Warangan

[Jean]

David,
Thanks you for your message and I fully understand what you say, especially about the different staining results depending on the blade itself.
One aspect which could be objectively criticized by some collectors about the blades which I showed after warangan is that the pamor contrast is too high and the iron color too dark, but I personally like it this way, and with time and repeated oilings the contrast is decreasing anyway.
About obtaining an even color result on the 3rd and 4th blades from the left which have little original pamor (one is from tangguh Pajajaran), I doubt that it could be achieved unless the staining is much milder and the iron would not be black in this case.
By the way this thread was not just for showing my blades but also to see and discuss staining results from others also.
Best regards
Jean

[David]

Originally Posted by Jean

By the way this thread was not just for showing my blades but also to see and discuss staining results from others also.

Oh i see Jean, trying to trap me into showing some of my blades, eh?
Seriously though, you may or may not know that i generally refain from showing my blades on the internet, but let me see if i can find a good before and after of something i stained.

[Jean]

Originally Posted by David

Oh i see Jean, trying to trap me into showing some of my blades, eh?

David,
Yeah, I am afraid that you fell right into it!
And others are welcome too!
Best regards
Jean

[Rick]

Okay !
I'm going to rat you out David .

One done for me; smooth surface .

[David]

Originally Posted by Rick

Okay !
I'm going to rat you out David .

One done for me; smooth surface .

OK, it's a fair cop...

BTW, for those who are interested, i used a brush on method here.

[Jean]

Originally Posted by Rick

Okay !
I'm going to rat you out David .

One done for me; smooth surface .

Haha, my turn to be critical! Good work but I notice some residual red rust under the stain one third up the blade? Or is it poor maintenance from Rick?
Best regards
Jean

[asomotif]

I noticed that too, but assumed it is reflection of something at the background. or maybe flash ?

Rick, can you enlighten us ?

Best regards,
Willem

[Jean]

Originally Posted by asomotif

I noticed that too, but assumed it is reflection of something at the background. or maybe flash ?

Rick, can you enlighten us ?

Best regards,
Willem

Yes, it could be, I was just teasing David!
By the way is this an original ganja iras blade or not? (the pejetan seems to extend down to the bottom of the blade). How would you classify the nice pamor?
Best regards
Jean

[David]

Originally Posted by Jean

Haha, my turn to be critical! Good work but I notice some residual red rust under the stain one third up the blade? Or is it poor maintenance from Rick?

Well Jean, as i stated further back in this thread "Frankly this looks much like the kind of results i get when i stain and i don't consider my skills at this work to be particular laudable." I know that i would never refer to my own warangan work as impressive.
However, i can assure you that there is no residual rust here. There is an bit of unevenness in the way the stain took in that area of the blade. I actually did Rick's blade twice and when the same thing happened in that area the second time i let it be with my apologies to him. I guess since he wasn't paying for the job he was happy with.
And yes, the blade is gonjo iras IMO. Nice blade, i almost didn't send it back to him.

[Rick]

Yes, David is correct .

This color change is located about where a sepuhan line would appear .
Def. not rust .
Pamor ?
Something kind of like uler lulut; but what's in a name ?

I have seen FECL also do the same browning thing to certain ferrous metals .

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