First post here, my seventh blade. A bit of Bamboo!

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Eldritch

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Hello all, just found this forum!

I started forging five months back since inheriting my Great grandfathers anvil, lots of ups and downs but here's my latest.

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1.2519 11.5 inch gyuto.
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Handle is bamboo I brought back from a trip to Taiwan
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I taught myself Mokume Gane from quarters so that I could make the end cap and bolsters a bit more interesting.
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Lots of mistakes, but with the help of the internet and a lot of books I'm slowly improving.

Cheers

Dave
 
VERY nice work! I like the bamboo handle and your blade is spot-on. What's the steel?

-Peter
 
Many thanks for the kind words. The steel is 1.2519 which I believe is similar to Hitachi blue. I first started with file steel but when I switched to this stuff the difference was night and day, it keeps a wonderful edge.
 
Very impressive. Good steel choice, too.

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Stacy beat me to it.... NICE steel choice. 1.2519 and 1.2442 are excellent steels. And a GREAT looking knife on top of that!
 
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