My 1st attempt at a hamon.

[J.Marsillo]

This is a blade i'm trying to finish for fathers day.Its 1095 with a clay coat HT
I followed one of the many tutorials,ended up using furnace cement.I got some pitting in it :grumpy: but its still pretty good to me.I have low standards

 

[howiesatwork]

That looks good to me.
Post pics of the finished knife when it is done.

 

[J.Marsillo]

Its almost done ...but here it is anyway, feel free to criticise i know it needs improvement .Mortised tangs are pretty fun to do.so was polishing for the hamon,what "makes" a hamon as far as detail goes.Did i remove too much etch during the polish?