John Smith Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 (edited) Well gents and gals I am finished with this project for a wonderful and patient customer. The blade in saya is 22" unsheathed it is 20" Nagasa is 11 1/2" Width at mune-machi to ha-machi is 1 3/8" thickness at mune is just over 3/16", Hamon is Gnome. Tsuka-Maki was done by Brian Drier of Ronin Swords. I butchered it badly. He is truly a master of his craft as well. Here are a few images of the finished piece. I am hoping the customer will enjoy the blades as much as I did. Edited July 2, 2009 by mod07 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HWooldridge Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 Uh...I don't see any "butchery" - all I see is masterful execution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Smith Posted July 2, 2009 Author Share Posted July 2, 2009 Thanks for the kind words Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Browne Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 That is amazing. Its the only way to describe it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Smith Posted July 3, 2009 Author Share Posted July 3, 2009 Thanks guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazypyro448 Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 That is some Beautiful work there keep it up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan B Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 Very nice work John. Keep it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustdevil Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 That looks like an extremely nice peace hardware that anyone could be very proud of making. Just for my taste i would liked to have seen little bit more strong lines on the tip. But then again very very nice looking peace. best reg Atli S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Smith Posted July 6, 2009 Author Share Posted July 6, 2009 Help me understand what you mean by a little bit more strong lines on the tip? As I am always open to comments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustdevil Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 You have to forgive my English isint the best. You see here on the following link to a photo how there is a line that comes across where the tip starts to curve up. That's just my personal taste. On the other hand you blade is just beautifully crafted and I would be very proud if I could make one as fine looking as yours. Only time will tell best reg Atli S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentiron1946 Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 That's some nice work.:cool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnptc Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 did you quench in water ??? what clay do you use ?? i love the blade :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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