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This is the first piece I've ever made completely by stock removal. I don't plan on giving up forging, but circumstances dictated that this one get done on the grinder.
Steel: 1084
Length: 5.5 inches
Edge: Right handed chisel grind; flat ground down to about .05", heat treated to RcH 58-60, then convex ground to finish the edge
Finish: Progressive grit up to 800, buffed with black compound to blend the scratch pattern, three 30 second cycles in ferric chloride, another quick buff to expose the high grind lines and blend the etch a little. An unexpected little hamon popped out. I clay hardened it, but didn't expect the hamon, and didn't see it till after the etch.
Handle: Black leather over a tapered tang, a cold hammered twisted copper wire menuki on both sides, wrapped in cotton/poly tsuka maki and epoxied.
Thanks for looking! And please, tell me what you think!
-Todd
Steel: 1084
Length: 5.5 inches
Edge: Right handed chisel grind; flat ground down to about .05", heat treated to RcH 58-60, then convex ground to finish the edge
Finish: Progressive grit up to 800, buffed with black compound to blend the scratch pattern, three 30 second cycles in ferric chloride, another quick buff to expose the high grind lines and blend the etch a little. An unexpected little hamon popped out. I clay hardened it, but didn't expect the hamon, and didn't see it till after the etch.
Handle: Black leather over a tapered tang, a cold hammered twisted copper wire menuki on both sides, wrapped in cotton/poly tsuka maki and epoxied.
Thanks for looking! And please, tell me what you think!
-Todd
but this is my first kiridashi and I wanted to do a traditional-ish edge. My next will likely have a double grind. 
