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oiling new knives

Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 2:51 am
by richied
I bought a Primitive Bone Gec, a beautiful knife,but I put oil on the blade and the writing on the blades faded. Did I make a mistake with the oil? ::shrug::

Re: oiling new knives

Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 4:57 am
by Hukk
richied wrote:I bought a Primitive Bone Gec, a beautiful knife,but I put oil on the blade and the writing on the blades faded. Did I make a mistake with the oil? ::shrug::
Bad etch usually or in this case, it's just a dark mark using AC current. DC will DEEP etch.