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Gt Obach · 22nd March 2005, 06:37 AM

hi all
this is an interesting post..
- alloy has lots to do with the coloring but so does the etch...
- even the quenched steel will show up darker..

for awhile the blades i've made... sometimes have a grey hue all the way to a bluish color.. but yet I alter my formula very little.... except for the occasional frankenwootz ..

personally, i wouldn't alter museum pieces with nital... but for my steel, it brings out an accurate picture ... example:
http://dark.unitz.ca/~gthomas/myweb/p1.JPG

the rest of the post is on primal bout half way down the post
http://p222.ezboard.com/fprimalfires...icID=156.topic

recently.... Jeff Pringle posted a wootz knife he made..... and used an iron sulphate etch..... he said he had to add sulphuric acid to it and it worked well... but it was different than my fav (nital)
here... take a peek
http://www.knifenetwork.com/forum/sh...ad.php?t=27383

hope that helps a little
Greg

22nd March 2005, 06:37 AM	#21
Gt Obach Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 116	hi all this is an interesting post.. - alloy has lots to do with the coloring but so does the etch... - even the quenched steel will show up darker.. for awhile the blades i've made... sometimes have a grey hue all the way to a bluish color.. but yet I alter my formula very little.... except for the occasional frankenwootz .. personally, i wouldn't alter museum pieces with nital... but for my steel, it brings out an accurate picture ... example: http://dark.unitz.ca/~gthomas/myweb/p1.JPG the rest of the post is on primal bout half way down the post http://p222.ezboard.com/fprimalfires...icID=156.topic recently.... Jeff Pringle posted a wootz knife he made..... and used an iron sulphate etch..... he said he had to add sulphuric acid to it and it worked well... but it was different than my fav (nital) here... take a peek http://www.knifenetwork.com/forum/sh...ad.php?t=27383 hope that helps a little Greg