Joe Renner Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 awesome video. such awful pings. -Joe "If you do not pursue a genuine path to its consummation, then a little bit of crookedness will later turn into a major warp." -Miyamoto Musashi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesus Hernandez Posted February 8, 2012 Author Share Posted February 8, 2012 (edited) Jake, It has a little tiny bit of curvature. Something between 1/8 and 1/4 of an inch. Imperceptible in the photos. It just turned out that way. I am getting used to a new setup in the new shop and for somethings like heat treating, it's a bit like starting over to fine tune the variables. As for the mune-yaki. I don't seem to run into any issues with those. The grinder does not care whether the steel is hard or soft. I use a block of steel tapered at an angle and set on a rest on the grinder to guide the blade when I grind the mune. I grind up to 220 and after that is by hand with hard-backed (steel stick) polishing paper. Edited February 8, 2012 by Jesus Hernandez Enjoy life! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Price Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Tell me you're bringing that to show at the hammer-in. I think it would be a lovely display of your talent and skill. The Tidewater Forge Christopher Price, Bladesmith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Longmire Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Oh, the sinking feeling I got hearing those pings... Nice editing to avoid the sounds that no doubt came from you immediately afterwards. Do you reflexively curse in Spanish? I ask because I sometimes use German, it's such an eloquent language for cursing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesus Hernandez Posted February 8, 2012 Author Share Posted February 8, 2012 Sorry, Chris. The blade is not in my hands any more. Cursing in Spanish... no. It seems English takes the lead in my brain. Enjoy life! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdsmith02115 Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Everything about this piece speaks to me...so nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillG74 Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Wow! What a nice piece. Your work never ceases to amaze me. Thank you for posting. It has inspired me to go back to a previous design of mine and work on it. I love the theme. Will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Stifle Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Jesus, I too like your sword, a lot! But I do have a question. It looks like it does not have a bo-hi, or flat shoulders above the bevel. Is this just the way the picture looks, or is it a full flat grind? Oh, and I wish I could get my hamon's to look like that. Really nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruben Delanghe Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 that habaki really reminds me of the good old Thundercats cartoons Angered at his lack of success, Ilmarinen conjures the four winds to fan the flames. The winds blow for three days, until finally, the Sampo is born, taking the shape of a magic mill that produces grain, salt and gold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Helm Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Ruben - That was what I thought too! Awesome work. James Helm - Helm Enterprises, Forging Division Come see me at the Blade Show! Table 26R. Proud to be a Neo-Tribal Metalsmith scavenging the wreckage of civilization. My blog dedicated to the metalwork I make and sell: http://helmforge.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Longmire Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 that habaki really reminds me of the good old Thundercats cartoons I was waiting for someone to say that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesus Hernandez Posted February 13, 2012 Author Share Posted February 13, 2012 I had to look up Thundercats to see what you meant. Not having grown up here I missed a few things along the way... The blade shape is called hira-zukuri (otherwise translated as "flat" ). There are different shapes of Japanese blades: shinogi-zukuri (the one with the ridge line) being the most common. Bo-hi (grooves) are not mandatory on every Japanese blade either. Enjoy life! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Stifle Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Thanks Jesus, I have to laugh at myself. I'm still trying to get all the Japanese terms down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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