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Offline Pappy

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Re: how i achieve a Hamon
« Reply #15 on: January 17, 2020, 10:27:57 am »
Try use this all the time, got CRS 😉
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Offline Hawkdancer

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« Reply #16 on: January 17, 2020, 12:02:22 pm »
Nice "etch along", looks very good
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« Reply #17 on: January 17, 2020, 12:30:19 pm »
That's beautiful work, Kevin.  Thanks for sharing it.  So, the coating protects from the heat, making the upper part just a tiny bit softer than the lower, correct?  Is this just a visual effect, or does it make the knife cut better?
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Offline KHalverson

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Re: how i achieve a Hamon
« Reply #18 on: January 17, 2020, 01:08:57 pm »
Quote from: WhistlingBadger on January 17, 2020, 12:30:19 pm
That's beautiful work, Kevin.  Thanks for sharing it.  So, the coating protects from the heat, making the upper part just a tiny bit softer than the lower, correct?  Is this just a visual effect, or does it make the knife cut better?

it looks cool and also serves to make a tougher blade .
a blade that may bend just a touch versus snapping in two if used as a pry bar.
adding clay isn't the only way to do it.
you can edge quench or blue back a full quenched blade to achieve the same results.
just doesn't add the bling factor.
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« Reply #19 on: January 17, 2020, 06:17:03 pm »
Is there any reason to not use masking tape to get a straight edge to the hamon? Or some of the specialty masking tapes that have decorative edges for something fancy?
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Offline KHalverson

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Re: how i achieve a Hamon
« Reply #20 on: January 17, 2020, 06:38:42 pm »
Quote from: JW_Halverson on January 17, 2020, 06:17:03 pm
Is there any reason to not use masking tape to get a straight edge to the hamon? Or some of the specialty masking tapes that have decorative edges for something fancy?

no reason you couldn't use tape to help keep a straight line with the clay.
id be more apt to use a rosebud torch and just heat the edge u as far as I wanted the quench it.
as far as using a fancy stenciled tape I highly doubt that youd be able to emulate the tape in the hamon.
I kinda has a mind of its own.
I never get exactly the pattern I put the clay on in.
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Re: how i achieve a Hamon
« Reply #21 on: January 18, 2020, 02:18:55 pm »
Where do you buy your cement at?
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Offline KHalverson

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« Reply #22 on: January 18, 2020, 03:50:56 pm »
rob
most any of the big box lumber stores carry it.
also tractor supply ,ace hardware, family farm and home.
about any place that sells wood stove supplies will have it.
you want cement that is rated for 1500 f minimum.
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Offline Trapper Rob

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« Reply #23 on: January 18, 2020, 06:06:26 pm »
Kevin where do you get your cement at?
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« Reply #24 on: January 19, 2020, 04:07:09 am »
Quote from: Trapper Rob on January 18, 2020, 06:06:26 pm
Kevin where do you get your cement at?

this last tub came from Menards.
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