Posts: 369 Location: Sweden
Sat 01 Jul, 2006 7:26 am
Antiquing of a Paul Binn Long Seax - report and photos.
I got inspired by the brilliant article by Sean Flynt on "The Instant Antique" and i think i had the perfect object to start with; a rough
seax from Paul Binn made for sparring and abuse. Tho it still had that finish and gloss from the (almost unbreakable) steel used. I wanted to give it more of a primordial look..
I used the guidelines in the article but went for a more aggressive approach, more salt and less vinigar. Almost used 1/10 salt and some really nasty cheap vinigar. The resault was a mean acidy substance. I made two runs, to get an even cover, approx 10 hours each. Im really happy with the resault, and looking forward to trying this out more in the future.
Uploading some of the pics i took, and linking the rest.
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/stilleborn/albu...mp;.src=ph
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