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The drawing on the knife was acid etched. Drawing was done freehand with a fine steel point thru a resist. It's hard to find a good resist that will hold onto high polished steel. If the resist lifts during the etch, everything is ruined.
The Pear Blossom design idea came from the pear tree about 20 feet from my first forge and knifemaking shop.
In spite of my art education I still did this.
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