Hanwei Shinto blade photos?

[Andrew G.]

does anybody have detailed photos of a current Shinto (classic) blade? I have only been able to find pics of older gens with the search function....

[Aaron Justice]

The classic one with Bo hi? Or the solid blade? I ahd the Bo Hi one a few years ago. Remarkable hamon, but mine seemed to be a one off. Almost all the other hamon I saw after it were fairly blah.

http://www.swordforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=83003

[Andrew G.]

Either one; I'm assuming they are quenched the same way?

Looks good. Somebody posted some photos of a no-hi on SBG, and the hamon looks fairly similar to the one you posted. Much moreso than the usual Hanwei 'wave'. Maybe there are more of these out there than we think:

[dave lorrez]

Think you mean this one here ?

Dave

[Andrew G.]

Yes, that's the one. But the hamon on that is very boring...hmm.

I wonder if the occurrence of the 'good' hamon has anything to do with it being of the shirasaya option... Perhaps they come from a different batch or production line. Aaron, was yours in shirasaya?

[dave lorrez]

I find every hamon on any Chen sword boring

[Andrew G.]

I did too until I saw the above...

[Jeff Ellis]

Originally Posted by Andrew G.

Yes, that's the one. But the hamon on that is very boring...hmm.

I wonder if the occurrence of the 'good' hamon has anything to do with it being of the shirasaya option... Perhaps they come from a different batch or production line. Aaron, was yours in shirasaya?

I think it's more of a situation of who might be on yaki-ire at that point in time :-\

[Andrew G.]

Yeah...probably. Whoever that guy is; I like him.

[Aaron Justice]

Originally Posted by Andrew G.

Yes, that's the one. But the hamon on that is very boring...hmm.

I wonder if the occurrence of the 'good' hamon has anything to do with it being of the shirasaya option... Perhaps they come from a different batch or production line. Aaron, was yours in shirasaya?

No, just mounted. The ashi seems more prevalent on my blade. I like the irregular midare hamon on yours, but the choji-midare hamon on the one I had seems more like something Walter Sorrells would have done. I honestly haven't seen one just like it since.

[Andrew G.]

This is just a quick update regarding the hamon on the Hanwei Shinto that is on closeout at the SBG Store. I got two of them today, and both sported the same kind of hamon; which (to my relief) looks nothing like the hamon in Hanwei's stock photos. It is much nicer, closer to the on Aaron posted:




Furthermore, I just started hybrid polishing one of them. Here are the results:

BEFORE


AFTER

(^kissaki has not been polished, so you can see the contrast even within this one photo.)

Oddly enough, ALL I have done so far is to polish off Hanwei's heavy etch with 600 grit; and already, activity is starting to pop out. Will post more updates as I delve further into the process.

Looking promising so far...