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One thing that I failed to mention, outside the argument of which is a better method of marking blades...you can etch a fully hardened blade. In fact it's preferable to do so. One of the reasons I...

So, custommartini...you find the answer you were looking for yet?:roflmao

Loveless hasn't stamped a blade since 1977, at least according to him.

Oh, I'm certainly not a maker of note yet. But Bob Loveless is, and I guess I've been sorta infected with his way of doing things, since I taught myself knifemaking from his and Wayne Goddard's...

Absolutely. As I said, a guy figures out what works for him. I used to stamp, too, so I'm not completely against it. Stamping can look good, too. What's cool, though, is that I can make a...

I looked at the Etch O Matic. Didn't care for it. I bought an AC/DC machine from a custom knifemaker named Ron Claiborne. For the money, I think his is the best machine on the market. You need...

I'm not a fan of laser etching, either. It's just surface, with no depth. I use electrochemical etching, which can go as deep than any stamp, plus you can make it very black, to really stand out. ...

I do do that, although up until now, I've just used it to replace what was already there after regrinding, or on my own blades. Words are no problem. Don't know squat about graphics, though, so I...

I like it. I like it a lot. Really gives the blade some "pop". Like the plain ones, too, but I'm a big fan of etching. Particularly the deep etching like W&Bs and some others (and mine :D). Hate...