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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2007 16:32:36 GMT
This is my latest late-night project. I started with an unmounted 1060 blade from Kult of Athena, a tsuba blank from Sei Do Kai, and some koshirae and samekawa leftovers. This is my second completed sword project, as well as my first attempt at acid-etching a hamon, hybrid polishing, patination of the furniture, and engraving. Thanks for looking. Blade length - Nagasa (tip to Mune-machi): 28 inches - 71.12 cm Width at Mune-Machi: 1 1/8" - 2.9 cm Width at Yokote: 7/8" - 2.2 cm Thickness at Mune-Machi: 1/4" - 5.5 mm Thickness at Yokote: 3/16" - 4.8 mm Tsuka length: 9 3/4" - 24.8 cm
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2007 18:30:17 GMT
Very nice man! Karma to you! An excellent job. ;D I have a few questions:
What was the cost, all told?
What is your honest opinion of the COA blades?
How do you like those tsuba blanks?
What is that menuki? A Japanese coin?
Sorry for all the questions, but I think you did a great job, and I've been looking to do soemthing like this for awhile.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2007 19:48:50 GMT
Thanks, DI... to address your questions:
What was the cost, all told?
Considering most of the pieces I used were leftovers from other projects, almost nil. All told, however, under $300.
What is your honest opinion of the COA blades?
I ordered two, and they both came with awful, acid-etched characters on the ura side of the blade, which came off with a few passes of sandpaper. They also had a 'CHINA' stamp on the omote side, which I engraved over. One of the blades came with a dented kissake (this one) which I filed out. I'm not crazy about the steel itself, though, as there are some irregularities in some spots, even when polished out... I went with a coarse finish as opposed to mirror on this for that reason. They are (probably) factory seconds, but they came with a passable saya. Worth $30, IMHO.
How do you like those tsuba blanks?
The one I used came out great, the other is still soaking in chlorine... a tiny bit of it is resisting staying rusted. A good buy, in my opinion.
What is that menuki? A Japanese coin?
Chinese coin.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2007 1:04:20 GMT
Cool. Thanks. I guess if I ever do a shirasaya project, I'll use either a Cheness or a Hamwei blade. Both are differentially hardened too.
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Post by swordreaper on Sept 16, 2007 3:39:51 GMT
Does chlorine promotes rusting?? Because i also bought a SDK swirled tsuba not too long ago and i am really having a hard time rusting it... Really hard
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2007 12:40:55 GMT
Chlorine tablets in an enclosed bucket, a little water... it reacts fast, but long-lasting results take time (weeks). Regarding the SDK tsubas, this one worked well, the other keeps coming out spotty, and is still in the soup. I degreased, filed and sanded them prior to treating them.
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Post by Dan Davis on Sept 17, 2007 18:22:18 GMT
BLM, Add a little table salt to the chlorinated water, it will REALLY speed up the process. It doesn't take much, either.
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