Spyderco Stonewash/Blackwash handmade )))

[clinton1]

Very cool process! Thanks for sharing. Interesting how much different the different steels react. We have a cheap electric tumbler that we experimented with polishing rocks with (very few times), and this post really got me thinking.....
Do you have any method on selecting the rocks that were used?
Thanks again.

[Makunochimaster]

sharpening cts-xhp is not the same as 8ct13mov
probably enough stonewashes ;
i'll take a daylight photo tomorrow.

[Fly Fishing Rick]

Looks good Makunochimaster, I find XHP somewhat of a joy to sharpen and look forward to getting more knives made of it. I'm able to get great results pretty quickly which I can't say for some of the other steels I've sharpened.

[Makunochimaster]

i want to make blackwash, but have no ferric chloride and don't want to sharpen again

[Superflex]

XHP is one of my favorites.
If you find it difficult to sharpen, you better not try to stonewash your ZDP, 110V or 204P

[Makunochimaster]

in the end it turned out half, at one angle stonewash under the other satin

[Ranger_Ike]

Really cool. Good job! I wouldn’t have guessed there to be that much difference in how the two steels stonewashed. Very good experiment and great documentation. Thank you for the info!

[Fly Fishing Rick]

Really cool. Good job! I wouldn’t have guessed there to be that much difference in how the two steels stonewashed. Very good experiment and great documentation. Thank you for the info!

I think it's more of a difference between the starting finishes rather than steel, the Ambitious appears to have a lot finer satin finish/scratch pattern from the factory than the Chaparral does. I believe if the OP had carefully sanded down the blade on the Chaparral to a less coarse finish first, that the result would have been a lot closer to the Ambitious.

[Makunochimaster]

the main thing is that we managed to hide the scratches

[Ranger_Ike]

Really cool. Good job! I wouldn’t have guessed there to be that much difference in how the two steels stonewashed. Very good experiment and great documentation. Thank you for the info!

I think it's more of a difference between the starting finishes rather than steel, the Ambitious appears to have a lot finer satin finish/scratch pattern from the factory than the Chaparral does. I believe if the OP had carefully sanded down the blade on the Chaparral to a less coarse finish first, that the result would have been a lot closer to the Ambitious.

Ah, that makes sense.

[Makunochimaster]

Do you have any method on selecting the rocks that were used?

not too large, then the pattern is more uniform.
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Friend made a blackwash with ferric chloride.
Large stones give a rough working finish, like at ZT 0357BW

[jwbnyc]

Nice work.

[clinton1]

That looks great Makuno!! Sweet!

[kennethsime]

Very cool, thanks for sharing Makuno!

[Bolster]

Interesting. What's the reason for the bold light-grey line along the lamination of the Caly 3.5 I wonder?

[kerrcobra]

i want to make blackwash, but have no ferric chloride and don't want to sharpen again

Why not put nail polish along the edge? I've seen others do that successfully when attempting something like this.

[Makunochimaster]

Why not put nail polish along the edge? I've seen others do that successfully when attempting something like this.

Thanks, friend, i will try next time

[kerrcobra]

Why not put nail polish along the edge? I've seen others do that successfully when attempting something like this.

Thanks, friend, i will try next time

You're welcome, bud. I hope it works out!

[Makunochimaster]

Ferric chloride 3
Taiwan laser most cool )

[ladybug93]

Ferric chloride 3
Taiwan laser most cool )

very nice!