Hamon problems

[olymon]

Are you grinding your blade shape? Slow down, establish a good solid line or switch to a full flat grind on the blade face. I know a lot of people here do all there shaping by grinding. I hate to suggest it, but take a step backwards and hand file a blade. Hand filling will sharpen all of your knife making skills. Patients, eye for shape, handle shaping skill, and many more.

 

[J. Doyle]

It definitely looks like there is some bit of hamon there at least....near the tip especially.

However, I'll give you some advice that may be tough to hear. If I were you, I'd slow down (as you already mentioned you should) and work on some fundamental things of knifemaking. Your blade finish is really rough with a couple of undesirable distractions that really detract from anything your blade might have gained by having hamon. I see rough, uneven finishes and deep scratches at odd angles. It makes the hamon hard to see and less desirable.

I'll quote myself from another thread that is relevant here:

....Focus on the basic fundamentals of making a knife before moving on to more complex methods and embellishments, such as hamon formation/etching/polishing. Really work on achieving proportions, good flow, pleasing lines, clean grinds and well done finishes. If you don't have a decent handle on those things, no amount of Damascus, filework, hamon or exotic materials is going to mean much of anything. Get a good grasp of the basics THEN move on to the other stuff.

I'm not at all saying that a guy can't or shouldn't experiment and practice other techniques and then incorporate them into their knives. But you can't forget to give due diligence to the fundamentals of knife making. It doesn't make any sense to devote so much focus to one aspect of embellishment when other more necessary details are clearly lacking.

 

[seanystrangle]

It definitely looks like there is some bit of hamon there at least....near the tip especially.

However, I'll give you some advice that may be tough to hear. If I were you, I'd slow down (as you already mentioned you should) and work on some fundamental things of knifemaking. Your blade finish is really rough with a couple of undesirable distractions that really detract from anything your blade might have gained by having hamon. I see rough, uneven finishes and deep scratches at odd angles. It makes the hamon hard to see and less desirable.

I'll quote myself from another thread that is relevant here:



I'm not at all saying that a guy can't or shouldn't experiment and practice other techniques and then incorporate them into their knives. But you can't forget to give due diligence to the fundamentals of knife making. It doesn't make any sense to devote so much focus to one aspect of embellishment when other more necessary details are clearly lacking.

I understand and thank you, I really lack patience, maybe even focus.im usually trying to make 2 maybe 3 or more knives of different types at a time. I see something cool and then I have an urge to try and it turns out like this haha. I will just focus on the basics and take my time with everything.

 

[J. Doyle]

I understand and thank you, I really lack patience, maybe even focus.im usually trying to make 2 maybe 3 or more knives of different types at a time. I see something cool and then I have an urge to try and it turns out like this haha. I will just focus on the basics and take my time with everything.

It happens to us all, to some degree I think. I know I often have 3 things going at once and I have to force myself to focus on one and do one thing at a time.

You seem pretty open to critique and advice and your attitude seems pretty positive. That will take you a LONG way by itself.

Keep at it.

 

[seanystrangle]

It happens to us all, to some degree I think. I know I often have 3 things going at once and I have to force myself to focus on one and do one thing at a time.

You seem pretty open to critique and advice and your attitude seems pretty positive. That will take you a LONG way by itself.

Keep at it.

Thank you very much. I always figured I’d never learn much if I didn’t listen so in everything I do I try to keep an open mind to what I’m told.