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The BladeForums.com 2024 Traditional Knife is available! Price is $250 ea (shipped within CONUS).
Order here: https://www.bladeforums.com/help/2024-traditional/
Almost done with my WAKI....preview pic
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.... Actually,..... for $400, I "WISH" it had come satin. :grumpy:
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That is really unrealistic. Considering the size of it, when compared to other large rats it is a deal. 5? years ago the Rat Daddy was $250 with a coated blade. A good deal too. The Waki's price is a pretty good deal, all things considered.
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What is a hammon? I have seen that posted many times around here and cant figure out what it means. Also while I am asking what is hortened?
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Hamon is the temper line.
Hortoned probably means a knife that has been modified by Jeremy Horton, who has a forum here, and IIRC is no longer in the hortoning business. Or he is now just hortoning hortons, not other brands.
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The temper line comes from what's called a differential heat treatment, which was either started or at least popularized by Japanese sword making. It's the wavy line you see on some Katana swords. The differential heat treatment cooks the blade of the sword/knife at different temperatures, allowing the edge to behave differently than the spine of the blade. The edge is heated so that it's harder and can retain an edge longer, but the downside of that is it can make the blade more prone to being more brittle. So they leave the spine softer than the edge to allow the overall blade to absorb more shock without causing failure of the blade. The harder edge generally leads to greater edge retention while sacrificing shock/impact absorption and the softer steel generally does the opposite. The diff. ht is supposed to give the best of both worlds. Here's a picture of a temper line on a bowie (maker is Matt Lamey):
The Rodent Waki is differentially heat treated, but that doesn't necessarily mean there's going to be a noticeable hamon.
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Temper lines are very subtle unless etched.
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Im about 3 hours in. Its my first time with this big of a blade so Im taking my time.
Thanks DWRW. I wish it was already satin too but Im not willing to pay satin prices. Plus its fun doing it yourself.
Hey Steelnut. Nope no hamon and it was very clean. Just a few Rodent bite marks.
Well I am working on a full convex FFBM... so you will see that shortly. Heres my RMD that I did a little while ago. -----> http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=665993
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Damn Nate, that's ridiculously nice
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I need to come check that out in person. When's the next chopfest...I actually have something of my own to chop with now
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:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:I need to come check that out in person. When's the next chopfest...I actually have something of my own to chop with now
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Just WOW!
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Awesome work
No kidding, that thing is going to be a lightsaber.
Thanks for sharing norcalblacktail.
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Mark Hammon. That guy on NCIS that's married to Pam (Mork & Mindy) Dawber.
They all want his sword to look this sexy:
