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well i did my first hamon today. it was kinda by axadent as i was not planing on the blade making it through the quench. Its 1095 and that last time i quenched 1095 i did it in water and it snapped in half and was twisted very badley. so to make a ling story short i need to heat treat a forged W2 blade i did but i onley have menerial oil for my 5160 and its to slow and i know that the 1095 does not like water so the W2 wond 
. but i do have some oil that is very very thin and allmost as thick as water. but i have not tryied it so i made this blade to sacurfice to the quenching gods. but thy showed grace in my favor and the oil worked great with not bends and not cracks. i had put some clay on the spine just for the heck of it as that is what i am going to do to my W2 blade. and i gave it a quick run down with 400 grit sand paper and a light acid etch and then a little buff on the buffing wheel and bam its so dark and just makes you look at it. the side with out my name has onley had a light sanding and thats all and you can still see it. as you can see i still need mor belt grinder time to remove all the scratches but i coul not help but showing it off. o ya and just to let you know this knife is very thin. it is around .100 thick maybe .09 . but man it's going to be a good slicer. being that thin i was suprize i had no bends or anything after quench.
. but i do have some oil that is very very thin and allmost as thick as water. but i have not tryied it so i made this blade to sacurfice to the quenching gods. but thy showed grace in my favor and the oil worked great with not bends and not cracks. i had put some clay on the spine just for the heck of it as that is what i am going to do to my W2 blade. and i gave it a quick run down with 400 grit sand paper and a light acid etch and then a little buff on the buffing wheel and bam its so dark and just makes you look at it. the side with out my name has onley had a light sanding and thats all and you can still see it. as you can see i still need mor belt grinder time to remove all the scratches but i coul not help but showing it off. o ya and just to let you know this knife is very thin. it is around .100 thick maybe .09 . but man it's going to be a good slicer. being that thin i was suprize i had no bends or anything after quench.Attachments
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