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11-14-2012, 10:50 AM
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Roughed out some "Kiridashi's" last night!
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11-14-2012, 10:53 AM
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those little imperfections in the file really leave some character when there all cleaned up! what do you guys think?
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11-14-2012, 11:24 AM
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Looking good.
It's hard to tell from the pics but are they chisel ground?(only ground on one side?) If so are you left handed? If they are chisel ground just on the side shown, those are primarily for left handed people.
I like the file marks, they add character. I like to leave forge texturing on my dashis for added character. They are certainly handy little blades to have around, and probably the blade style I use the most.
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11-14-2012, 12:02 PM
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Seeing these just gave me a good idea! I think I will make one for my leather work
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11-14-2012, 12:11 PM
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Yes they are chisel ground. And no the aren't specifically for a lefty. I just happend to grind them on that side before I realized the edge should face away from me lol. These are gonna just be for displays for 2 buddy's that like Japanese stuff so I'm not really worried about it. But once again another lesson learned!
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11-14-2012, 12:14 PM
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Originally Posted by metal99
Seeing these just gave me a good idea! I think I will make one for my leather work
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They look like they would be great for that! If any other small detail cutting work traditionally used by the Japanese fir wood carving!
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11-14-2012, 12:14 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by metal99
Seeing these just gave me a good idea! I think I will make one for my leather work
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If you plan on cutting thick leather either grind bevels on both sides of the blade or use very thin stock with the chisel grind. If you use thick stock and a chisel grind it wants to cut to one side. Its not an issue with something like suede, or skimming a little off the edges of a sheath...but cutting 9oz leather it will tend to veer to one side.
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11-14-2012, 12:17 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by hondo76
Yes they are chisel ground. And no the aren't specifically for a lefty. I just happend to grind them on that side before I realized the edge should face away from me lol.
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I've done the same thing myself Actually to this day, even after making a minimum of a thousand of them, every once in awhile I mess up and start on the wrong side. One of those Homer Simpson moments "D'oh!"
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11-14-2012, 12:21 PM
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I have some thin 15n20 maybe I could play around with the heat treatment and use that stuff.
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11-14-2012, 12:30 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by metal99
I have some thin 15n20 maybe I could play around with the heat treatment and use that stuff.
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15n20 works pretty well. We make a lot of small dashis from .060" 15n20. 1080/1095 seems to get a bit "toothier" of an edge, but theres nothing wrong with the 15n20. I just finished up a batch of keychain sized 15n20 ones before sitting at the computer.
Hondo, I'm sure your friend will love the pieces. The offhand models still work for most tasks. Looking forward to seeing the finished project.
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11-15-2012, 07:43 AM
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Thanks man! Not sure if I'm gonna belly cut the other one yet or not I still need to skinny both of em un alittle. As for the finish just gonna let it roll and see what happens! One will be polished and one satin not sure wich is wich yet though!
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11-22-2012, 07:04 PM
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Ready for heat treat!
got em all ready for heat treat! i was playing around with some different para cord wraps!
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11-23-2012, 08:48 AM
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If you don't want to see the metal behind the wrap, you can take the core out of some of the cord and wrap the empty cord flush around the handle.
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11-23-2012, 12:40 PM
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I'm gonna leave the gaps so I can see through to the file work and the nice polish once I'm all done with em!
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