Yanagi finished

[StephanFowler]

Finished Yanagi
308mm edge length, 43mm tall at the heel
4.2mm thick at the heel, 2.5mm thick at the middle
Maple Burl handle with Koa ferrule and butt cap, and stainless spacers
315 Grams, balances 50mm from the ferrule

Trying to show the Hamon a little better

 

[Patrick]

Very Nice Stephan! What a beautiful knife.

 

[stabber]

Looks great Stephan.

 

[Diamond G Knives]

Great looking piece Steve,
Looks like that would be a booger to grind!
Beautiful!

God Bless
Mike

 

[Mike Davis]

Very nice! How did you grind the urasuki? great hamon also

 

[StephanFowler]

Very nice! How did you grind the urasuki? great hamon also

I built a radius platen with a scrap chunk of A36. I'm going to have to build a new one with some O1 or 4140 at some point, I've already worn a small groove in the mild steel one.

24" radius seems to work nicely.