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By Bjorn Jacobsen, March 2023.Here are some photos I took recently of making a stainless damascus steel paring knife.Wanting to show how to etch stainless damascus steel in a way that will last in daily use.What etchant to use?Etching damascus is usually done in ferric chloride, this is not always working with stainless steels. Some stainless steels are hard to etch and others easy even in ferric chloride so it pays to experiment a bit. The below process is using hydrochloric acid which is a str …