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    Quote Originally Posted by sometimes1 View Post
    Latest knife my wife brought this for me alba knife by John McDonald


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    Has the surface of the blade been chemically etched, to get the "topographical map" look?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Max Headroom View Post
    Has the surface of the blade been chemically etched, to get the "topographical map" look?
    Damascus steel really starting to like the knife


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    Quote Originally Posted by Max Headroom View Post
    Has the surface of the blade been chemically etched, to get the "topographical map" look?
    @ types of steel folded together then etched usually with acid. The 2 steels have differing chemical responses to the etching agent, creating different colours. The knife pictured is only lightly etched.

 

 

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