Hand-forged katana: Step 7, polishing and sharpening

It bugs the hell out of me not knowing how to contact this man.

awesome katana,great polish

Damn, brother. After I win the lottery (which I expect to happen any day now) I'm going to contact you and commissioned a katana. Meanwhile I'm stuck with my sub $300 production ones from Hanbon Forge. Which are "Okay", but obviously nothing like these.
Would really like to own something made by such a skilled craftsman. 👍

What is the purpose of going to the polishing stones in between the sandpaper?
Why not just use ever decreasing grits of sandpaper?

Hello, can you tell me where do you buy the aluminum oxide? and what kind? Thanks for your help, your job inspired me.

does the mesh of the aluminiun oxide interfere with polishing?

Naniwa Sharpening stones

awesome

I think you'd need to use a manual focus, since the daylight photo is blurred on the blade and focused on the background. I'd love to know how professional photographers get amazing sword photos. I'd bet it involves a light box with dark walls.

What do you use to wipe the sword?
What is mixed with abrasive powder?

I don't think you polished other sword cause I'm looking for sword polishers are extremely rare to find one to work on my sword ?

Bagai manakah cara mengeluarkan hamonya..dengan bahan apa..

polish my sword bro my wrist is breaking ..:))

compared to Japanese sword what's the weight/ your drum sander could be electric to spin if your feeling lazy / the criscross pattern didn't seem to show up or its the picture ( no flash different angle so no blinding light) also call a camera shop they may have a few ideas/ use a piece of rag doing final polishing I cringed hoping you wouldn't cut your thumb/ but after all that that came out awesome 😎 just a few ideas have fun. kevin

Nice process, have you considered using different grits of fine lapping film. I've used some that is .10 micron.

Very nice work

Is using sandpapers necessary when I have whetstones from 400 to 8000?

Will this process work on an older sword? I have an old one with some serious scuffs.

amazing result but where is the shinogi?

What is the best angle to sharpen a katana?

This man is a cowboy .!!!!!!

Astonishing work- I can see that you're not lacking patience 😀To avoid so many efforts to get a good picture, gently etch the blade. Not dense ferric chloride, but- 5% lemon juice and vinegar. Soak in it some very soft rag, then- "polish" the blade, switching after some time from lemon to vinegar, back to lemon, and so on. It takes hours, but- it won't loose it's mirror finish, it will be gently darkened and like velvet 👍

people skip out on water quenching when making a katana, the ghastly white outline just doubles the quality of the katana compared to a more solid outline of an oil quench

Very nice work...
Also... Remember...
Wooosaw foooswabaa
Though shalt not smash thine new sword or camera, no matter how stabbity thou may become.

Very cool. Would love to know what progression you used to sharpen and polish this katana.

I really love your work. Ist there a possible way to give the hamon exactly the shape you want? I really want to see a real version of some katanas from the Anime one piece. I know its fiction, but i hope it can get real. :)

Hey! Thank you so much for the videos--they're an invaluable resource for me. I was wondering, however, which whetstones you used in the initial contouring of the blade? I'm in the market for whetstones and I'm not sure which to buy.

Congrats for your work and results!

After you rub the aluminum oxide paste for hours down the blade, do you just wipe it off with a cloth? I’m looking to sharpen and polish my own bamboo mat. Beautiful work, by the way!

I got two carbon steel swords I might trust you with them . Nice work man 🔥👏🏾

My guy. You are the Dumbledore of hamons.

😮😮👍👍

cool asf, big up dude

Can i just use the aluminum paste mix to make the hamon pop? Just bought a tanto and the hamon is barely visible but this tanto for sale photos they made the hamon SERIOUSLY pop. Does the rubbing method screw with the sharpness edge ? Or acid edging screw with the sharpness of the blade?mine came mirror finished and battle ready(sharp s hell) but the hamon just doesnt POP as much.

Nice sword. I's tye bevel crisp? It kind of looks like you lost the definition. Can you show tye tip? Also looks like you may have lost definition in the tip.

Your work is beautiful!!!! Thank you for sharing this with us all.

I have seen many different answers to this question: What do you recommend to use on a katana to protect it from corrosion when being stored?

To get a better photo of the hamon use a polarizing filter to cut the mirror appearance and glare.

👍👍💪💪

Thanks for sharing some of your methods. I have had good success touching up the edges on my knives and swords with the Shapton Pro 1000 and 5000, forged a few knives and tools out of carbon steel, using various media, diamonds and stones to help in the finish work. For foundation polishing what is the grit and stone that you are utilising, also, would a Shapton Glass 220 be a good choice for starting the foundation work ?

Watched the entire build series on this blade. Very impressive. I would love to be able to buy one of your blades.

Do you sell these

realy good video wana sharpen my chef knifes would this work i have smith try 6 inch bench stone and red ultra water stone

My hands hurt from looking at this

Stellar video! Watching you work is extremely helpful, thank you so much for this!

Can you recommend a place or website for buying Japanese knife sharpening stones?

Lol hey! I use 3 in 1 oil aa well as paper! Really good work brutha and good explanations

How did you convex the stones?

Can’t you just use a polarised lens which removes reflections since reflected light is always polarised. Since any material would be a lattice structure and light reflected is electrons jumping to a higher state of energy then falling back to its position releasing heat and light, since the lattice structure aligns the atoms the light each one re-emits is the same polarity. Just fun fact for ya

Yeah, but how did that one sword master manage to create a hamon with a perfect dragon image in it?