Strange hamon behavior

One of Don Fogg's. 1095 and tough quench which isn't a very fast oil.

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Oh man, I forgot how cool that blade was. Fogg's hamons are inspiring to say the least! Do you know what he used for clay, Don?
 
Don Hanson III said:
Satanite.

Fogg's work and Anders Hogstrom are the two who inspired me to go after the allusive hamon.
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For me it was Fogg, Wheeler, and Hansen III that inspired me to play with hamons. Four years later and I'm still figuring stuff out. I use Satanite and DT-48. Blade geometry is often overlooked, and really affects where the hamon develops.
 
Willie71 said:
For me it was Fogg, Wheeler, and Hansen III that inspired me to play with hamons. Four years later and I'm still figuring stuff out. I use Satanite and DT-48. Blade geometry is often overlooked, and really affects where the hamon develops.
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How so? What kind of grinds do you use? Im all about full flat grinds on every thing I make.
 
Greenberg Woods said:
How so? What kind of grinds do you use? Im all about full flat grinds on every thing I make.
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Martensite forms in the thinnest cross sections most easily. The wider the v in cross section, the more activity you will see as there is greater variation in cooling rates. Try bringing your grind only half way up before quench, then do the full flat gring after heat treat.
 
I've been using satanite and Parks 50 for my 1095 blades. This blade is roughly .090" thick at the majority of the line, and just rubbed with steel wool out of the etch. It followed the clay exactly in this case.

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