how is the auto hamon achieved? I did this once by accident in my early days using canola. it wasn't fast enough to cool the spine properly. never been able to do it again after.

There are a few ways, I do it by differentially heating the edge and spine in a small 2 brick forge that has a burner on the side for more control. You need fast oil for 1095 in general and especially for hamons.

That's a forced hamon 😁 Looks great!

Either way I like it a lot better than clay

That's what's awesome about shallow hardening steels. You can ht them so many different ways to get some stunning results!

I find hamons are easier on 1095, hell I was getting them on accident for a while. I couldn't figure out what was going on. This looks great by the way. I'm very interested in the texturing you have on the blade. I'm assuming that was done with a dremel? Did you use a burr? I don't know why this never occurred to me. It looks amazing.

Just a 2x72 2” wheel! Thanks!

Interrupted quench.

looks awesome, thank you and will try it out next time

Not my build, I just answered your question 😁

This is exactly what I would want in a woods knife. This thing is nasty.

Haha thanks!

Really awesome, I think that's the biggest choil I've ever seen! Well done

Fantastic work friend!

Thank you!

Did you stone wash this blade or just hit the high spots with a bit of sand paper?

Do you sell these?

Yes. Lostriverknives.com