Shadows of martensite.
Hamon on a Japanese style kitchen knife (gyuto)

Hot water then oil (not shown) quench of Sakimura Yanagi-ba.

This is the tack room at Equest in Dallas. It is a non-profit therapeutic equine facility. I volunteer there one day a week. Something quite peaceful about a morning tack room. Mostly quiet except for the muffled sound of a few horses moving around in their stalls.

Just hanging around cutting stuff. Newly made competition cutter test. #bladesports