20:00 PM

Here's a few I just finished, all from reclaimed saw steel and etched in vinegar/lemon juice.  The first is a drop point caper with a clay quench and slight hamon. It's 6 inches overall with a 2.5" blade, streaked buffalo horn scales, piened copper tube pins, and a homemade mosaic pin.  The other two blades are just a few more tiny neck knives in zebra wood and streaked buffalo horn with piened copper tube pins. Thanks for looking...critique always welcome.

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Title: Re: Caper, etc.
Post by: 2treks on June 13, 2011, 11:35:00 PM

Real nice! I like the way you do that sheath. I need to try one sometime. What do you make the cord out of?
Chuck

Title: Re: Caper, etc.
Post by: 4est trekker on June 13, 2011, 11:51:00 PM

Chuck:  The cord is hand laid from 12 strands of linen thread.

Title: Re: Caper, etc.
Post by: L. Harris on June 14, 2011, 04:58:00 AM

Those are awesome! Still get all kinds of cool comments from folks about my little neck knife I got from you!

Title: Re: Caper, etc.
Post by: Idahomike251 on June 14, 2011, 10:16:00 AM

I love them all! Vinegar and lemon juice etching: Can you tell me how long it took to etch?  Thanks,  Mike O.

Title: Re: Caper, etc.
Post by: Steve Nuckels on June 14, 2011, 07:40:00 PM

Curt, great work as usual!

Steve
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Potomac Forge

Title: Re: Caper, etc.
Post by: Bobby Urban on June 15, 2011, 07:37:00 AM

I really like #1 and will probably try to emulate it when I get back into the shop(with your permission of course)  Very nice work.

As far as the lemon/vinegar goes I use it quite often and depending on the steel I usually leave it in overnight. I also understand that if you heat the vinegar it works faster but I have never tried it.

Bob Urban

Title: Re: Caper, etc.
Post by: 4est trekker on June 15, 2011, 08:12:00 AM

Thanks, all.  I appreciate your kind words.   Regarding the vinegar/lemon juice etching...I do it two ways.  The first is to simply let the blade sit in the solution, then clean it with water and buff it with steel.  I repeat the process three or four times, or until I like the finish.  

The second method I us is to add a little current.  I use a couple of alligator clips, a 6V lantern battery, and a piece of scrap steel.  I hook the positive terminal to the tang of the blade and the negative terminal to the piece of scrap steel which I half-submerge into the solution.  Then I put the knife into the mixture and let it "cook."  It greatly speeds up the process and the results are more aggressive.  I let it soak anywhere from half and hour to a couple of hours, clean and buff it, then repeat the process.