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    Who Dares Wins InnuendoCornecopria's Avatar
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    Default engraving a wapinienca

    Does anybody have advice/suggestions/reccomendations for engraving a wapienica with initials or a short quote?

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    seal the blade in wax, and lightly scratch through the wax to expose what you want to etch, then dip it in an oxidizing solution...
    That would be the most simple way I can think of.
    any solution that will tarnish the metal will likely etch it given time. damascus is etched with muriatic acid or phosphoric acid... both used for maintaining pools.

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    I can't recall who posted this link first (sorry) it was but it was lost in the crash. If it is carbon steel then this will work. I have used it to put initials on a knife I was making, but have not used it on a razor. I was thinking about getting a wapi to play with though.
    http://www.britishblades.com/forums/...hlight=etching
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    Joe Chandler, I think, did some nice looking engraving on Wapi rescales for JoshEarl and others. Looked like real engraving, not just etching.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Arthur Dent View Post
    I can't recall who posted this link first (sorry) it was but it was lost in the crash. If it is carbon steel then this will work. I have used it to put initials on a knife I was making, but have not used it on a razor. I was thinking about getting a wapi to play with though.
    http://www.britishblades.com/forums/...hlight=etching
    That link was awesome! Just wondering though, when they are speaking of "nail varnish" are they talking about womens finger nail paint, or finger nail paint remover? If it is either of those, I'm set with a wife and two daughters.

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    Senior Member Arthur Dent's Avatar
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    Finger nail paint or nail polish. I had everthing I needed laying around the house. The hard part was making the design in the dried nail polish.

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