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ill definately try the etch and color method. i was considring another method, if i got a strip of steel about 1 meter long 3cm wide and 2mm thick and anodised then cut the strip into about 5 pieces. I would the stack em into a billet draw it out to the intial dimension and repeat. will i be able to forge weld them (they have an aluminium coat from the anodizing so i'm not sure? will they keep the color? just wanna know the chances of that working before i try it out

Yeh i used some in one of my blade but its still a silver metalic color i was hopin to find a more distinct red, blue or green

I've made a few damascus steel blade using high carbon steel with manganese which is a dark greyish colour and silver steel. They look awsome but they are quite common designs. I was wondrin if there were any colored metals that i could use. i was thinkin red gord but with such a low meltin point it would be difficult to weld the layersin a billet