185mm honyaki bunka reforge

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185mm honyaki bunka reforge

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So I decided to redo a knife i made a little while ago.

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Heres a pic heavy album containing some of the process
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Really awesome job! That bunka looks killer, very flat edge profile. Excellent!
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milkbaby wrote: Tue May 23, 2017 5:53 pm Really awesome job! That bunka looks killer, very flat edge profile. Excellent!
thanks! My favourite shape:D
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Looks like a solid performer! Well done sir.
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thegingerninja.abq wrote: Thu May 25, 2017 10:07 am Looks like a solid performer! Well done sir.
thank you!
Gotta make a video of it when i get it done. been requested lol
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Redid the Polish and also finished it all up. Needs a little edge touch up but 5 minutes on the stone and she's good:)
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I got alot of activity out of this one. More then I think any before
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Oh and I ended up changing the handle. Got alot of feedback that it looked to big.
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Wow! That looks amazing Dakota!
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slobound wrote: Wed May 31, 2017 9:46 pm Wow! That looks amazing Dakota!
thanks! This one is going to a reddit pass around
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