Lion Paw on my Condor handle.

[hog]

I always wanted a paw print on my knife handle but was to scared incase I wrecked the thing.
Anyway I took the Lion by the mane and had a go, this is how it turned out.

 

[copper_head]

Simple and I like,
How's the condor fare, heard mixed reviews but seems a bargain at £30?

 

[Dreadhead]

nice looks great, was it just a knife you used?. you could always rub in some ground coffee or cinamon tae make it really stand out.

 

[hog]

Guys ,no I used my dremmel lookalike , the bit I used is larger than I would like to have had, I put some linseed oil to bring it out a bit.
The Condor is not a bad knife, I honed mine on a leather strop and it will easily shave hairs on the arm/slice through A4 paper etc.
I do baton with it so it will take a pounding, the sheath that it comes with is easily worth £30-00 on its own so the knife is kind of free.

 

[copper_head]

Cheers Hog might just have to buy one.

 

[hog]

It will be a good purchase, lower range of the cost scale I think but its not easy to get a knife you can abuse for that price, there have been some questions of the finishing on some knives but I have not had any complaints, mine was well finished.

 

[mountainm]

You could also etch one on the blade with some saltwater, a 9v battery, a couple of wires and some nail varnish.....

 

[copper_head]

You could also etch one on the blade with some saltwater, a 9v battery, a couple of wires and some nail varnish.....

Sounds interesting, any pics?

 

[peaks]

Hi,
Is that the mini-Bushlore or the full size one? Looks a good knife and now a very individual one!

Thanks in anticipation

 

[mountainm]

Sounds interesting, any pics?

Done with some transfers and a bit of insulation tape.

 

[hog]

Hi,
Is that the mini-Bushlore or the full size one? Looks a good knife and now a very individual one!

Thanks in anticipation[/QUOTE
This is the full sized one, the photo angle makes the blade look short. Just over 4.25" blade length.

 

[peaks]

Many thanks - thats very helpful.

 

[copper_head]

Done with some transfers and a bit of insulation tape.

The 'MJM' is the bit you did? If so thats ace!
Any tutorials about...?

 

[mountainm]

The 'MJM' is the bit you did? If so thats ace!
Any tutorials about...?

that's the bit - I found the tutorial on British blades but it's very easy

Mask off the bit you don't want to etch - include a fair amount of margin - I used letter transfers from WHSmith and insulation tape.

Get a 9V battery, two wires - attach one wire/terminal to the knife blade (not sure if polarity matters here) - a croc clip would help
attach the other to a piece of cotton wool soaked in salt water solution (over saturated to be sure)
Dab the wet cotton wool onto the mask - hold on. It will fizz - the cotton wool will start to go black as material is transferred from the blade to the cotton wool.
THe longer you hold the deeper the etch.
Beware - hold too long and it will etch "under" your mask.
Give it a gentle polish afterwards to bring out the design.

I have no idea if this works with stainless.

 

[copper_head]

Cheers MountainM, thats great!