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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2010 14:43:55 GMT
So I was taking apart my Masahiro Elite Musashi katana and I tried the traditional hit your wrist thing and I had no luck there. So put both my feet on the Tsuba and tried to get it off that way. Of course I had the saya on the blade while I was doing this because I did not want to impale anything. Well I had no luck there as well. So then I got a rubber mallet and slowly beat it around the Tsuba making sure I wasnt bending anything. It came off slowly but at a price. As it was slowly coming off the ito started to un wrap itself, and when I had it almost halfway off it wouldnt budge anymore. So I felt that the handle was lost already I hit it at an angle and this was the outcome. I know a lot of you guys are going to call me an idiot but you have to remember this was my first time taking apart a sword, and second this is a really cheap made katana. So here are some pics of the outcome. I dont really know how to make another Tsuka so if anyone has suggestions im all ears. Thanks. Rj Here is the link to the pictures: s894.photobucket.com/albums/ac143/GSXR2010/Masahiro%20taken%20apart/Ill sell everything but the broken Tsuka if you guys want to make some offers....
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Post by Cottontail Customs on Jul 15, 2010 15:14:57 GMT
sorry to hear about this, really unfortunate. from the looks of it there seems to have been a lot of glue/epoxy used to assemble the sword. this is done sometimes by the lower end manufacturers to get away with not having to properly fit the parts. if it's not glue then it could be corrosion or grease or some other scary looking goop all over most of the parts. bummer about the Tsuka. oh well, at least you know what you'd get on a cheap Masahiro for the future.
why were you taking it apart?
I do have a spare Tsuka at home, I'll measure it and post later after work. how long is the Nakago?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2010 15:36:39 GMT
sorry to hear about this, really unfortunate. from the looks of it there seems to have been a lot of glue/epoxy used to assemble the sword. this is done sometimes by the lower end manufacturers to get away with not having to properly fit the parts. if it's not glue then it could be corrosion or grease or some other scary looking goop all over most of the parts. bummer about the Tsuka. oh well, at least you know what you'd get on a cheap Masahiro for the future. why were you taking it apart? I do have a spare Tsuka at home, I'll measure it and post later after work. how long is the Nakago? Oh I was taking this apart because I wanted to practice sharpening the blade. Plus I was going to send the Tsuka over to my bud so that he could practice wrapping the Tsuka while I practiced sharpening. Im sorry but what exactly is the Nakago? I know the old Tsuka was 14" long.
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Post by Cottontail Customs on Jul 15, 2010 17:11:48 GMT
the Nakago is the tang, sorry. well my spare Tsuka is definitely not 14" but if your Nakago is around 8-9" maybe it would work for you.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2010 18:11:49 GMT
Oh I was taking this apart because I wanted to practice sharpening the blade. Plus I was going to send the Tsuka over to my bud so that he could practice wrapping the Tsuka while I practiced sharpening. You don't really NEED to remove the tsuka to sharpen the blade... also with a masahiro, if it is functional and tight, I don't really recommend taking it apart at all unless you want to risk this sort of thing happening. Don't feel bad about destroying your tsuka; it was probably unavoidable anyway. You can buy new parts including complete tsukas online, if you are willing to put money into this project... considering the low value of the blade I'd try to do everything as cheaply as possible.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2010 18:33:35 GMT
Aww man that really is a bummer. I broke when removing my Musashi's tsuka too after I noticed when I redid the ito, that it was cracked. So now it's useless and I don't find it particularly worth it to redo a tsuka for.
Now my Hanwei PPK... I may learn how to make a tsuka for that, however I need to wait for paycheck to get me some poplar/wood crafting tools. Oh man I can't wait it's been a while since I've worked with wood.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2010 22:03:41 GMT
Aww man that really is a bummer. I broke when removing my Musashi's tsuka too after I noticed when I redid the ito, that it was cracked. So now it's useless and I don't find it particularly worth it to redo a tsuka for. Now my Hanwei PPK... I may learn how to make a tsuka for that, however I need to wait for paycheck to get me some poplar/wood crafting tools. Oh man I can't wait it's been a while since I've worked with wood. Im not to bummed out I still have my Musashi Bamboo and I just got my Hanwei PP XL Light in today. But I kinda expected that to happen. But I can practice sharpening the blade now.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2010 0:22:25 GMT
Yeah, those particular swords have awful tsuka.
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