Will this effect performance of my edge significantly?

[running bird]

I finished the HT for a practice kiridashi (26c3 steel) and I seem to have gotten an auto hamon due to the thickness of my stock ( 1/4”). My HT was heat to 1475, hold for 10min after the temp equalizes, quench in parks 50, then temper 2x for 1hr at 350°. My evenheat seems to read a tiny bit higher than the actual temp so I compensate by 15°.

I did apply clay to the blade to prevent some oxidization, and then left a ~1/16” thick layer roughly 3/4” away from the top of the bevel. But I doubt this had much of an effect on the hamon, the stock I used was admittedly a bit over kill, but this is a test blade and I have more 1/4” stock than 1/8”.

Will this significantly effect the performance of my edge as I finish up the blade and put it to use? Or is these enough room between the edge and the hamon that for testing purposes this is fine?

Thanks,
Kevin

 

[imill3567]

That's plenty of room for a thin edge. It won't affect it especially just for testing.

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

I wouldn't worry about it.

 

[Alex Topfer]

That also looks like a single bevel grind, so unless parts of the backside are soft you will still have hard steel at the edge as you sharpen it. Polish up the back and have a look at it.

 

[running bird]

It is single beveled. The back side does show a similar pattern but it is slightly close to the edge.

I polished the edge up to 3,000 grit then stropped with white compound. After a few re stroppings I’m going to take it down to 1,000 grit + strop, repeat. Then the same with 800grit and see which I like best.

A a side note, I did notice on my 800grit stone that the hamon showed a lot of contrast but not much detail. Seems good for a working finish. I’ve never polished a hamon with stones before but I might try it out in the future. This was well after removing the oxides and scratches from etching

 

[Londinium Armoury]

Looks fine, I had a clip point scandi in 26C3 Auto hamon on me without any clay 2 weeks ago, there's video of it floating around.
I was just dunking it (horizontally not vertical) into the quench tank too slowly, and it formed a quench line before the spine touched the oil.
This steel gets hard if you look at it for too long.