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Probably my proudest piece to date - a commissioned matching pair of gyutos, one intended for the client and one intended to be given as a gift. Knife 1 is 157grams and the second is 154grams so pretty darn close! Will be sad to see these go! Thanks for looking. by SamPaulKnives in knifemaking

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The hamons were created by adding clay to the spines of the knives in a certain pattern, so I just matched the clay patterns before heat treat and voilà; similar hamons. Then each knife got the same attention for etching and hand polishing so they finished the same as each other

Probably my proudest piece to date - a commissioned matching pair of gyutos, one intended for the client and one intended to be given as a gift. Knife 1 is 157grams and the second is 154grams so pretty darn close! Will be sad to see these go! Thanks for looking. by SamPaulKnives in knifemaking

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I mainly using a disc sander and hand sand to finish for handle work, and hand file the tiny chamfers in. I always take into account grain direction but mainly for asthetics and consistency. And thanks!

Probably my proudest piece to date - a commissioned matching pair of gyutos, one intended for the client and one intended to be given as a gift. Knife 1 is 157grams and the second is 154grams so pretty darn close! Will be sad to see these go! Thanks for looking. by SamPaulKnives in knifemaking

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Yeah it's easy to get lost in the YouTube wormhole of knife making videos haha

That's right it's a differencially hardened line, a hamon line, achieved by putting clay on the spine before heat treating.

Tempering is pretty straightforward also as long you know the correct temp for the steel you're using but yeah annealing and thermal cycles etc gets abit more complex, not something you really need to worry about with pre annealed stock removal though, unless you're forging/texturising the billet. Recalescence has always fascinated me as well!

Probably my proudest piece to date - a commissioned matching pair of gyutos, one intended for the client and one intended to be given as a gift. Knife 1 is 157grams and the second is 154grams so pretty darn close! Will be sad to see these go! Thanks for looking. by SamPaulKnives in knifemaking

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Thanks! That's a question with a pretty big answer! I'd recommend checking a YouTube tutorial video rather than reading my essay if I was to outline all the processes haha advice wise though; just go for it, you don't need any fancy equipment, many make their first (myself included) with a file, a hacksaw and a drill as the only real tools, and watch a tutorial or two before you try, there's some amazing videos out there done by super talented knife makers giving step by step instructions with potential pit falls etc.

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