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Anyone ever etched razors chemicaly? I dont mean just a small design, i mean the entire blade. Last weekend I was trying to find something to shine a blade and clean the scales. Left it in a solution of simple green a couple hours. When I came back the blade was golden with blue spots that had purple rings. The spine has gloden and blue and puprle lines. At first i was disapointed but after i washed it off it looks really pretty.
Its really hard to photo graph because its so complex of a color pattern. Attachment 172596
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Really hard to get
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This is what the gold actually looks like across the entire blade
The camera only wants to focus on one color in one spot and the curve of the blade isnt helping
Looks like a serious case of shingles to me ! ......... :rofl2:
Whats shingles
NOT something you want to have.Quote:
Originally Posted by BeeManFOREVER
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What about the razor though
it's those things on the roof of your house.
If you think it is pretty,so be it:)
All that matters is that you like it. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by BeeManFOREVER
It's a shame the camera is playing the devil for you. As I read this it sounds like u etched the whole blade the gold color ... Sounds great to me
The entire razor is golden colored, with blue speckles that are outlined in purple. It is very pretty.
Sounds neat, what process did u use to do it?
It was very specific. Have to get it just right. I put it in a 50/50 simple green solution, ate roast beef dinner fell asleep and then checked it when i wke up!Quote:
Originally Posted by HardCase
Are you hitting what's left over from your 4th of July stash ?:shrug:
We have done some immersion testing of Simple Green with high strength steels at my job. It can embrittle alloy steels at hardness levels above 40 Rockwell C. Razors are usually up around 60 or more. You might want to keep an eye out for edge chipping when you hone this blade.Quote:
Originally Posted by BeeManFOREVER
I bet it would work with roast pork too ! Those colors on e-Bay scare the heck out of me but if you like em more power to ya. In the sixties they had a term for that that was said with lots of feeling. Wooow maaann
Jimmy -- fighting a wicked case of shingles as we speak -- it's extra fun when you get them in your nose....Quote:
Originally Posted by JimmyHAD
It honed fine and shaves as amazing as ever
I do not know if it will make it brittle or not, like someone said about what you had used, but there is a you tube video of a guy doing it with boiled vinegar.
