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    Wee Da Order list & Clarification

    Conventional etchants such as Ferric Chloride barely made a dent in this steel, which is mostly comprised of 300 series stainless (a very tough steel which I have always found to be a real pain-in-the-*** to work with). After experimenting with (and being frustrated by) many, many different...
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    Wee Da Order list & Clarification

    In fairness to Rob we didn't really talk about this aspect of the project at any length. Etching damacus always has the potential of resulting in some variation to the planned outcome. When you etch damascus you remove metal. Which means that all effected surfaces will shrink. Even a very light...
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    Wee Da Order list & Clarification

    Public note to Rob- After giving it some thought, I felt that this message that I sent to you privately, really needed to be said publicly... I recommend that you hold with the line that this was a very limited, one time only, artistic endeavor and should not be subject to the same critical...
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    Wee Da Order list & Clarification

    About the threads. I completely agree with Rob. This is a high grade steel. And although some of the thread has indeed been etched there's still plenty of thread left, and in my opinion you'd have to use the hell out of this ("art") flashlight before the threads come even close to giving way...
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    Wee Da Order list & Clarification

    Hey guys... Sorry I haven't responded to this sooner...I was somewhat under the weather. Let me first say that I agree that the bodies on the 2nd batch did indeed wind up being etched a bit deeper that I planned. The culprit was twofold... As I've mentioned before, the metal that was...
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    I think I fried my Canon Powershot A630 **FIXED - thanks Nitroz!!!**

    Until recently I had been been using a Canon a620 for the past several years and it's been a truly terrific camera! I had previously been using a Nikon 8700, which in 2004 was arguably the best in its class...but at the time I was just beginning to learn a little about photography and the 8700...
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    Wee Da Order list & Clarification

    Cool night shot! That photo provides a hint of the oh-so-elusive, highly polished surface. :cool: Dennis
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    CUSTOM ANODIZED LIGHTS - PHOTOS

    Hmmmm.... Considering that you've decided to post your preference for PVD coating in this thread, should I assume that you're not a fan of my anodizing work? :rant: I'm kidding of course. I just couldn't resist busting your balls a little...:D D- BTW- Stay tuned...I'll...
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    Wee Da Order list & Clarification

    Dave- The steel used for the Wee Da's is made of two different types of 300 grade stainless. They can't be hardened (aka heat treated), and they can't be blued (tool steel component in the steel that you used is carbon-based, so it can be blued). So the type of Damasteel used for the Wee's is...
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    Wee Da Order list & Clarification

    It's a very deep etch...and it ain't goin' nowhere. No touch-up will ever be required (except for an occasional polishing). Many years from now, when we're all old and grey, the (stainless steel) Wee Da will still look every bit as good as it does today (unless of course it gets run over by a...
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    Wee Da Order list & Clarification

    Thanks Dave. I can tell you that I've worked with a lot of damascus steel and the particular variety of steel that was selected for these Wee Da's was by far the most challenging that I've ever had to etch (aka...it was a royal pain!). I can't tell you how many days I spent trying different...
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    Wee Da Order list & Clarification

    As you might imagine, I could not possibly rationalize spending hours polishing each Wee Da...But having said that, I think you guys are gonna be more than a little surprised when you see these in person. They are already far more polished then the photos suggest. I've got polishing wheels of...
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    Wee Da Order list & Clarification

    Ask and you shall receive... This is one of my Topo Gigio "mini-butterfly" knives. Each one is in some way different from the others. I carved the ivory scales. The Eggerling Damascus blade was carved and then etched. Titanium liners are carved (aka filework) and anodized blue. Rubies set in...
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    Wee Da Order list & Clarification

    It's really tough to get a shot that shows the high polish that's on these... I thought this had the potential to be a fun shot (I'm sure it would have been a lot better if I knew more about what I was doing behind the camera)... I pulled out some of the damascus steel that I've acquired over...
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    Wee Da Order list & Clarification

    I couldn't get to sleep right away so I thought I'd jump online again for a few minutes. The Wee's look pretty good in the pics, but I'm gonna try to grab a few more shots, perhaps I'll try some good 'ole natural daylight. I was just hand polishing these two Wee's and they look wayyyyyyyyy...
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