As my post says this is my first attempt at a push dagger style knife. The handle is made of a piece of ironwood. The blade is 3/16" thick 1095 steel with a full convex grind. The hamon was done unintentionally to be completely honest. Was going for a full harden but the middle must have not gotten hot enough. It passed the file test so I figured it had hardened all the way through. The acid bath told a different tale. It looks really cool though so im not going to argue.
If you look closely there are three different shades within the steel. Dark around the edge, lighter on the majority of the blade, and even lighter towards the shaft of the blade. Can anyone scientifically explain this? I figured they were just hard/soft/softer portions of steel but that seems over simplified to me. I think that a deeper explanation (if anyone would care to give one) would help me better understand the heat treating process.
Anyways, I thought this was pretty cool and I'm proud to say my own novice hands created this. Take a look and let me know what you think.
Thanks for taking the time to look
-trogdorr
If you look closely there are three different shades within the steel. Dark around the edge, lighter on the majority of the blade, and even lighter towards the shaft of the blade. Can anyone scientifically explain this? I figured they were just hard/soft/softer portions of steel but that seems over simplified to me. I think that a deeper explanation (if anyone would care to give one) would help me better understand the heat treating process.
Anyways, I thought this was pretty cool and I'm proud to say my own novice hands created this. Take a look and let me know what you think.
Thanks for taking the time to look
-trogdorr
