damascus acid

[sam]

What Kind of acid shoud I use to make damascus? Will sulferic acid do.

[Sean O'Hare]

I assume you mean to etch damascus not make damascus???

To etch damascus supluric will do the trick. I actually just switched to using sulpuric acid yesterday and used it to etch some carbon damascus that I made a couple of weeks ago. Worked great.

Once etched you need to neutralize the acid on the blade with some kind of base, I use dish soap.

Sean