My First Forged Knife! W2 with Hamon - Ura and Omote Knots

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Daniel Fairly Knives

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Here's my first forged knife! This is also my first knife with what I consider a decent hamon and my first Tsuka-Ito knots.

I forged it from .33" W2 steel down to about .22" in the center with a distal taper in each direction. The tang was forged with a distal taper to about .140". The knife is about 8.5" long with a 4.25" handle and blade.

This is also my first knife with the traditional knots on the handle wrap or Tsuka-Maki. The menuki is carved and anodized Titanium with an aged copper look.

I've been casting my own Shibuichi and hard soldering... look out for more soon!






























 
Let me be the first ta say that is Sweet! Great job Daniel! I'm glad ta see ya already forging out blades man :thumbup: It turned out great.. I love the blade shape and am always a fan of some rough forge marks ;) And of course that hamon is sick! :cool: So are you addicted to forging yet?? :D

~Paul
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coldsteelburns said:
Let me be the first ta say that is Sweet! Great job Daniel! I'm glad ta see ya already forging out blades man :thumbup: It turned out great.. I love the blade shape and am always a fan of some rough forge marks ;) And of course that hamon is sick! :cool: So are you addicted to forging yet?? :D

~Paul
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Yes I am! Forging is a blast and very rewarding. I also like it because can do things that were not possible with stock removal... like turn a 1" tall bar into this 1.5" tanto! :D

I'm also pretty darn excited about this W2 and hamon thing. This was with 11 second oil and I am more than pleased. Parks 50 soon come!

I had an even forged in pattern going on in the handle area as it was my plan to do the handle this way. I didn't exactly get my order of operations down and lost mos of the pattern but know what to do next time. This is too exciting!

Big thanks for the kind words!
 
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Great work!! The knot is very well made
Did you use the stones for clean-up and polish? The hamon you got is very very cool, what aust-temp did you use with the 11sec.oil?
 
love it.
forging is way better than grinding, as far as I am concerned.

nice hamon. I prefer a higher polish and the whitish look on hamons, but that is not a very realistic finish for something that will be used.

welcome to the club!

kc
 
stezann said:
Great work!! The knot is very well made
Did you use the stones for clean-up and polish? The hamon you got is very very cool, what aust-temp did you use with the 11sec.oil?
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Big thanks!

1480 F for 25 minutes, I used slip on the whole blade and did not get it into quench in a big hurry. The blade had a 3/32" coating on the spine and part of the sides. Next time I'm using a bit less clay

I used the stones for part of the polish but not the final finishing. I think they must help with the burnishing they do but I have a hard time getting the waterstone finish perfectly even. I finished with 600, 1000 and 2000 grit paper.

I also tried a lapidary compound I had lating around called M5, it really helped with the cloud effect but I think mine may have been contaminated as it was causing light scratching. I wound up doing a lot of rubbing with baking soda and that helped the most in getting the dark look I like.

I was also able to get a different look with the polished steel and subtle white clouds but I prefer this look on this particular knife.
 
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