clay coat using satanite

[Don Hanson III]

Very nice, indeed....! I just opned up your webpage and did the shop tour, as well as looked at the forging demo on the little giant - again, very nice shop and a great litlle demo. I'm assumuing the finished blades at the bottom are the ones in the demo? If so, and it's 1086? (1080/1084?), the hamon looks great!

Dana

Thanks Dana, the blades are forged from 1086M, a steel very close to W2 but with a little less carbon. One of the tricks to a very active hamon is low manganese steels.

 

[Dana Hackney]

I learned something new. I did not realize that low mn meant better hamons.

Thanks again,
Dana