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Not enough to worry about in my opinion.
Making a Hamon is a kind of precise thing to do and yours being higher up wasn't because of it being 1084. I would think 1084 would be a little easier than 1095 as it won't be quite as touchy. The difference between the two steels is one of small degrees and end process hardness. 1095 can be harder and has a little different manganese content which helps with grain growth, but if you made an optimum knife out of either nobody could tell the difference.
What kind of clay did you use or did you just torch it Dave? Also you don't have to use ferric acid. Cider vinegar will do it too, just slower.
Last edited by jimmontg; 09-02-2016 at 06:09 PM.
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