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Think about bending the tang up a tad on the Kami - I find they are easier to use that way, and most of the traditional one are not straight. Just a suggestion - and very hard to do after heat...

Particularly if you want a long tail like your example, you will want to taper the tail. Then it will fit the scales better, and open and close more smoothly. Maybe from a quarter down to 3/16ths. ...

Leave the edge about 1/16th inch thick before heat treating. I'd try to even out the spine a bit more on the back side. As I recall, the ratio of height to spine thickness is 4 to 1, so 8/8 would...