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Got to spend the day in the forge today and had a mate visit so we both had a crack at a kamisori.
I'm now enjoying a beer and some good tunes while I clay it up for heat treat.
Great way to spend a day... Except when I ran out of gas. That was annoying, but you can't have everything go smoothly.
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1095 steel?
W2 for this one.Quote:
Originally Posted by shooter74743
My hamon has not cooperated...
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Not sure if the edge will be hard enough to make continuing further. Edge is too thin to re-harden.
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Any thoughts on the hamon and grind would be appreciated however. First go at a kamisori.
Cheers
I saw this on the facebook page too. When you quenched, did it turn somehow instead of going into the quenchant edge first? Did you use water? In my minds eye, I am visualizing that the quenchant somehow created a air pocket at the point the hamon goes to the edge. The more that I think about it, the more I think I would normalize it, re-clay, and re heat treat
Scott, I quenched I Houghtons K quench but it fell out of the tongs and into the oil so it's very likely. I foolishly didn't check the hamon til it had been ground. It's far to thin to reheat now.
Will have to be a lesson for me and I'll make another.
Cheers
I get it perfectly now & that's what happened...quenchant cooled the steel in different areas along the cutting edge in the "splash". Hopefully it's not your only piece of steel handy without a re-order! Lesson learned, time to make another...without the OOPS!Quote:
Originally Posted by mattm82
Definitely not my only piece of steel!
I have a rather extensive supply and variety of steel, certainly no risk of running out. I have some Damascus sitting there for when I get the shape/grinds right for kamisori too [emoji4]
Means I can try again as soon as I have a day off
How thick is the edge?
0.3mm / 0.0118"Quote:
Originally Posted by JDM61
Yeah, that is a bit thin. With that said, if it is going in the local landfill anyway, why not give it another try?Quote:
Originally Posted by mattm82
Well that is a fair point... Perhaps I'll try today and let you know.
How about grinding away a bit of the edge to make the resulting edge thicker again?
You'd lose a small amount of width but it would increase the chances of successful HT.
Nice straight grind line!