What's going on in your shop? Show us whats going on, and talk a bit about your work!

I recently tried a no clay hamon on a mini fighter and it didn't work out. While polishing, I noticed the hamon was too close to the edge and didn't pass my testing.
Instead of redoing the heat treatment, I decided to test some polishing techniques and after that torture test it.

(the videos are a bit loud) don't forget to switch to HD.
Firstly, I drove the knife on a piece of 80CrV2

And finally, I broke it to see the grain. Breaking the knife with my small tube was a bit of a struggle. On the end of the video, I was sent flying.

Here are the results.
Minor rolling on the tip but it did keep its shape, the damage could be easily sharpen out.
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And here is the grain.View attachment 1696169
 
I realy enjoy working on slip joints.
Here is nr 6 ready for HT. If you can make it, you can make it smaller.
I'm going to grind the bevels post HT wich is a first for me. It feels a bit unnatural to me. We'll see how she goes.

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WValtakis WValtakis Do you mind telling me what you are using for bedding medium? Is that garden variety hot glue? The ThermoLoc I have is gray. Is that a clear version?

Thanks for any response! Enjoy seeing your work and WIPs.
 
fitzo said:
WValtakis WValtakis Do you mind telling me what you are using for bedding medium? Is that garden variety hot glue? The ThermoLoc I have is gray. Is that a clear version?

Thanks for any response! Enjoy seeing your work and WIPs.
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Yup, hot glue👍
 
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