Super nice... Wow! But id rather see forging the taper and choil and edge etc... rather than cut and paste, too much of this generation uses a sand machine for cuts!
Seriously! What with people wearing latex gloves while working with rotating and hot equipment? If you’re worried about your hands getting dirty, then find a new hobby!
Because if I did it before I would risk twisting the blade at the quench or even crack the blade. Also the oven has an oxidant atmosphere, so it always create a thin decarburized layer of steel that needs to be removed anyway.
I have two cats who regularly check up on me while I work. Relentless mousers, so they "carry their weight" gladly and let me know when they have caught a mouse! As a Canadian, the Wa Bocho type of blade was a new experience. They are excellent blades, wickedly sharp.
Es vinagre de vino y jabón lavavajillas, de los que hai por casa. En realidad, cualquier ácido vale para marcar el hamon, solo que unos son mas agresivos que otros. Y el jabón es solo para reducir la tensión superficial y que el vinagre se extienda uniformemente sobre la hoja.
The part of the blade covered with clay won't get hard after quenching, or at least not as hard as the rest of the blade, creating a hamon or differential hardenind line.
