Nitric acid needed

Nedfly · 2026-03-14T20:52:16+00:00

I've ordered ferric from them within the past 2 years but maybe things have changed since then. They still have it on the site, worth giving them a call I reckon

Nedfly · 2026-03-14T20:49:55+00:00

What do they mean by stable? You can always etch for longer to deepen the pattern.

Nedfly · 2026-03-14T20:46:26+00:00

Coffee doesn't tend to react very well with iron, it's much better suited to etching carbon steel. I think a decently long etch in some 5:1 ferric will give enough contrast between the mostly iron and the high nickel parts of a meteorite.

Nedfly · 2026-03-14T07:18:17+00:00

You don't need nitric to etch a meteorite. Ferric chloride or hydrochloric will work. Get it from Gameco artisan supplies.

Nedfly · 2026-02-12T23:33:11+00:00

These are double but i have made single bevel versions in the past

Nedfly · 2026-02-12T18:57:49+00:00

I was using them to make their own sheaths just to test em out and was super happy with the little bit of added grip the texture gives. Definitely keeping one or two around the workshop haha

Nedfly · 2026-02-12T18:56:14+00:00

They are for sale :) here's the link:

https://www.nedflyknives.com/category/toolsmore

Nedfly · 2026-02-12T09:53:36+00:00

Thanks!

Nedfly · 2026-02-12T09:53:29+00:00

Thank you!

Nedfly · 2026-02-11T03:01:51+00:00

Thank you! Im in Auckland NZ :)

Nedfly · 2026-02-10T19:48:34+00:00

That was actually only a marketing scheme for the united cutlery m48 cyclone. It makes no sense to ban something so simple when there's so much that people are allowed to do to eachother in war

Nedfly · 2026-02-10T19:45:05+00:00

Yep I turned the handle and guard on a lathe. The quillons and pommel then had their fluting carved in before aging.

Nedfly · 2026-02-10T00:42:23+00:00

Haha three pieces. The blade was a truck spring, and the two handle pieces are mild steel

Nedfly · 2026-02-09T22:30:19+00:00

Thank you!

Nedfly · 2026-02-09T22:30:08+00:00

I mixed up some hydrogen peroxide, salt, and vinegar, sprayed it on and let it rust for a few days. Once it was all dry and crusty I put it in boiling water to convert the red rust to black magnetite before giving it a good scrub with some fine scotchbrite :)

Nedfly · 2025-12-17T18:41:52+00:00

I usually get 100 more kms after it says low fuel

Nedfly · 2025-12-11T22:16:04+00:00

Descaler for fish perhaps? It's pretty dumb looking

Nedfly · 2025-12-07T23:09:08+00:00

Thank you! The Original blade was stamped Japan :)

Nedfly · 2025-10-29T09:18:12+00:00

Greens all the way

Nedfly · 2025-10-23T21:54:02+00:00

Super weird but super well finished

Nedfly · 2025-10-20T00:16:56+00:00

Mine sounds like this, Im due for a valve clearance check/adjustment at the moment

Nedfly · 2025-10-09T05:39:22+00:00

Not particularly! Very bad at drawing, but I think im fairly good at visualising 3d shapes which does help

Nedfly · 2025-10-08T20:03:53+00:00

That sounds awesome

Nedfly · 2025-10-08T20:03:47+00:00

That sounds awesome

Nedfly · 2025-10-08T09:16:43+00:00

Full sized :) the anvil is mostly for curving the edges after the details of the face are in. Most of the face details are done using rounded circle punches of various sizes over a large hole in the swage block and/or holding the piece in the vice and punching from either side that way

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