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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2010 16:57:12 GMT
Ineffableone, congratulations on your Kissaki Moroha, cool looking ! By the way, Looking from the photo, it looks like the width of the upper edge has narrower shorter width span than the width span of the lower edge. I dont know whether this is due to camera angle or it was made by ST sword to be that way? Also since this is T-10 blade, are you going to test tameshigiri cut on bamboo ?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2010 21:43:54 GMT
Hey thanks johan, no the upper edge and lower edge are the same width. Definitely just a trick of the camera. Probably also partially from the angles and the curve of the blade. Yes I am definitely planning on doing cutting. The dollar store a block away has a bunch of pool noodles out now, so those will probably be the first victims. Muuuhaha. I was a little disappointed, and really my only semi-issue with the sword, that it did not come very sharp. Which means I need to do some serious sharpening right away. It is ok, not the end of the world, but it would have been nice to be able to cut right away. BTW It has been pretty cloudy here so I have not been able to get out for a second batch of photos Well it is the Northwet and that is what happens when you live in a rainforest. It hasn't been too rainy just very light mist today. But tomorrow is supposed to be better so I might be able to get some pictures then.
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2010 3:45:39 GMT
;D After some talk in SanMarc's silver seppa (sepia) thread /index.cgi?board=swordcustom&action=display&thread=15994&page=1 I decided to put some 1 gram bullion in my tsuka as menuki. I just ordered two silver 1 gram bullion pieces for $5.90 including shipping. One has a lone wolf the other a grizzly bear relief. Eventually I may trade them out with platinum 1 gram bullion. Or I may make one platinum one palladium or maybe one titanium. As you can see I am a little unsure what metal combo I would prefer. But two silver ones will get me by for a nice while. I will also be making some silver seppa soon. I am looking at getting a 4 ounce silver coin if it is actually the right size to turn into a tsuba. I am also looking into getting my silver/grey ito and sageo soon. As you may be getting the idea, I am heading toward a silver theme. If I get the coin I am still unsure if I will work it into a shape, or if I will use it as is. I will have to see how it looks as is, then go from there. ;D
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2010 11:35:26 GMT
*edit, F/K were advertised as iron in my reading but I have found they are definitely copper after a bit of filing. "The black iron tsuba, fuchi, & kashira are done in a “flower” motif." I do see how it could be argued iron is only in front of tsuba. Tsuba is iron BTW. Though I would point to there is no decoration on the F/K and the tsuba is leaves (which I had noticed in pictures before buying) not flower. The menuki are flowers, but not the others.
I am not upset with this, and would say this is an example of ST-Sword's translation making details murky. If a detail is important to you, make sure to ask directly to verify it is correct would be my suggestion.
I did a little filling on the tsuba, to get a smoother fit on it. Now it needs no hammering. Just a firm tap with my hand and it is seated perfectly. ;D
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2010 12:11:28 GMT
Oh another interesting thing I have found. When swinging right handed left to right "swish" the bo-hi make that sound. Swing right to left and the sound is weak almost not there and sometimes not there. Now switch to left handed, and swing left to right and almost no or no sound, but then swing right to left and "swish" the sound is there. Seems a bit odd, I am sure there are some reasons for it some physics professor could spend an hour explaining. Could be as simple as angle of the swings. I don't know but thought I would report it.
Oh and for those who don't bother to go back an reread my edits to the original post.
COP (center of percussion) was found to be aprox at the transition to the upper edge. and the hilt node aprox at the first mekugi peg. As I stated in the edit for the review. One must wonder if these harmonic points were designed to be in these spots. The transition gives a perfect visual of where your sweet spot to strike with is, and the mekugi is pretty much where your hand will hold the sword giving the least amount of shock to your grip. Weather intentional, a result of the design, or accidental it sure makes this sword even nicer. ;D
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2010 16:21:10 GMT
Ineffableone , no problem, Man!! Yeah It is typical Seattle's weather, it can be raining for days! Cant see the sunlight, greyish cloud ! Most likely get a good cup of coffee and read books while waiting for the weather to clear !! He he he....
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2010 16:23:42 GMT
To spice up the ownership of kissaki moroha zukuri katana, this movie is highly recommended because they have a choreographed figthing scene where the Japanese warrior used Kissaki moroha zukuri tachi. The story set in Tang China on its western dessert border where a Japanese warrior was hired to hunt by the Tang Govt to hunt fugitive. The film was made in 2003, so it is quite can be considered a recent movie. Attachments:
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2010 18:45:25 GMT
That is a great movie Johan, but I had not realized they had Kissaki-moroha-zukuri in there, I will have to rewatch it now. Not like that is a horrible thing for such a nice movie. ;D
BTW my brother has said he will take the new pictures for me, but has been busy with other stuff. If he takes much longer I will ask again to borrow his camera.
Cutting Update I have sharpened up the blade. Not to extreme stupid sharp, though I will go there after I slow down on my cutting fun. I have been out cutting bottles, pool noodles, beach mats, and doing some landscaping (tree limbs etc) due to my brothers house has a quite over grown yard. It is a lot of fun to go whirling and coping through the yard with my sword. ;D
So how has the blade done you may wonder?
