Black Stonewash
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Black Stonewash
Last year I picked up some knives on clearance. 6 SOG Aegis FL $5 each, 6 Ontario Rat 1's for $13 each, and 4 Spyderco Resiliences, 2 for $25 each and 2 for $13 each. I gave a few away and keep some to practice mods.
I sanded the SOG Aegis scales with 50 grit sandpaper in a straight line, painted the grooves red and attempted my first black stonewash. Im happy with my first attempt.
I sanded the SOG Aegis scales with 50 grit sandpaper in a straight line, painted the grooves red and attempted my first black stonewash. Im happy with my first attempt.
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Re: Black Stonewash
Nice job Spydergrill! I like how the red really pops out in the handle.
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Re: Black Stonewash
:) :) Like it a lot -- the black stonewash on the blade, the scales are extremely cool --
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Re: Black Stonewash
I have a question. Why is this called black stonewash?
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Re: Black Stonewash
Stonewash is sometimes ceramic media in a rock tumbler, or smooth pebbles with wd-40 in duct-tape sealed coffee jar wrapped in towels put in a drying machine.
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Re: Black Stonewash
The above photos seem to be ferric chloride etched, then stonewashed. The only knives I've seen blackwashed have a black coating which is then stonewashed.......
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Re: Black Stonewash
The black stonewash looks great.
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Re: Black Stonewash
Regardless what it is or isn't, looks good to me! If it had a hole and not a stud, I'd be all over it for the right price.
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1 - Monterey Bay Knives Slayback Flipper / ZDP 189
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1 - CRK Large Inkosi Insingo/ Black Micarta Inlays
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Re: Black Stonewash
I am not a metallurgist, a chemical engineer, or a knife maker. Just a guy with a high school education who likes knives and messing around.
I read a little about this online and they called it Black Stonewash, because the acid turns the blade dark, then wash it in the media to make the scratches.
If you skipped the acid step, I suppose you would just call it Stonewashed.
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Heres a Resilience I played with. Black Washed the blade, pocket clip, and liners. Heat anodized the pivot and screws.
With a stock Resilience
With a stock Resilience
Re: Black Stonewash
I also fit the description you gave of yourself✌SpyderGrill wrote: ↑Thu Apr 16, 2020 9:53 pmI am not a metallurgist, a chemical engineer, or a knife maker. Just a guy with a high school education who likes knives and messing around.
I read a little about this online and they called it Black Stonewash, because the acid turns the blade dark, then wash it in the media to make the scratches.
If you skipped the acid step, I suppose you would just call it Stonewashed.
The technique that you've been using is called acid stonewash. If the blade was coated black & then stonewashed, that would be called blackwashed.
Just sayin'.
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