Tag: hand made

• Steel Kota Weathering and Finishing

  

  Steel Kota Weathering and Finishing I use a multi-stage process to achieve the finish on the current run of Steel Kota hilts. The main parts go through rounds of post-machining buffing, sanding and distressing, followed by staged chemical processes (etchant, darkener, patinator) and heating with blow torch, then selective cleaning and finishing through grades of…

  Seth

  26th Aug 2022

  Fabrication

  aged, brass, craft, custom saber, distressed, Force Unleashed, hand made, Kota, leather, lightsaber, machining, prop making, Rahm Kota, steel, weathered