Bottles: of various size and hardness, are sliced through with ease
Pool noodles: sliced like butter, I thought people said these can be challenging. (tries with another blade, oh they can be challenging) I was even setting the cut pieces back on top of the cut then recutting the unconnected noodle with ease!
Beach mat rolls: Nice easy slices, lots of fun I need to get more!
Landscaping: Thumb sized and smaller branches easily cut clean many even one handed. Larger branches, up to 3 inches cut clean with good solid two handed cutting swing.
Sadly most of my landscaping sword play is done now, so will have to resort to the more traditional bottles noodles and mats. Though there is a nice 4-5 inch tree that I might take on. It is actually bent over and would be quite easy to get to once the blackberry vines are cleared. It needs to be cut down anyways though I am not sure if I will cut it with my sword all the way to the 4-5 inch part of the trunk.
The blade has held up extremely well. Little scratching on the blade, interestingly I have been looking at these scratch patterns and see how I have a fairly consistent style of cutting. Absolutely no dings, nicks, or damage has been done to the edge. In fact it is still cutting quite well after all that cutting with no retouching or sharpening.
I have to say I am quite please with this blade. ;D
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2010 18:53:59 GMT
well, be careful with that tree... 5 inches of tree isn't for swords, especially katana....
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2010 19:18:17 GMT
well, be careful with that tree... 5 inches of tree isn't for swords, especially katana.... Yes, that is why I mentioned I was not so sure about cutting it all the way up to the 4-5 inch part of the trunk. I do plan on cutting it but as I get to the thicker sections I will start to feel how much of a issue it might be. I definatly don't want to break my new sword and may stop at 3 inches or even before that. Good looking out nihontoman, and I should make it clear I am not planning on cutting at the 5 inch section. 3-4 inches is about as far as I would push any blade cutting, depending on the hardness of the wood. Since I have the entire tree to work on, I have plenty of time to get used to cutting this wood as I trim the branches, then work down the trunk. I will stop ahead of any point I might worry about damaging the blade.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2010 14:55:09 GMT
Oh you watched that already !! It was in the scene where the Japanese swordman met the fugitive in the broad day light, and they were fighting in and out of a wooden shack. When each of the man trying to stab each other thru the wall, the tachi was most visibly seen.
The rest of the scene where he used the tachi was hard to see , it was either done in the low light or simply to fast to be noticed , moreover the strange thing when he did the noto as if he was sheathing the single edge tachi, so we missed that part as if he was using a single edge sword.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2010 15:40:39 GMT
I found this photo on the net, at the front row the 2nd man from the right wearing black ( Japanese swordman acted by Kiichi Nakai ) was holding a tachi with an outline geometry of appearing to be Kissaki Moroha zukuri tachi. This photo was taken from the movie I mentioned above. Attachments:
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2010 20:11:15 GMT
Oh you watched that already !! It was in the scene where the Japanese swordman met the fugitive in the broad day light, and they were fighting in and out of a wooden shack. When each of the man trying to stab each other thru the wall, the tachi was most visibly seen. The rest of the scene where he used the tachi was hard to see , it was either done in the low light or simply to fast to be noticed , moreover the strange thing when he did the noto as if he was sheathing the single edge tachi, so we missed that part as if he was using a single edge sword. Yes I just watched (thanks for letting me know about it) the movie again. I had not known about these swords the first time I saw it. Yes the fight scene when they were hiring for the caravan and he was stabbing through the log house wall is the best view of the sword. You do see it here and there in other parts but it is pretty fast so no real good looks. One thing I noticed though was the second edge was about half the length vs the 1/3 length that is on mine. When researching and just searching for one to buy. I had noticed this length did seem to vary some from about 1/4 length to 1/2. If I were a rich man I would buy ones with different second blade lengths and see how they compare, but alas I am not rich. I think with the noto what made him able to do it as a regular single edged blade would be not having a razor sharp second edge, also wearing a glove so the area the edge goes over is protected, plus some movie making fudging facts could be part of it. I would say the not full sharp and glove/armor would be my guess as to how to still do traditional noto. I had been watching very specifically for the sheathing and this seems to be the only thing that made sense of how he did it. Now weather this is how it is really done? I don't know. If you actually put a true sharp edge on the upper edge you would not want to do this I am sure. Your glove may not fully protect you if you did, and running the edge over leather or whatever the glove is made of would wear on the edge anyways, dulling it each time. Still this movie is one great film, and now especially great due to the use of a Kissaki-moroha-zukuri in it! It is also a cool film just for the amount of different styles of swords used. With Turk, Chinese, and Japanese swords it was a nice movie showing different blade styles against one another.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2010 7:54:47 GMT
Inffableone , I just received my Raptor Moroha kissaki early this week. It is a very pleasant sword to handle. It has a good sori , although I am not a fan of deep sori, but this is definitely an exception. It is light weight, and I can handle it with one hand with ease. I will be using this sword for part of my cutting practises soon. Though moroha geometry may not to every one's palate, I enjoyed its unique design.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2010 16:55:56 GMT
also received one this week, one of the best itomaki i've ever seen (ultra tight & alternate), the blade godd be a bit sharper- -but its ok
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2010 18:13:55 GMT
I know that DF stop production on their 1060 Moroha kissaki zukuri blade , I had read the review of its folded blade version. I wonder anybody owned a 1060 blade for the DF Moroha ?
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