Talk:Master Armorers/@comment-47.72.43.1-20170604070938/@comment-2600:1700:69A0:6880:559F:D776:53D6:4C7B-20180310213452

I worked as a Balcksmith for a few years before I had to leave, but one of the things was armouring and bladesmithing. I had a very similar thought of "Why in gods name would you dip shit in acid?" But later i learned its AMAZING to use as a oxidition protection right out of the quench. Also, because of certain properties of FericCloride (which we use as an etching agent for damascus steel) if you be very quick about it, it'll get rid of all of the loose "scale" (which is a dark burnt steel that can be damaging) whilst also giving it a really nice Blu-ing (which protects it from salt water and day to day wear) which is what the "Ye-olden Days" Blacksmiths used to do because you never wanted your sword to be completlely irrepairable, plus, you never know when you could find a compitent Smithy that could fix it up for a good price.