Hi All,I started experimenting with clayless hamons and this is one of the results. The hamon is produced by careful control of the steel structure and geometry prior to quenching producing a soft spine and hard edge without clay. This is made from an old file as is evidenced by the texture remaining on the handle. Obviously the steel is shallow hardening likely 1095. It is not sharp or uncomfortable it was a fine file and all the edges were rounded over before heat treat. Intended as an EDC given its lack of handle scales. It is about 5/32” thick. OAL is about 6.25” with just shy of a 3” blade. Hand sanded finish with polished hamon. Price is $80 including a kydex sheath. A leather pocket sheath can be made for an extra $20USD. PayPal and contact info is ijmiller3567@gmail.com.
Thanks for looking!
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