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I still need to come up with an idea for the pommel or whatever the Japanese call it, but I have an awesome idea for the blade. Cheness keeps thier prices down by not putting a mirror polish on the blade (that and cheap Chinese sweat shop labor). So, I want to polish it on my 3,000, 8,000, and 12,000 grit stones then put the NCO Sword etching on the blade.

Can you do that? Or would you have to send it out to be etched?

OK, Cheness forgery is located in California. I'd say he uses cheap Mexican labor if I hadn't seen his production videos.

I can do that. Just cover the blade with an acid resistant film and use an exacto blade to cut out the design then apply acid and wait. I can get all the supplies for that at a local craft shop. No way am I going to pay for that. Way to much work.

Flipppppp

Flip take 2

Take 3?

Apparently it takes as many attempt to get it to flip as it does licks to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop. 3, just ask the owl.

Never realized that's all there is to it. Sounds fairly simple, especially if you're artistic enough to draw out the patterns, and I know you've got that covered

I say Randy's re-emergence last night broke it.

It sounds easy, but as you pointed out, it takes some artsy stuff to get the pattern on there. But, I would photograph my sword, manipulate the image in photoshop to be black and white and warp the shape to the katana blade's shape. Then print it out at actual size - luckily I have a printer at work that prints on 2" wide rolls of paper. Use the print out as a stencil for the film, then cut out the design.

Wow, that makes it sound like a lot of work. This project is going to keep me busy all next summer.