Christopher M

Thanks Caius

Here's a teaser on the hamon

I forged welded a piece of 150 yr old wrought iron from a bridge spike and some 1095 high carbon steel then forged out the shape. It is 4 5/8" long and 1 1/8" at the widest and very sharp.

This one I forged from W1 and gave it a clay coat and a water quench for what I hope will be a nice hamon. The edge is 12" long and 1 1/2" at the widest and 1/4" thick at the thickest. 

nice forge work there. isn't it amazing what you can do with red hot steel?

Forged from WI and 1075 

9" edge  13 1/2" overall water quenched clay coated

The wolfs jaw might be a little artistic licence

A multi use womens knife, useful in the kitchen as well as the battle 

I forged this one from 1065 medium carbon steel. The edge is 7" long with a 4 1/2" stick tang and is 1/4" at the thickest part.It has been clay coated and quenched in water to give it a true hamon that I think resembles a serpent. It is flat ground and has a very sharp edge

Very nice, beautiful hamon. 

I like forging blades more as well - do you work with a handle maker(s)?

No ,I just sell the blades to anyone that wants one.

Well Done Fine looking Knife lets see it finished .

 

Sam

the blade only is up for sale ,I rarely make a finished knife,just like to forge blades

Ferric chloride 3 to 1, water / ferric, hot water bath

Thanks all

it's a pretty thin blade so the quench was touchy but it turned out well

Forged from 1095c clay and water quenched
The edge is 6" long and the tang is 4 1/2"

Very nice, must have been a big hog.

looks really sharp

Thanks Mudman

whaaat, coming to my backyard. What part of australia if you don't mind me asking.

Highton VIC, wherever that is 

Beautiful Hamon line and well forged! Love to see it finished out.

Thanks

I generally  don't do complete knives,this blade is going to a customer in Australia

I forged this one from W-1 1/2" drill rod. The edge is 5" long and overall length is 9 1/4". It is clay coated and  water quenched for a nice hamon. I chiseled my initials in Runes for more flavor.

Thanks to all 

To finish Stefflus's question I clay hardened it to see if there was any carbon migration to the mild steel and also to have a nice progression of hardness to the edge. Just artistic licence I think 

I like it!

But since it is "scandi inspired" I would say it's a far cry from "small", a small scandi is less than 2" long

Why clay harden when it's a laminate?

And how is it sandwiched? Wrought/mild/W1/mild/Wrought ?

It's not sandwiched ,the bars are stacked edgewise and welded together, top WI, middle mild steel and for the edge W-1 

And I think just the shape reminded me of scandi style blades and it's kinda small as hunters go I think.

Chris

forged this from wrought iron ,mild steel ,and w-1 for the edge..The blade is 5 1/8" long and overall length is 10 1/4" .It was clay hardened in water.

They seem so Rube Goldberg ish

I use a 36 grit AO belt on my 4x36 bench top belt sander to refine the shape

Congrats on 50

By the way that Japanese cutlers hammer you made me is still my favorite, how'd the knife work out for you?

That looks like the hot setup I'm a little jealous.