DBain 11 Posted April 14 First San Mai is dry welded hand forged 15n20 core and 1084 jacket. OAL is approximately 8.5” with a stag and quarter mokume handle. It has a threaded butt cap nut and GFlex epoxy. Second San Mai is dry welded and hand forged 1084 core with 15n20 jacket. OAL is approximately 14”. The handle is stacked Ebony and leather with a wrought guard and pommel. The pommel was tapped for threaded and GFlex epoxy construction. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alan Longmire 1,377 Posted April 14 Pretty darned cool! Was that a coffee etch? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DBain 11 Posted April 14 Yes I did ferric the followed with coffee and a lite hand buff with Turtle wax chrome polish. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brian Dougherty 447 Posted April 15 Nice job keeping the cores centered up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DBain 11 Posted April 15 I tried to be cautious and would etch from time to time to keep track of where my core was. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
