posted 08-19-2009 08:49 PM               

It is W-2 with an OVL of 36" with a nagasa of 27 1/4" and a nakago of 8 3/4" the blade is just under 3/8" at the mune machi and just over 3/8" at the ko-shinogi yes I said it the blade actually tapers out at the kissaki so it is tip heavy this is for the cutters out there who want a blade that actually follows thru.

The motohaba is just under 1 3/8" tapering in to around 1 1/8" at the kissaki / Yokote area.

Tha hamon is a, or was supposed to be an O-Choji but the clay and blade had other ideas and it sort of turned in to a wild choji-midare, to me the hamon is fantastic. And as far as I am concerned the humidity helped, as I have fixed that problem, less water to compensate for the rise in moisture.

I am actually at a point to start the habaki and Shira-Saya. So I will be posting pictures on that as well. So here are the pictures let me know what yours and gals think