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Called the Hamon in Japanese sword making. If you go to Birmingham Museum (the UK) One, they have an exhibit of swords from the late samurai period that have
by C1sc0cat 6y ago
Called the Hamon in Japanese sword making.
If you go to Birmingham Museum (the UK) One, they have an exhibit of swords from the late samurai period that have be re hilted by a guy who went to Japan and spent several years learning the traditional methods.
- kevin_thibedeau 6y agoHamon is not the fold patterning. It is the transition in crystalline structure from the differential cooling along the cutting edge.
- germinalphrase 6y agoJust to add on: the wavy hamon pattern is created by applying clay to the steel. When the blade is then quenched the clay slows the temperature change beneath it keeping that part of steel blade softer then the rapidly quenched cutting edge. The advantage of this was the soft spine would be tougher (less brittle) while the harder edge could be made sharper.