JPH Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 Finally...finished at last...My infamous Nagi-Dachi tachi... Blade is 35" x 1 3/8" done in a "Naginata" style, Laminated/Kobuse. Double Bo-Hi. Sori is 5/8". OAL: 53 1/2" Tsuka was wrapped by Fred Lohman. I am calling this sword "Drunken Bat" due to the Hada resembling the flight of an intoxicated member of the order of Lycoptera... Hamon is suguha (straight) Blade materials are 1095/1060/meteorite and wrought iron. Now I have to make a new siya as I cracked the last one...seems I forgot that one shouldn't force things that don't want to go... I hope that the photos turn out ok.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dablacksmith Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 nice work! how are you cutting in the fullers? ive done a few and tried a few different ways (started um with dremel line , forge line , 4 in grinder on edge) havnt found a real good method yet.. always end up finishing um with a hand file ( time consumeing) is a siya a sheath? sorry for my ignorance ive done europeian style blades and havnt learned other termonolgy.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucegodlesky Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 Beautiful Dr Jim!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HWooldridge Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 That thing is longer that most Japanese are tall... Seriously, I would love to have watched you work on it. Would be even more fun to practice a little iaido with it. It definitely qualifies as high art. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPH Posted June 1, 2008 Author Share Posted June 1, 2008 Howdy!! The Bo-Hi were scraped in by usinga sen..didn't take as long as I though it would...In fact it was pretty quick but not as fast as foring them in... Yeah, this not a "traditional" sword..I actually caught a lot of heat from several Japanese sword collectors, they called in an "abomination"...I really like it..Now I need to find someone who can make me a siya..sigh... JPH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HWooldridge Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 Actually, I have seen a small number of swords at collectors' shows that have very long grips. Who alive today can say that such a sword did not exist in 1550? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPH Posted June 2, 2008 Author Share Posted June 2, 2008 Well I went a little bit "over the top" on this....I was going for more of a naginata that was mounted as a sword...in a Do-Dachi (field sword) blade length....It handles great, now I need a siya...the one I was working on slip and well..I think it would be best if I let a "pro" handle that.. JPH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feukair Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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