Finished sanding the handle and gave it a quick buff. I really like working with this stuff. It is bone and white linen micarta from @popsknifesupply
Fresh off the grinder, now time to finish it up by hand.
Finished this guy up. My first GoMai blade.
• 3 layers of 1095 and 2 layers of nickel
• Dyed mango
• Black G10 pins and liners
Just out of a night long soak in liquid nitrogen.
Out of the kiln and ready to soak in LN2.
Fresh off the grinder.
Marked and ready for etch and glue up.
Customer photo sent to me yesterday.
Today’s butt shot. Desert ironwood and two tone micarta liners.
Close up of the liners. It is spoken for.
• 1095
• desert ironwood
• two tone micarta liners
• brass pins.
This turned out pretty good. I think I may have gone a little far with a hamon and 5 layers, a little too much going on. This 3 layers of 1095 and 2 thin layers of nickel.
Close up handle shot. It is spoken for.
• 1095
• desert ironwood
• two tone micarta liners
• brass pins.
Another shot. It is spoken for.
• 1095
• desert ironwood
• two tone micarta liners
• brass pins.
This one is done. It is spoken for.
• 1095
• desert ironwood from @eganm75 • two tone micarta liners
• brass pins.
• cutting board by @broinwood
Hand sanding some go-mai. Looks like it welded up successfully.
Built a grinder attachment tree yesterday.
After the first coat of Tru-oil. This is some great looking desert ironwood from @eganm75
Dessert ironwood fresh off the grinder and ready for hand sanding.
Handle glued up and ready for shaping. This is 1095 steel.
Shot of the tang and liners. It is spoken for.
• aebl @ 61hrc
• Tasmanian Blackwood from @robswildwood
• Westinghouse liners
• Brass pins