The BladeForums.com 2024 Traditional Knife is ready to order! See this thread for details:
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/bladeforums-2024-traditional-knife.2003187/
Price is $300 $250 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
Order here: https://www.bladeforums.com/help/2024-traditional/ - Order as many as you like, we have plenty.
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My wife took some really cool photos of me hardening this wakizashi, can’t wait to polish the hamon it’s already looking really good after rough grinding.
My attempt at a 5.25" chef's knife. Black micarta with mostly blended black micarta pins. Still some final items to clean up but happy with this one.
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Love that bird and trout! What is that handle made from?Finishing up a small (and very thinly ground) aebl bird and trout. Also a photo of a zero ground gyuto that was going great until I noticed a small warp towards the tip halfway through grinding. It was dead flat when I started
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Time for a straightening hammer...Finishing up a small (and very thinly ground) aebl bird and trout. Also a photo of a zero ground gyuto that was going great until I noticed a small warp towards the tip halfway through grinding. It was dead flat when I started
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