Leather? Why?
Far be it for me to preach, but in my experience people that are not well experienced in polishing shouldn't try to become that way by messing with an otherwise healthy blade. ...
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Leather? Why?
Far be it for me to preach, but in my experience people that are not well experienced in polishing shouldn't try to become that way by messing with an otherwise healthy blade. ...
There are all manner of patinating solutions available for steel. Birchwood Casey makes all sorts of different ones. Look them up.
As for shaping tsuba to your wishes, how are you with a...
You can call that D2 :)
Any idea what a STENCH you'd make. Your neighbors and your wife would lynch you on the spot.
Anout the fastest quench you want on a water hardening steel is brine. ...
Perhaps youu've never seen the work of Bill Fiorini. He will run with any Japanese smith you care to list. His work is superb and very true to tradition.
Nie and Nioi are largely the result of differing rates of quench. I have made blades from solid 1095 with no welds at all and have obtained strong Nie/Nioi. It's a matter of heat treat and nothing...
Contrary to some of the statements I've read here, there is nothing inherently wrong with SS in terms of maintaining structural integrity during live cutting. In fact, stainless steels are very...