Camerer Posted March 10, 2004 Share Posted March 10, 2004 Here is my first knife that I used a clay coating on the back of the blade during the quench. Â The blade is 7" of forged 1084 with an overall length of 12". Â The guard is damascus that transitions between the etched blade and the nickel silver spacer. Â The handle is african blackwood. I liked the hamon that I got and will be playing around with the clay quench some more. Â Any tips or tricks to the clay coating process? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phillip Jones Posted March 11, 2004 Author Share Posted March 11, 2004 Nice looking knife, Craig! Phillip Jones http://customknives.com/jonesbrothers/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Ochoa Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 Any tips or tricks to the clay coating process? What are you using to clay the blade with? It seems like a chunk popped off at the turn back at some point...?.... If it did you might try to run some wire (number 22 iron wire) around it to help it stay on... I got that tip from Bob Engnath's site: Clay coating page Also if the clay isn't dry when you heat the blade it will pop off or explode  Great looking Knife though and the hamon stands out real nice.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camerer Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 Thanks guys! I will try the wire trick on the turnback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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