KMT 106 - Etching Damasteel knife blades with muriatic acid

Damasteel is a powdered metallurgy stainless damascus steel. It is AWESOME. In this video we show our new and improved process on how to etch the steel after heat treat to bring out that beautiful pattern.

In our last etching video, linked below, we ended up using ferric chloride and then sulfuric acid, which didn't give the best results. Now we're using muriatic acid and loving it. Erik takes the lead with this video because it's his specialty, he shows how to clean the blades, prepare them for etching, etch them, neutralize them, polish after etching, and a lot of other little tricks in between.

Our first Etching Damasteel video:
   • Etching Damascus knife blades  

Here is more information about Damasteel and where to order it from. It's expensive, but amazing. It truly is one of the best, if not the best, stainless damascus steel in the world. And that's why we use it!
http://damasteel.se/