Sorry if someone's already asked this. I couldn't find what i was looking for.
Im very new at knifemaking but recently i got a premade damascus knife blade as a bday gift.
The blade looked kinda dirty, and the pattern kinda dull. So, i started by polishing it with a dremel which made the upper steel really shiny. However the bottom steel looked kinda beige/light grey so i decided to etch it in coffee to darken it.
After 5 hours, not much color change. The edge of the blade that was previously just shiny metal now showed a damascus pattern, so the etching did