Tombak Opinions Wanted

[Nagawarrior]

Originally Posted by doecon

Please dont play with arsenic yourself, just leave it to proffessionals. I'm sure there is some small businesses in your area that can do it for you. I clean a lot of blades, but the staining itself I leave to others. see link below for some of the better reasons

http://www.jtbaker.com/msds/englishhtml/a7512.htm

I thank you for the warning Doecon. You are right, arsenic is highly poisenous. Probably the reason I can't find it any where. My wife already expressed concern. She thinks I have nefarious motives to get life insurance money to collect more swords

I think it looks pretty good as well Rick. I used the old Radio Shack etchant. I've tried all kinds of acids to try to get a good etch/pamor but none look like the arscenic method. I've been told this is the only way to really get the pamor stain right. I believe I could use the ascenic method safely and get good results. I haven't seen any Kriss stain shops in any of the malls in Southern California, your right about that. Sending it off to Alan is a bit cost prohibitive and the chance of the Tombak getting lost isn't worth it either.
Stephen*