220 grit is a darker gray:
Playing with finishes
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Playing with finishes
Been playing with some Silicon Carbide powder to get a faux kasumi finish on a white #1 san mai blank I got from CKTG a while ago!
220 grit is a darker gray: 500 and 1200 (Ao powder) gives a bit different look. More to come!
220 grit is a darker gray: 500 and 1200 (Ao powder) gives a bit different look. More to come!
Re: Playing with finishes
Interesting! I have been wondering how to do different finishes lately. I have an old Swiss Army Knife that has gotten scratched up over the years that I am now using as a test subject for different simple hand rubbed finishes. Right now it is sporting a not horribly tactful finish that I got by using some 600 grit Wet or Dry, followed by a fine Spyderco ceramic Sharpmaker rod. It turned out looking better than it did with the old polished but scratched finish, but I am still experimenting just for fun.
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Re: Playing with finishes
Scotchbrite pads or rust remover pads at the hardware store work pretty well to blend scratches!
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Re: Playing with finishes
Here is a DaoVua 52100 Nakiri done in the Faux Kasumi finish. I reground and thinned the whole blade and then did the kasumi:
It works because the blade is edge quenched, so the edge is hard and the remainder is soft, so there is some contrast. Not as much as a san mai type blade, but it's still neat to see!