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How to get a black, shiny finish on forged items.By Bjorn Jacobsen, 20th of Nov 2020.Many times when forging bottle openers, hooks and other little gadgets I have wished for a better looking finish than the scaled, mottled apparence straight from the forge.A little while ago a recipe was posted on a blackmithing group on Facebook about "pickling" forged items in citric acid and this is our results with this recipe plus some help from Mareko Maumasi.The challenge: Get a nicer finish by removing s …