Oh I sure am dumb. Now I see it was about brass all along. Do'h. I have a couple of knives that were etched by a friend, so my mind was locked on steel for some reason. Do I understand that you inletted a small compass? I have a bow I'd like to do that with, but I'm afraid if it breaks from the shock, I'd have a hard time getting it out again. Will the compass survive the shock of the recoil? I was kind of concerned about the recoil of the bow breaking the compass, which of course is way less than a rifle. ??Yes, but I should have reversed the black and white and not just reversed the image. Next time I'll do better.
That's absolutely gorgeous!View attachment 1172043View attachment 1172044View attachment 1172050
Here's some etching for you. A friend of mine did this on a couple of my knives. She uses wax I believe. Ignore the background in the close-up pics, I had to walk all over the house to find the right light that wouldn't wash-out the picture.
Beautiful work!!!View attachment 1172043View attachment 1172044View attachment 1172050
Here's some etching for you. A friend of mine did this on a couple of my knives. She uses wax I believe. Ignore the background in the close-up pics, I had to walk all over the house to find the right light that wouldn't wash-out the picture.
Thought for a second you were using my mud room for your backdrop…View attachment 1172043View attachment 1172044View attachment 1172050
Here's some etching for you. A friend of mine did this on a couple of my knives. She uses wax I believe. Ignore the background in the close-up pics, I had to walk all over the house to find the right light that wouldn't wash-out the picture.
Why I ottah!!!Thought for a second you were using my mud room for your backdrop…
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Here's some etching for you. A friend of mine did this on a couple of my knives. She uses wax I believe. Ignore the background in the close-up pics, I had to walk all over the house to find the right light that wouldn't wash-out the picture.