Very nice pieces. Can you explain what we are seeing on the blades in the first 2 photos that seems to be polished off in the pics of the final finished pieces?
I brought the knife to a mirror polish first then put a barrier on the knife in any design that you can think up let it set until dry. Then it when into acid for an hr, then washed the blade and barrier off and buffed out which is why you have the mirror look on the parts the barrier was on.