Handmade Knife and Acid Etching

Hi!

This week my dad will celebrate his 46th birthday, so I decided to make him a gift that's useful. Some time ago he used to go hunting regularly so he has one really good Italian handmade knife, but i hope that he will like this one too.

Also this guy: Garra23 asked if i could make an instructable about acid etching so i made it :)

Tools and materials:

• Angle grinder
• Sandpaper
• Files
• Glue
• Fe Cl2
• Used plastic bottle

For the handle I used deer antler and cow horn but that's optional

First I took a piece of steel and cut out the blade and grinded it. I choose this form of the blade because it's the usual form that's used for hunting knives.

First thing to do is to put duct tape on both sides of the blade.

Then I drew the lines that I wanted to be etched on the blade and cut them out and also i put some nail polish on the places where duct tape didn't cover the blade.

After that took a plastic bottle and cut it in half, poured water and FeCl2 mixture in there and put the blade in there.

I left it in FeCl2 for couple hours, however I regularly checked, because I didn't want to overdo it.

Unfortunately it didn't turn out the way I wanted it to be, because I didn't sand it enough.

BEFORE PUTTING IT INTO FeCl2 SAND IT NEATLY!!

At first I thought i ruined the blade but when I made the handle and polished it, it turned out quite well, it has that old, vintage look to it. It sits in hand really good, and it's razor sharp, I even was able to shave hair off my leg :D