416/1095 San Mai

[jcripe]

First try at stainless San Mai, did homework through different forums. Went with Ed Caffrey ' s recipe, tig welded pieces together and used air hammer with drawing dies to help distort layers. Need to profile a little more then heat treat.

 

[wall e]

Not gonna lie, I am really getting a soft spot for san mai just because they look so frikin cool.
That looks like the perfect proportions for a good useful blade.

 

[taylormadeknives]

Well done!

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[jcripe]

Did a little more grinding on the tang and clip, ready for heat treat. I saw some of the hunters Karl Andersen Is making in stainless San Mai so emailed him to ask how he set up his steel. I used what I had on hand, being my first attempt figured if it didn't weld I would get some 420 and try again. Thank you Karl for your assistance.

 

[JMJones]

Are you planning on drilling any holes in it? If so please let me know how it goes, I had some issues on an earlier billet that ended up scrapped and I have not gotten another welded up yet.