

QS the Cold Steel is the one next to the AL-Mar the one with the scissors is a BrowningQuick Steel wrote: ↑Thu May 28, 2020 2:31 pm Those are some seriously good knives. Didn't know Cold Steel had Japanese made knives. Is the CS the knife with the scissors?
Let me check Garry, that’s a good question. There was a rice paper w/ information on the blade construction in the walnut case. From my close examination of this blade I think it’s more like a San Mai construction. What makes me think that is when you look at the full tang construction you don’t see any layers of Damascus in the tang or on the spine of the blade. The paper in the box calls it Damascus and it probably is, but to me a true Damascus has all the layers throughout the steel. It’s possible they polished it so fine the layers aren’t apparent but I would think you could still see the layers. On all the 33 layer Damascus blade Mcusta’s I have, you can see the layers on the spine of the blade. Maybe I don’t understand a broader definition of Damascus? I do know that this isn’t an etched false Damascus, if it were, I wouldn’t have paid nearly so much for it.Quick Steel wrote: ↑Wed Jun 03, 2020 8:55 pm First, I also appreciate it when the "false edge" is sharpened into a true edge.
Second, I am really intrigued by the blade. He (Hattori) appears to have created a hamon line all around the edge of the blade. Its that wavy grey area. I know this is done by covering the edge of a blade with clay so that the edge will remain harder during the heat treatment while the rest of the blade will remain more flexible, allowing the blade to absorb any hard blows. Yet I wonder if the hamon is real. If he made a thousand knives that represents considerable extra effort.Hmmm. In any event it adds to the visual interest of the blade.
Garry here is a copy of what the paper in the case says. Hopefully this will clear up what I was trying to say.Quick Steel wrote: ↑Wed Jun 03, 2020 9:46 pm Mark, to me the Damascus is clearly the real deal. But I'm guessing the hamon line is not a true hamon but somehow a technique was used to create the effect. Nothing at all wrong with this. I am sure it was not misrepresented. It is, I believe, simply a creation to add visual appeal. Just wondering how he did it.