GEzell Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 I uploaded some pictures to my photobucket page of some of my previous work, with descriptions... Visit My Website Don't mind the sax images, those were for sharing and inspiration... This may be the nicest out of the bunch.. George Ezell, bladesmith" How much useful knowledge is lost by the scattered forms in which it is ushered to the world! How many solitary students spend half their lives in making discoveries which had been perfected a century before their time, for want of a condensed exhibition of what is known."Buffonview some of my work RelicForge on facebook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Colwell Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 The one you have posted is really nice. What did you do to put the pattern onto the blade? please visit my website http://www.professorsforge.com/ “Years ago I recognized my kinship with all living things, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on the earth. I said then and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it; while there is a criminal element, I am of it; while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.” E. V. Debs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrassett Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Wow, this blade looks fierce, great engraving too J Anderson R " Fools live to regret there words, wise men to regret there silence"- Will Henry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEzell Posted April 16, 2009 Author Share Posted April 16, 2009 The one you have posted is really nice. What did you do to put the pattern onto the blade? Thanks Kevin. I polished the blade, then coated it with a resist (enamel spray paint), then scratched the design into it. This was then soaked in fc for about 1 hour 15 minutes for a deep etch. Cleaned up the blade, then masked the etched part and gave the entire blade a short (10 minutes or less) soak in fc to bring out the quench line. I use the same method of deep etching to sign my blades. With this one, I got a little creative.... George Ezell, bladesmith" How much useful knowledge is lost by the scattered forms in which it is ushered to the world! How many solitary students spend half their lives in making discoveries which had been perfected a century before their time, for want of a condensed exhibition of what is known."Buffonview some of my work RelicForge on facebook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ty Murch Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 sweet work GEzell !! . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Longmire Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 That's great, G! Looks like something carried by John Carter of Mars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat B Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 enamel spray paint eh? thats a good idea. how did you remove the paint without damaging the etch? also did you set the etch by WD-40 or Boiling? Gnáthamh na hoibre an t-eólas (Knowledge comes through practice) Iron is full of impurities that weaken it; through the forging fire, it becomes steel and is transformed into a razor-sharp sword. Human beings develop in the same fashion. - Morihei Ueshiba my site: http://lfcforgeworks.webs.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Colwell Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 That is a nice way to take advantage of a deep etch. I love to see what people can pull off with relatively simple methods and creativity. Thanks for sharing, both the photo and the technique. Kevin please visit my website http://www.professorsforge.com/ “Years ago I recognized my kinship with all living things, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on the earth. I said then and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it; while there is a criminal element, I am of it; while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.” E. V. Debs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEzell Posted April 17, 2009 Author Share Posted April 17, 2009 Thanks guys. Early 20th century sci-fi may have been the look I was after with this one, Alan.... The handle design originally went with a very different blade on paper, but somehow the bowie won out in the end. The same basic handle (with a less radical guard) worked surprisingly well on a few other blade styles, including a small skinner... looks best in black, though. enamel spray paint eh? thats a good idea. how did you remove the paint without damaging the etch? also did you set the etch by WD-40 or Boiling? When I take it out of the etch I give it a good long blast of water, then use acetone and a clean rag to remove the paint... on high-polished steel the paint has nothing to hold it and comes off with little effort. Then hand-rub it a bit with flitz and oil it, or acetone again and re-etch. Ken Durham has a method involving a small pump and a constant stream of etchant that got results in 1/4 the time, I need to experiment with that myself. It was a way to use materials I had access to Before doing this on a fully polished blade, test your steel and etchant to determine how long to etch. Different steels etch differently, 15n20 more slowly than 1095, etc... for this reason it doesn't work so well on some damascus mixes. Keep everything clean, no bubbles or thin spots in the paint, no fingerprints. If anything goes wrong, its back to 220 grit, or less.... George Ezell, bladesmith" How much useful knowledge is lost by the scattered forms in which it is ushered to the world! How many solitary students spend half their lives in making discoveries which had been perfected a century before their time, for want of a condensed exhibition of what is known."Buffonview some of my work RelicForge on facebook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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