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I am almost embarrassed to post this after just looking at all the beautiful knives in the Blade Show thread but here it is anyways.
I hope ya guys like file knives because I was given 40 of these farriers rasps so it will probably be all I'll be making for a while. It's good steel and cheap (free) to practice on so I can continue to learn and improve my knife making skills.
The blade is 4 inches and overall is 9 inches. Sanded to 2500 grit, then to bring out the white hamon the blade was rubbed with a cottonball soaked with warm vinegar and hand rubbed with 1500 grit powder, and repeated over and over and over again. I'm still working on making the hamon pop the way I want but I am getting better at it. It didn't show up very well in the quick pics I took below but it's there.
Dovetailed brass bolsters and curly oak scales from the scrap wood pile. Hand-tooled leather sheath stained dark brown and wet formed for retention.
Thanks for looking!
I hope ya guys like file knives because I was given 40 of these farriers rasps so it will probably be all I'll be making for a while. It's good steel and cheap (free) to practice on so I can continue to learn and improve my knife making skills.
The blade is 4 inches and overall is 9 inches. Sanded to 2500 grit, then to bring out the white hamon the blade was rubbed with a cottonball soaked with warm vinegar and hand rubbed with 1500 grit powder, and repeated over and over and over again. I'm still working on making the hamon pop the way I want but I am getting better at it. It didn't show up very well in the quick pics I took below but it's there.
Dovetailed brass bolsters and curly oak scales from the scrap wood pile. Hand-tooled leather sheath stained dark brown and wet formed for retention.
Thanks for looking!
