Ooohh! Very nice job man!

Great job, knives look awesome... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

I done stacks of Stainless Steel engraving, has anyone tried using 'Pickling Paste' on their knives?

Pickling Paste?

Is that like a thick paste you make out of pickling salt?

YA! It's thickish wellowish stuff, almost like melting jelly... You buy it ready made, the welding specialists normally sell it...

The stuff is highly corrosive, the longer you leave it on the steel the deeper it 'eats'. Of course the fumes given off are extremely harsh.

Ok, I thought you were talking about pickling salt for canning foods!

That stuff is a sort of a cleaning solution, right?

I mean it is acidic?

Ok, NOW I know the stuff you're talking about. Yeah I bet that would work out nice.

YUP! In a big way... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif" alt="" /> I've been able to etch Stainless Steel down a few mm's a time... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

I'm still thinking about the hot bleach thing for my spare cupidvore. Or my main one once I get some more finish wore off it. Once I get the entire pry bar tip scratched an scraped free of a finish I will probably grind down the top edge just a tad to make it just a little bit rounded.

I use to cut stencils out of vinyl, stick them onto the Stainless, reverse weed them and then drip the paste and then leave it on the stencil for a few minutes. You won't belive how nice it looks once you've removed the stencil and buffed the Stainless, stunning to say the least... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Of course if you want it deeper then just do it again until you have the desired depth.

Reverse Weed? Does that mean you remove the letters but leave the rest of the stencil in place?

Very nice. I have thought about stripping the DDF that has some serious finish gone and doing a bluing job. Just got to get the nads to do it.