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Light hamon fighter

that is a really lively hamon. I would be proud of it if I had made it, for sure. That is a rockin' knife. Hope the customer of eventual buyer appreciates it appropriately. excellent work on the heat treat and polishing!
 
Thanks Bill, that means a lot coming from you sir. As you know Bill, taking photos of hamon is a difficult thing to achieve. I can tell you mate, there is a hell of a lot of stuff going on there. Here is an interesting thing about the first photo. The wavy line is what I call the foundation clay. I paint this on with a brush and it is thin, just a smear if you like and that line is exactly where I put it :eek:. I added strips of clay over this and thought it would be covered up, but there you go. More experimenting to happen
Bill Burke said:
Keith, Mate that is one gorgeous hamon on that blade. I assume that the rest looks like the second picture?
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Thanks Kevin, there is a lot going on as I have stated previously. Really keen to experiment some more with the clay mix. As a matter of fact just about to apply the clay to a Tanto. I'm doing a work in progress on it. It will be a while however as I'm off to Visit with MS Bill Burke for 3 weeks :eek:

kevin -the professor said:
that is a really lively hamon. I would be proud of it if I had made it, for sure. That is a rockin' knife. Hope the customer of eventual buyer appreciates it appropriately. excellent work on the heat treat and polishing!
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That hamon in the second picture... is absoultly stunning. Like frosted mountain tops or wave breaks. If that hamon was the only reason I owned the knife, it would be more than enough. I just wish I could see it first hand.
 
Thanks samclaymore, as I have stated before there is a hell of a lot of action happening. Just wish I could take better pics. Thanks again.
Cheers Keith
samclaymore said:
That hamon in the second picture... is absoultly stunning. Like frosted mountain tops or wave breaks. If that hamon was the only reason I owned the knife, it would be more than enough. I just wish I could see it first hand.
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