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My 1st attempt at a hamon.

J.Marsillo

J.Marsillo

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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 ;)

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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?
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