You have to bevel a blade leaving a thickness at around 1,5 mm . the blade was finshed now with 120 coarse paper .
Now you have to draw the shape of the blade on a see-through sheet .
on which you have to mark the hamon line
Cut from the sheet the line of the hamon and use it for making both...
Steel: becut 5 mm (0,19")
Total length 25.3 cm (10")
length blade 14 cm (5.5")
Handle: chestnut burl and black spacers
Taper tang.
Leather sheath by Kiara
Steel Blue paper thickness 3,2mm (0.12'').
Total length of 23 cm (9"). Length blade 11 cm (4.3").
Handle: buckeye burl. Steel guard.
Leather sheath by Kiara
Steel W2 thickness 7mm (0.27").
Total length 37,5 cm (14.8") . Blade length 24,8 cm (9.8").
Copper guard and black spacer.
Handle juniperus.
Leather sheath by Kiara
Steel 440C thickness 5mm (0.19").
Total length 24 cm (9.4") . Blade length 12.7 cm (5").
Handle: stabilized horse chestnut
Taper tang
Engraving by Antonio Montejano
Snake sheath by Kiara