Forged forged 1084/ cedar root

atakach

atakach

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Just finished this up, and it's probably my most succesful attempt at a hamon so far, though I have another in the works that I think is gonna be better.

Anyway, it's forged 1084, w/ some light forge marks left in spine, and the ricasso was left as forged. The fittings are wrought iron, and the handle is a root off of a cedar stump. I vaccum treated the wood with nelsonite, and am very pleased with it. Im not sure where it origionally came from, but it's been out of the ground about 25yrs that I know of, and i imagine the tree was at least 3x's that old.

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thanks for looking
 
Nice hamon, haven't seen that wood before and it looks really nice. I like the contrast of the finished bevels with the as-forged ricasso.

Well done!
 
that whole knife is nice but that wood is interesting , especially knowing the history of it .
 
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