Rravan Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 Hi guys, i have just heat treated a blade usibg a coating of clay thikest at the spine and was wondering if grinding will affect the hamon lines? any insight to this woulkd be greatly apperciated thanks in advance. Nav. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Mayo Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 Hi guys, i have just heat treated a blade usibg a coating of clay thikest at the spine and was wondering if grinding will affect the hamon lines? any insight to this woulkd be greatly apperciated thanks in advance. Nav. If there is a hamon it will not be affected by grinding as long as you do not get it hot enough to change the colour of the steel. What type of steel are you using and is there a visible hamon now? Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rravan Posted January 5, 2010 Author Share Posted January 5, 2010 thanks. the steel im using is 5160. and staight from the heat treatment there is varyation in the steel, clean steel where the thickest clay was and ruff sort of scale on the edges. thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Mayo Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 5160 is a deep hardening steel and not one that you will get a hamon in. You are better off with W series steels such as W1,W2 or 10xx such as 1050,1075,1095 which are shallow hardening. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rravan Posted January 7, 2010 Author Share Posted January 7, 2010 ah cool. thanks i will keep this in mind in the future. i will also try and post some pics of the blade when it is cleaned up. cheers. Nav. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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