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    bali's

    How do you make them with the handles liek this? This has always confused me when i look and try to figure it out.
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    First japanese tanto WIP

    Well went to the hammer in and heat treated the blade then sanded to 1000 and wasnt seeing a hamon so did a quick etch and saw its too close to the edge for my liking. I put the clay on about 2/3 of the way to the edge and after talkign to a few people they recommended 1/2 way. Blade still looks...
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    How do you hang/sort your belts?

    This on the back of my grinder bench. 2" dowel screwed into a peice of plywood thats attached to the back of the bench.
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    First japanese tanto WIP

    Good info to know! Going to a hammer in oct 1st and the guys there are gonna help me heat treat it since my little 2 brick forge isnt big enough.
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    First japanese tanto WIP

    Well looks like the heat treat failed. File test isnt quite right. I think this tanto is too big for my 2 brick forge since its pretty long with a 10" blade. I might see if I can find someone whith a bigger forge who wouldnt mind heat treating it for me.
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    First japanese tanto WIP

    Drilled the tang and heat treated the knife and getting ready to sand and hopefully a nice hamon will appear!
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    Need help naming a new damascus pattern.. This could be fun!!

    I like Intrepid. Kinda has that wild fearless look to me. in·trep·id/inˈtrepid/ Adjective: Fearless; adventurous
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    First japanese tanto WIP

    OK got the tang tapered and looking good. Now normally I drill the holes in the tang before I heat treat but how did the japanese do it? Is there anything wrong with doing it before? Or do I wait and do it during the saya process?
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    First japanese tanto WIP

    You know I was looking into that more today and started thinking the same thing. Wasnt sure since I saw blades with both the handle un beveled and others with the blade bevel going straight into the handle. This is kind of a learning process for me also. I want to do the best I can tho.
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    First japanese tanto WIP

    UPDATE So got the sanding to 220 which is where I stop for heat treat then started the tedious task of sanding the mune. I had to be careful other wise I would round it off. Gonna use this for my hamon clay. The gun kote is for another project. All my knives are handmade with my blod...
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    First japanese tanto WIP

    You know after those pics I bumped my hand on the point which started to get sharp and did just that. cut a new peice of wood to cover the length of the blade. Thank you about the mune. It is very rough and I need to sand it further and worried about rounding it off even tho I saw a few tantos...
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    First japanese tanto WIP

    I work this week but will post pics as I go. I just hope I dont mess anythign up. Did a decent amount of research before starting but there was way more to it then i ever thought.
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    First japanese tanto WIP

    Well decided to do a traditional japanese style tanto. This one will be a Aikuchi Hira-Zukuri. Now im new to the terms but I think that is correct. If I mess up on some of the termanology feel free to correct me. I know this project will be a longer one then my usual knives so decided to make a...
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    my first sword! (wip)

    Looking good! 2 and 1/2 inches long? lol I hop thats a mistype.
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    Hello from Louisiana

    Hi! my name is William Bishop. Im a newer knifemaker who doesnt post much but always reading! I do it totally as a hobby and the majority of my knives are either gifts or charity knives. To me thats a win win situation. Get to make something I really enjoy doing and help others. Im also a...
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    louisiana

    amything ever come about from this?
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    Who would of thunk it?

    That second one's handle looks awesome the contours and handle really flow together nicely!
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