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Hello Everyone,
It has been a long time since I posted anything with a blade. I have been trying to get the creative juices flowing again. I have gotten a local collaborator to help with one sword, and Charles with the other. So, I needed a break from swords for awhile, and wanted to make something just for the fun of making it.
This is the result of the fun thing:
800 layers of w2 and low manganese 1075 from our friend Aldo.
This mix can give a wicked hamon and cool grain structure/hada (the digital heat treatment kiln really helps).
Anyway, take a look. I really like making this design. I am going to play around with other similar ones because I need to sell some stuff to buy supplies. My economic life changed drastically, and I need to start selling knives so I can restock the stuff needed to make swords (and also finish some of the darn swords and send them on their merry way).
I hope you like.
comments are welcomed, tips, advice, whatever.
It has been a long time since I posted anything with a blade. I have been trying to get the creative juices flowing again. I have gotten a local collaborator to help with one sword, and Charles with the other. So, I needed a break from swords for awhile, and wanted to make something just for the fun of making it.
This is the result of the fun thing:
800 layers of w2 and low manganese 1075 from our friend Aldo.
This mix can give a wicked hamon and cool grain structure/hada (the digital heat treatment kiln really helps).
Anyway, take a look. I really like making this design. I am going to play around with other similar ones because I need to sell some stuff to buy supplies. My economic life changed drastically, and I need to start selling knives so I can restock the stuff needed to make swords (and also finish some of the darn swords and send them on their merry way).
I hope you like.
comments are welcomed, tips, advice, whatever.