The camo wakizashi
Sept 25, 2009 23:46:09 GMT
Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2009 23:46:09 GMT
Finished a new sword.
It's a 1060 DH wak from Huawei. Have no pics of the original mounting, but it was a spectacle in red samekawa, gold fittings with a tanto sized tsuba and black polyester ito
It's very sturdy, and has a lot of blade prescence. Nagasa is 20", so I decided to make a 8" tsuka to balance it and to be able to use it two handed if needed. I also wanted a wak that looked like an antique nihonto (at least until the blade was unsheathed ;D .)
I have only used the blade and saya for this project. First thing I did was to switch the habaki with a silvery one from Yamato B. It fit much better than the old one as the blade is broad at the motohaba. Since the fittings I had decided for was a little schizophrenic in both light gold and silver, I sanded the habaki sligthly to reveal golden spots.
Carved a new tsuka out of birch, exellent material to work with. I used samekawa panels I laquered with dark brown laquer and wiped off the nodes to give a more antique look. I wrapped the tsuka with a cotton ito I dyed myself, it has a beautiful deep browngreen colour. The fittings came off a sword I got, blackened brass with maple and hannya mask theme.
I tried something new when painting the saya, and it has a fine spiraling woodgrain pattern down the whole length. I also forged a small kojiri. The sageo was too green, so I dyed it a tad darker and browner. With nature brown and green colours the sword has an almost military look. What is strange is that it looks very colourless and dull in the photos, the colours are nothing like it is. The saya is strange to look at as it seems to reflect colours in the surroundings and blends in.
I kept the kojiri quite rough to give it a batered look, but I'm a little unsure if it will be kept that way or given further treatment. So it's not glued on tight yet. I also still have left to give the saya a layer or two with clear polyutherane.
Some pics, crappy as usual. I'll try to take a couple in daylight to show colours better:
Saya:
Close up of grain:
It's a 1060 DH wak from Huawei. Have no pics of the original mounting, but it was a spectacle in red samekawa, gold fittings with a tanto sized tsuba and black polyester ito
It's very sturdy, and has a lot of blade prescence. Nagasa is 20", so I decided to make a 8" tsuka to balance it and to be able to use it two handed if needed. I also wanted a wak that looked like an antique nihonto (at least until the blade was unsheathed ;D .)
I have only used the blade and saya for this project. First thing I did was to switch the habaki with a silvery one from Yamato B. It fit much better than the old one as the blade is broad at the motohaba. Since the fittings I had decided for was a little schizophrenic in both light gold and silver, I sanded the habaki sligthly to reveal golden spots.
Carved a new tsuka out of birch, exellent material to work with. I used samekawa panels I laquered with dark brown laquer and wiped off the nodes to give a more antique look. I wrapped the tsuka with a cotton ito I dyed myself, it has a beautiful deep browngreen colour. The fittings came off a sword I got, blackened brass with maple and hannya mask theme.
I tried something new when painting the saya, and it has a fine spiraling woodgrain pattern down the whole length. I also forged a small kojiri. The sageo was too green, so I dyed it a tad darker and browner. With nature brown and green colours the sword has an almost military look. What is strange is that it looks very colourless and dull in the photos, the colours are nothing like it is. The saya is strange to look at as it seems to reflect colours in the surroundings and blends in.
I kept the kojiri quite rough to give it a batered look, but I'm a little unsure if it will be kept that way or given further treatment. So it's not glued on tight yet. I also still have left to give the saya a layer or two with clear polyutherane.
Some pics, crappy as usual. I'll try to take a couple in daylight to show colours better:
Saya:
Close up of grain: