Measuring, marking out and cutting.
Mounted in pitch-bowl for texturing and polishing.
By heating it a few times in the forge, a natural surface texture is achieved. The scale will have to be dissolved afterwards to reveal the textured iron underneath.
Now that the scale has been removed and the texture touched up in a few strategic spots, the rusting can commence.
After a few weeks of building up the patina, it is stabilized in a hot tea bath.
