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I finished this today. It was supposed to be for my brother but I'm going to make one that's a little more robust. This one ended up at 1/8" thick due to some edge ripple from my first attempt at a brine quench.
The hamon was originally etched with ferric chloride and then I read Nick's thread about hamons and I played with different polishes and such to try to bring more out of it. In the end, I think the ferric chloride etch was just too strong. Interesting nevertheless. You can't see that the hardened edge is actually mirror finish.
It's got a 5" blade in 1095 and an OAL of 9 1/2"
The guard is mild steel lightly cold blued.
The handle is a piece of scrap walnut from work.
Thanks for looking.
The hamon was originally etched with ferric chloride and then I read Nick's thread about hamons and I played with different polishes and such to try to bring more out of it. In the end, I think the ferric chloride etch was just too strong. Interesting nevertheless. You can't see that the hardened edge is actually mirror finish.
It's got a 5" blade in 1095 and an OAL of 9 1/2"
The guard is mild steel lightly cold blued.
The handle is a piece of scrap walnut from work.
Thanks for looking.
