A little more hamon action

Thanks guys... it's nice that it's finally starting to come together a little bit and isn't ONLY an exercise in frustration. LOL I realized the other day it's been almost 9 years since I first clay hardened a blade (I mistakenly said 6 in another thread).

Steel is 1095... polish was very similar to the Roger's knife but I also threw some 4F Pumice and Rottenstone into the mix as the 1095 is a little less abrasion resistant than the W2 and responded a little differently. I think this was 8 or 9 etch/polish cycles.

Mark, you're right...this one got twist damascus fittings and stabilized Koa handle.

Shawn, I didn't think anybody would notice!!! ;) :p

Edited to add- Paul, I was thinking instead of that fine lining you usually put in your sheaths, maybe you could put sandpaper in it and that would probably rub that weird cloudy stuff off every time the blade goes in and out of the sheath??? ;) :)
 
Lovely work Nick, as usual.

Have you ever done a symmetrical dagger this way? I'd love to see you take on either the Cold Steel TaiPan dagger style, or the wider blades we see on some Josh Smith or Tim Hancock (I'm not sure how to call them).
 
I like it, Nick. It's an educational thread for me. Been reading your previous thread on your technique to help my own hamons.

David
 
Another remarkable job Nick. Those clouds look like a scene from a 747 window flying over the Oregon coast. Beautiful.
 
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