Ax head Patina

AimlessWanderer · **Reply #30 on:** September 09, 2011, 12:37:30 AM

Quote from: sparky415 on August 30, 2011, 12:27:50 AM

Quote from: Farmman on August 30, 2011, 12:17:08 AM
I got to try it when my st300 was returned. Nice axe. It also has a new cover now more suited than the brown electricians tape.

Did you make a new cover/mask for it Farmman?

Pictures please

Better late than never ...

Simple but effective
Thanks again mate for all your help on these

Sparky415 · **Reply #31 on:** September 09, 2011, 10:21:47 AM

Thanks for that Al

They work

Have you made the head darker? what did you use?

AimlessWanderer · **Reply #32 on:** September 09, 2011, 10:41:43 AM

Quote from: sparky415 on September 09, 2011, 10:21:47 AM

Thanks for that Al

They work
Have you made the head darker? what did you use?

A different camera

I've not done anything extra to it yet, but I will be giving it another nudge when time permits

Sparky415 · **Reply #33 on:** September 09, 2011, 11:18:14 AM

Maybe thats what I should have done

It would have saved a lot of messing about with vinegar

Gareth · **Reply #34 on:** September 09, 2011, 06:49:01 PM

I still really like that little chopper mate, it's an odd piece but a very pleasing one IMO. Nice work on the masks.

Sparky415 · **Reply #35 on:** September 09, 2011, 08:35:45 PM

The little one I re-handled when I was an apprentice after I broke the 20oz claw hammer that my Dad brought me

I don't know what happened to the hammer head and I can't remember what happened to the original Ax handle

But nice to see someone using it

Sparky415 · **Reply #36 on:** October 05, 2011, 06:56:38 PM

What to do with this one next $:-\$

Neil · **Reply #37 on:** October 05, 2011, 07:48:08 PM

Hey, I've just seen this on another thread. Quit confusing me

I think I need a cup of tea and a sit down

Sparky415 · **Reply #38 on:** October 13, 2011, 02:23:58 PM

^

Here's my latest try at a Patina

And a couple of small alterations to my Machete sheath
Added a button and changed the lanyard to something a bit easier to see (after playing 'hunt the un-sheathed machete' in a pile of pine branches

) and a ring on the back

Its actually as dark as the one in Al's picture above

I think I might have buggered up the shaft getting it stained with vinegar

Zed · **Reply #39 on:** October 13, 2011, 02:26:07 PM

Quote from: sparky415 on October 13, 2011, 02:23:58 PM

^

Here's my latest try at a Patina

And a couple of small alterations to my Machete sheath
Added a button and changed the lanyard to something a bit easier to see (after playing 'hunt the un-sheathed machete' in a pile of pine branches ) and a ring on the back

(Image removed from quote.)

Its actually as dark as the one in Al's picture above
I think I might have buggered up the shaft getting it stained with vinegar

(Image removed from quote.)

Did you make that sheath tony, nice work mate

patina looking good,

Sparky415 · **Reply #40 on:** October 13, 2011, 02:39:29 PM

On the head or on the wood?

There's a Guy in town that makes them for me but I added the button,
It might change after I have had a chance to play $:-\$

Neil · **Reply #41 on:** October 13, 2011, 03:32:47 PM

I can about make out the patina on the head but I think wewe need an indirect light shot $:-\$

Sparky415 · **Reply #42 on:** October 13, 2011, 03:53:57 PM

David Bailey has just popped out for a Minute
Hopefully this will do until he returns

Oh and if you were wondering the tiger stripes didn't work out

Neil · **Reply #43 on:** October 13, 2011, 03:58:43 PM

LoL, much better

I'm surpised it didn't stripe. Perhaps a sstronger acid is needed? That's just an uneducated guess by the way!

Sparky415 · **Reply #44 on:** October 13, 2011, 04:01:53 PM

They did stripe but it didn't look very good,

That's when I wrapped it in paper and vinegar, stuck it in a plastic bag and left it in the garage for a few days

ryan1835 · **Reply #45 on:** October 13, 2011, 06:09:17 PM

nice egg cup

Sparky415 · **Reply #46 on:** October 13, 2011, 09:10:16 PM

There's two in the set, that's the female half

ryan1835 · **Reply #47 on:** October 13, 2011, 10:23:59 PM

you dont have to post the male half

Sparky415 · **Reply #48 on:** October 13, 2011, 10:30:42 PM

I'm wrapping it for you now

I thought they were great when I found them but the GF won't use them

The kitty egg cups are fine though

Mike, Lord of the Spammers! · **Reply #49 on:** October 14, 2011, 09:32:00 AM

Colin KC over on BB always used ferric acid to do his etching/patina's and they looked great

Good looking work so far though mate

Neil · **Reply #50 on:** October 14, 2011, 10:27:31 AM

That's what came to mind

I use it for copper etching circuit boards.

ryan1835 · **Reply #51 on:** October 15, 2011, 08:48:25 PM

could try battery acid?

Sparky415 · **Reply #52 on:** October 15, 2011, 09:17:11 PM

Quote from: Neil on October 14, 2011, 10:27:31 AM

That's what came to mind I use it for copper etching circuit boards.

You can make all kinds of things with ferric acid and blank circuit board

That sounds a little extreme Ryan

ryan1835 · **Reply #53 on:** October 15, 2011, 09:23:29 PM

thats pretty cool!, nothing is too extreme when it comes to patinas! muwahahaha

Neil · **Reply #54 on:** October 15, 2011, 11:02:35 PM

Very pretty Tony

Sparky415 · **Reply #55 on:** October 15, 2011, 11:34:38 PM

Obviously some of us were not using the equipment quite as it should have been while we were making circuit boards

Zed · **Reply #56 on:** December 19, 2011, 02:26:06 PM

I just want to make a bigh thanks to tony as i just got a surprise axe through my door

top guy, i love it, thanks mate

Sparky415 · **Reply #57 on:** December 19, 2011, 02:45:00 PM

That can happen

Zed · **Reply #58 on:** December 19, 2011, 02:59:47 PM

Quote from: sparky415 on December 19, 2011, 02:45:00 PM

That can happen

lol i had that in my head while i wrote that

thats very odd

here is some pics tony just sent me, cheers again mate

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Sparky415 · **Reply #59 on:** December 19, 2011, 03:13:05 PM

It started off a bit shinier in reply no36 in this thread

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