The Fog

[Daniel Fairly Knives]

I love the foggy burnished waterstone finish...

Yanagi Ba in ~62 RC 52100 steel.

...tip looks strange in pic, I think that is water




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[fast14riot]

That's a nice looking knife right there!


-Xander

 

[sloth357]

Ahhhh fog. What steel is that 51200? Tasty. What else is knife happening? How is the little little one? HOW ARE YOU! ?

X... hi

 

[Lycosa]

Gorgeous!
King stones rock!

 

[Daniel Fairly Knives]

That's a nice looking knife right there!


-Xander

Thanks Xander! It will be my first Yanagi Ba... very tricky to grind I will say.

Ahhhh fog. What steel is that 51200? Tasty. What else is knife happening? How is the little little one? HOW ARE YOU! ?

X... hi

52100 - roughly 1% carbon with a bit of alloying, it is my favorite steel for holding a very fine edge for a long time.

I have used 1075, 1084, 1095, W2, O1. 15n20, and many more in that range and 52100 is my favorite of the lot. It can do just about anything too, versatile material.

I'm doing a very extensive heat treat regimen with the 52100 and it comes out nice! A group takes me a good day or two to go through the processes.

Gorgeous!
King stones rock!

Thanks! Both are King stones, I really like them . They are a great price also, I keep them in my kitchen for touch ups too.

I took these to a 1500 grit finish before the stone work, this knife has two days in it on the grinding (and two on heat treat) so far! I'll get a good pic of the edge, it is mirrored below the burnished part and really clean now...

 

[flatblackcapo]

The blade looks bomb digga de .....D.

 

[fast14riot]

I can attest to the 52100 being a super duper steel! It also takes a very refined edge, can be zero ground before sharpening without worry of edge deformation. I think of it as a lower grade M4 than anything(little lower abrasion resistance). Takes an edge and holds it without taking half a day to sharpen.

Daniel, did you do an Ura grind on the back side?


-Xander