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I just started to forge out my first Yanagi (kensaki yanagiba most likely) out of a very old and very hard high carbon half round file, so, I have a few questions.
Been doing research and many say it is very difficult to get right. Other than it being a chisel grind and the observers side being concave I don't see any other details that really stand out. All of my blades get clay quench so that won't be new. Wonder if I'm missing any very detailed components of the knife that make it a Yanagi? I find it difficult to find the detail info I would like to see on the net.
Wondering if any of you pros can help me out with a solid description of a Yanagi to go off of. Only real details I have found in my research is the 10-16 Degree bevel and 300mm in length seems pretty common and like I said above, concave on the observers side.
Been doing research and many say it is very difficult to get right. Other than it being a chisel grind and the observers side being concave I don't see any other details that really stand out. All of my blades get clay quench so that won't be new. Wonder if I'm missing any very detailed components of the knife that make it a Yanagi? I find it difficult to find the detail info I would like to see on the net.
Wondering if any of you pros can help me out with a solid description of a Yanagi to go off of. Only real details I have found in my research is the 10-16 Degree bevel and 300mm in length seems pretty common and like I said above, concave on the observers side.
