I tried 4est Trakker's etching how-to

[bowtarist]

I've been making some knives and happen to run across the etching post in the archs.  First I tried it w/ an old butcher knife and I didn't do it long enough, it looks ok, but could be deeper.  Just a few mins. ago I tried it again w/ one of my new knives.  Worked pretty dang good this time.  I bought the clips and the 6v battery for $5, and I used 5 layers of masking tape, because that is what I had.  The skys the limit now.  The 1st pic is the knife w/ tape and pattern cut out.  #2 is afterward w/ tape still on and #3 is the finished product.

[mullet]

 Cool looking knife and the etching looks real good.

[bowtarist]

Thanks Eddie.  I still need to clean up the blade some and I started buffing the handle lastnight.  What do you think about the stain on the handle?  It's a curly maple handle from an old broken hawk I've saved for about 10 yrs.  The stain is my own home made stuff using bee propolis.  I like the way it looks and it smells good too.