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OK here is my second go at it with the hamon. I left the one that I am not sure about to the side and moved forward with the good blade. Hand sanded both sides and then etched. The hamon is just about where I put down the clay. Here she is. This time around I did a few things...

Thank you Daniel! Happy New Year everyone! Well, I quenched the next two blades today. Blades are straight, edges skate the file and looks like I am somewhere between the 60RC and 65RC on both per the little 5-file hardness test kit but this could just be wishful thinking on my part because I...

Thank you Sean Jones and Opaul! Much appreciated. Maker's mark supplies have been ordered and I will soon be able to add my mark to it. Also, the next two blades is already clayed up and ready for heat treat.

Thank you gentlemen. I have been making sheaths for a couple of years now so I know my way around that block. Just now getting into knife making as of the last few months. Looking forward to many more!

Here she is guys!! I still can't believe it worked. I made a sheath for it too.

Looks fantastic! Great work!

That is some FINE tooling right there! Flawless!

Thank you! But don't underestimate my ability to screw this up still. A bit more to go before it is a knife. With luck one of these two might make it there. My wife and I love the lake and the small town life. I love small town traffic. oh so nice! As you could imagine I lived in big cities...

Thank you very much Sir! I am looking forward to many more!

Thank you Sir!

Merry Christmas Everyone! I hope everyone is having a healthy and peaceful Holiday. – This year for Christmas I gave myself my very first Heat Treat which also happens to be my first Hamon. I clayed-up two W-2 blade blanks with Rutland's Furnace Cement and this is how they came out. Please...

Thanks guys! I appreciate the warm welcome. Lets make some knives! Not much of a drinker so I have not. All I do is work. Well I may have a sip on New Years eve.. :)

Thank you Gentlemen. Much appreciated.

Can the presence of a hamon on a blade be taken as evidence that the edge has in fact hardened?

Thank you Sir. Looking forward to learning and sharing.

Just wanted to say hello to everyone. New to the site and to knife making. I definitely feel like I have been bit by the knife making bug because it is the first thing I think of when I wake up and the last thought in my head when I go to bed at night. Thank you to all the experienced folks out...

I know it still needs a lot of work and polish... and yes a ton of work still.. but here is my first one. I did a quick couple of 5 seconds dips into the FC mix just so I could get a better look at it. But it is back to hand sanding tomorrow.