Ground on a 10" contact wheel at a high angle of approach, resulting in a significantly wider radius. Choil shot end of video.

Dont worry it's not fragile, tested it by beating it on the shop table, even at 62rc aeb-l is significantly high toughness. .

My first framed handle attempt! That was an experience, small adjustments until it was even all the way around both sides. The scales were faceted along the edges and on the face of the handles and finished before I epoxied/pinned them in place. The tang is also faceted and the edges softened to make sure its comfortable to hold. Ended up having to re finish the faces of the scales after getting the pins flush, thought I could do it without hitting the finish, next time the faces of the scales will not be polished before trimming the pins though!

For the etch/patina After 15min gator piss etch, 12 hr without touching to let the oxides establish, 2hrs @200° to sinterize the loose oxides and crystallize the oxides I used black tea to darken the etch, and utilize the tannic acid to form iron tannate complex from the fe2o3 and fe3o4 from etching. Rust converters utilize tannic acid to stabilize the rust and prevent further corrosion. Turned out the pitch black-black tea produces blue/red patina also on the shiny layers that resisted the initial etch, and could probably be used to create the colorful patina you see on some japanese chef knives someone asked me about, think the term was nekonoshoben. That requires more experimentation.

I then applied the knife coating twice since the oxides produce such a porus surface, 24hrs between coats. Last night I FINALLY got to soak mineral oil in to the oxides for a few hours then wiped it dry.

So hard to captures on the 15n20 with the camera, which shows up when light is reflecting off the surface that whites out on the pictures and videos. This is the best I have so far.

Feel free to give any input, suggestions, design ideas, or criticism, I appreciate all of it!

Another super fun build. This is a special modified Wanderer for my brother. Hope you love it man. The Wanderer: Maple burl, gold leaf, and cast resin scales. Brass and g10 liners, brass pins, brass mosaic lanyard pin, and brass accented kydex sheath. BRASS. Song: Archspire - Abandon the Linear