*COMPLETE*1075 chopper with hamon WIP

love me a WiP! Pretty cool pattern that I'm stoked to watch come to life
 
I don't know about the rest of you, but hand sanding is 75% of my time in a knife.
I don't look forward to hand sanding, but when I start doing it, it's very calming and relaxing for me.
Honestly I never really thought about it, but after talking with forum member Matthew Gregory, I realized I enjoy hand sanding, but hate the 15 minutes or so I think about starting it. He could be a knife maker's therapist, although anyone who hand sands cpm 4v to the extent he does may not be right in the head. I kid I kid 😜

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Sanding the tapered tang. I may remove some of the flare at the bottom of this handle once all is said and done. I think it looks cool, but if you're chopping, it may dig into the hand.

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Ok, got my stuff all ready:
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1st etch and scrub.
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I used cotton makeup pads to wipe the ferric chloride on the blade while it's in the liquid.
Then rubbed the oxides off with flitz.
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After third etch, had a hamon, but unfortunately it looks nothing like my clay and there is no activity near the clip. After talking for a while to someone waaayyy more knowledgeable than me, this one is going back to the FIYAHH! After all it's a hamon, but not the one I want.
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So I'm going to try this again...
 
Imo, you should leave it unless you plan on a sharpened clip. The placement is pretty good and because of the thick cross section you'll have a hard time getting the print you panted with the clay...and personally I kinda like the hamon you got better than the clay;)
 
in agreement with Ben on this one
 
Well fair enough, with those recommendations I'm outnumbered so I'll soldier on and try to develop this hamon.
Thanks fellas.
 
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