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I finally finished the cleaver.
I gave it a light etch to protect it against rust, and to highlight the hamon.
The handle was made Japanese style: I took 2 planks of meranti which were scrap from...

Really? You can't bring blades with a Hamon into Japan?
I would think that noone would mistake this with a real Japanese blade.

This is the first time I did something like this, and I was not...

Ok a quick update.
I clayed the blade, and performed the heat treatment when I finally had my forging setup working.

Here is the blade with the clay coating:...

Hamon 刃文 is a Japanese word for temper line. The literal translation is something like 'Cutting edge writing'.
If carbon steel is heat treated, it can happen that one part cools much faster than the...

Ok guys, this is the santoku blade after grinding.
My inexpert mauling of the steel during forging left a couple of dents in the blade (not really visible in the pic due to lighting) but overall the...

I am also working on restoring an axe that I inherited from my grandmother, and which is very special to me for several reasons. I restored the handle as well as the axehead, to keep it as complete...

The small knife is finished. Making the handle was the hardest part. specifically, making a straight cut along the grain of the wood was challenging. The wood is teak, finished with a couple of...

A quick update.
The long narrow part has been turned into a blade for a small kitchen knife. I am close to finishing the handle. That was hard than making the blade actually. I needed a couple of...

I made the rought cuts, and decided on the following:

The big part will become a santoku with a hamon.
The long slim part will be a paring knife.
The corner will become a kamisori, or at least I...

Will do. I've decided to just remove the handle after I am done sanding. For now it is useful for holding the blade to the sander.
I remembered that I bought it to have fun with and to learn from,...

I shaved with a 10 pound (or was it 5? can't remember right now) log splitting axe, with the handle attached.
This should be relatively easy in comparison.

I put it on the belt sander, and the pitting is slowly fading. It's taking time, due to the large surface area. The fact that there is a negative hollow (convex blade?) means I can work on the flat....

A real one :D ;)

Bought it for 3 euro at a garage sale. I tapped it with my wedding ring, and it gave a nice clear ring. It seems to be decent steel. I think it was made in the 50s or 60s. It...