Matt Gregory 6 Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 Here's one I recently finished. Blade is 1095 with a "clayless" hamon, mild steel guard with tamboti handle and domed stainless steel pin. Hopefully I'll get a chance to start a sheath this weekend, then she goes up for sale! I'd love to hear input from you guys, as this one is an unorthodox design... I'm wondering how it will strike everyone. Sorry for the crummy pictures, my photography skills are lacking. Thanks for looking! Link to post Share on other sites
Ty Murch 1 Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 suhweet Link to post Share on other sites
Beau Erwin 0 Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 i'm liking it! Link to post Share on other sites
jarrett 0 Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 I like it. If you follow the line of the spine, it tricks the eye into thinking its recurved or kurkri'ish; but it isn't. Sneaky. Link to post Share on other sites
Noah M Legel 19 Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 That is an awesome blade! ~Noah Link to post Share on other sites
george ranier 0 Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 Matt - Do you mind me asking how you did the clayless hamon? I would think a hamon without clay would be destined to be a pretty straight and simple one. Yours is anything but that. It's nice, however it was done. Link to post Share on other sites
Robert Mayo 0 Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 Very nice Matt. Bob Link to post Share on other sites
Jziegenbein 0 Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 lovely work! the lack of a ricasso kind of messes with my eye, but overall i reallllllly like it Link to post Share on other sites
jdsmith02115 36 Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 Everything about this piece works perfectly; the lines, materials,all of it. Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Colwell 143 Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 well done. the pattern in the handle even fits with the shape of the blade. deceptively simple. good stuff. kc Link to post Share on other sites
jarrett 0 Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 Great use of the pattern too. I came back to this one and after I got past the blade, that stands out. Again, really nice. Link to post Share on other sites
deker 34 Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 This can't be right! Matt Gregory doesn't make knives, he makes trouble! Very nice piece. The control in HT is really quite evident and the results as shown by the hamon are great. I'll admit, the lack of a ricasso throws my eye off a bit, but I think it will grow on me the more I look at it. Well done dude! -d Link to post Share on other sites
steve m 0 Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 I like it. nice balance of all parts. Link to post Share on other sites
Dave Leppo 0 Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 Great! The beautiful wood grain flows into the guard. I'm curious about the clayless hammond, also. Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Gregory 6 Posted March 30, 2010 Author Share Posted March 30, 2010 Great! The beautiful wood grain flows into the guard. I'm curious about the clayless hammond, also. Thanks for all the comments, gang. Dave, I have no clue how I managed to post this same thread twice, but I did... sorry! I call the hamon technique 'clayless', as I didn't use any form of coating on the blade. I did a handful of grain refining cycles to reduce hardenability a bit, then low temperature austenitizing before quench in fast oil. What you see is what occurs 'naturally'! I plan on etching it a couple more times and polishing a pinch more to bring out a bit more detail, although there's already quite a bit - my photography just sucks! This is the first -and will likely be the last- ricasso-less blade I make. Lots of trouble, and not sure I'm thrilled with it. Different, for sure! Link to post Share on other sites
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