These are two blade blanks I cut from a diamond saw blade with my plasma cutter a few months ago, but haven't had time to forge anything out of them.

Didn't get any pics of forging a few weeks back. Instead of going 100% stock removal, I forged a taper into one side of each blade.

Epoxied cherry scales onto both.

The sanded blade and bright, unstained cherry was a bit boring, so I decided to try two different "antiquing" techniques I've read about. The blades were "mustard patina'ed", and the cherry is "ebonized".

The bright blades:







To Ebonize wood with high natural tannin content (redwood, cedar, oak, cherry, walnut), you dissolve steel in vinegar. Since I'd already been sanding my blades to get the grind marks out, I already had a lot of fine steel in my sandpaper, so I just put a dash of vinegar on a small plate and washed the steel filings off the paper. :laughing: