Jesus Hernandez

[...] were raised from flat sheet using the uchidashi technique then patinated in rokusho with the niage technique. Horn fuchi and kashira. [...]

[...] -. Copper made in this way takes on different coloration during the patina process using the niage technique and more vivid browns and reds can be coaxed out of the metal creating a slight contrast to [...]

[...] into a tasteful design. All the fittings were made of copper which was patinated using the niage technique based on the use of rokusho. The tsuba is iron with a sukashi design. The iron has been also [...]

[...] the handle is made from snake wood. The fittings and guard are made from antiqued copper. Tooled leather sheath included. The second knife’s blade is about 7″ long and the handle is made from a [...]

[...] piece of amboyna burl wood. The fittings and guard are made from antiqued copper. Tooled leather sheath included. [...]

[...] was processed in my shop and turned into steel by smelting and carburization. The bloom of raw metal was then further processed by compacting into a bar and folding to create several hundred [...]

[...] was processed in my shop and turned into steel by smelting and carburization. The bloom of raw metal was then further processed by compacting into a bar and folding to create several hundred [...]

[...] fuchi, kashira, menuki, mekugi, koiguchi, tsunakuchi, kurikata and kojiri are made of water buffalo horn. The tsuka-ito is silk. This blade has been tested for tameshigiri before the final [...]

[...] seppa/spacers and the guard. The knife is part of my “East meets West” style. The handle is water buffalo horn and padauk wood finished with Tru oil. [...]

[...] hundred layers of steel. The blade was forged by hand and then hardened using the traditional Japanese clay method to produce a hamon, a differential crystalline structure of the metal with the edge [...]

[...] hundred layers of steel. The blade was forged by hand and then hardened using the traditional Japanese clay method to produce a hamon, a differential crystalline structure of the metal with the edge [...]

[...] and then hardened using the traditional Japanese clay method to produce a hamon, a differential crystalline structure of the metal with the edge being hard (martensite) and the spine being soft ( [...]

[...] and then hardened using the traditional Japanese clay method to produce a hamon, a differential crystalline structure of the metal with the edge being hard (martensite) and the spine being soft ( [...]

[...] ’s blade is about 7″ long and the handle is made from a particularly beautiful piece of amboyna burl wood. The fittings and guard are made from antiqued copper. Tooled leather sheath included. [...]

[...] . The blade is about 7″ long and the handle is made from a particularly beautiful piece of amboyna burl wood. The fittings and guard are made from antiqued copper. Tooled leather sheath included. [...]

[...] ore (hematite) collected in Virginia and North Carolina and some steel made in Hawaii from magnetite ore. The ore was processed in my shop and turned into steel by smelting and carburization. The [...]

[...] rocks (hematite) collected in Virginia and North Carolina and some steel made in Hawaii from magnetite ore. The ore was processed in my shop and turned into steel by smelting and carburization. The [...]

This blade’s journey started conceptually from conversations with the customer and physically with trips to the mines to collect the iron ore. The b [...]