JPH Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 Hello: Ok....I forged this out a little while ago and it curved like crazy in yaki ire...Well,it held together and now I got the thing polished and mounted and "all together" it doesn't look all THAT curved. Nagasa is 27 1/4" ish.. the sori is just a smidge under 1 1/2" which is a LOT but doesn;t look all that much like a cavalry sabre like I was thinking it would... Tsuka length is 11 1/4" OAL: 39 1/8".. Shinogi-Zukuri, no Hi... Which is unusual for me cause I think they make he blade look "finished". The hamon I was going for was Notare but I botched it..a "design change" as they say...more like Gunome now I got it showing..sigh...Hey if it was easy everybody would be doing it right?? Mounted in a lion motif with black samegawa under some of that very so hard to find black and gold chevron weave silk ito...Tsuka is curved to match the blade sori as best as I could... Now I got to figure out how to do the siya...I am thinking black same and the rest in gold leaf under black cracked lacquer....I am getti8ng pretty good at that stuff.. hope the pic goes through JPH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junker Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 wow :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim McCoy Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 I second the wow!! A very interesting piece :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DClaville Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 that looks very stunning the sori is a lot but it looks spot-on. but Doc. J we need a close up of the hamon so we can droll some more ATB DC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacob Tkalec Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 I like it. In fact, if I was anything but a poor college student I'd want to own one of those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 I'm going to go out and whisper "Hrisoulas" to my neighbor's horses and see if they rear and neigh... Lovely work as usual; any update on the next book? Christmas is coming and my family always asks what I'd like... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPH Posted October 2, 2010 Author Share Posted October 2, 2010 Thomas...you take the blonde and I'll take the one in the turban.... Book IV is turning into a mighty tome indeed and I am currently looking for a graphics person to do my line drawings.... JPH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playinwitmetal Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 very nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfootnampa Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 A thing like that could HURT somebody! Really pretty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 Jim, if you are interested I can put you in touch with the Vegas Artist Guild. We have some very talented artists, and professional graphics folks. I would love to do it, but work has me so strung out now I can't even do any of my hobbies. Very frustrating <_< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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