windancer Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 Anyone know of a tutorial about wrapping a blade with copper just above the guard? Thanks, Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonW Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 Are you thinking of something like the habaki on Japanese blades? If so, here is a short Youtube video of a Japanese maker going through most of the process here:http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HpR5N7T-Abo It unfortunately in Japanese, but the auto translate works will help you get through the video. You can see all the steps with just the video though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windancer Posted October 19, 2013 Author Share Posted October 19, 2013 Thanks for the link! She was going too fast for my old etes to follow, though :) Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Tim215 Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 http://jhbladesmith.com/craft/habaki-making/ http://home.mchsi.com/~hermits/HabakiEssay_1.html Dave the term is "Habaki" Above is two links and if you do a google search - https://www.google.co.za/search?q=HABAKI+TUTORIAL&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&gws_rd=cr&ei=lhxiUrvHKIiR0QXBuIHoCQ you should come right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonW Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 It unfortunately in Japanese, but the auto translate works will help you get through the video. You can see all the steps with just the video though. Wow, that was some terrible grammar! I'll blame the fact that I was posting on my phone, and not that I didn't proof-read! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windancer Posted October 20, 2013 Author Share Posted October 20, 2013 I have seen many, many knives with the wrap, I think mostly frontier style Bowies. Don't know if it is the same process or not. I will watch the latest movies posted but I don't think I want to hammer the copper into shape against any of my blades :) Anyway, thanks for the leads. Next time I see one I will SAVE the link and a pic or two. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Hale Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Copper will not hurt a blade! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason0012 Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 There is a good article in "the best of the hammer Vol.2" that produces a habaki from copper pipe. I am not sure if it is still in print. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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