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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2008 22:08:20 GMT
Per some of the guys advice here I bought a Musashi Shizoku Katana ($50, delivered to the door to play with. I am just doing this for decoration and to practice my sword polishing...which they took some of the fun out of that part, it showed up respectably sharp. Before anyone starts in on me about removing the wrap, I will never swing this sword, so grip is moot. Same with the tsuba, I am not going into battle here. It's my sword, this is what I wanted it to look like, simple as that. I have to make a proper display stand and polish the fake hamon off and sharpen it. Just thought I would check in and show what I have so far. The wood is curly maple and walnut.
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Post by randomnobody on Jan 31, 2008 22:25:33 GMT
Ooh, pretty. So I take it you're reasonably impressed with Musashi?
Can't wait to see what you do with this.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2008 22:33:17 GMT
Damn, very nice. Make sure you keep us well informed
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Post by oos3thoo on Jan 31, 2008 22:34:40 GMT
Wow.... Those woods make an awesome combination!
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Post by themaster293 on Jan 31, 2008 23:22:47 GMT
Wow.... Those woods make an awesome combination! Agreed.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2008 0:21:00 GMT
So I take it you're reasonably impressed with Musashi? Yes. I bought the cheapest thing they had to sell, and it was not junk for my purposes. I have paid $50 for a pocket knife at some of those online/catalog places that I was not as satisfied with. I am not a sword buyer, that is why I came here for advice. From my first experience I would not be as tentative about buying some of their more high price/higher quality products.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2008 0:36:05 GMT
That is a fantastic looking shirasaya, very well done! Please keep us informed about your sharpening.
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Post by zacaroni on Feb 1, 2008 3:02:07 GMT
Awesome work! Truly unique. I sure wish they didn;t stamp their habaki though. An easy fix I guess. But great job man, by the the looks of it you must be a guitar maker.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2008 0:27:16 GMT
by the the looks of it you must be a guitar maker. No, just a humble woodsman....anyone want the other end of this "sword" ? (that is what they call a "misery whip" for good reason, trust me) I have seen some videos of you guys cutting 1"-2" softwood tree limbs with your weapons of destruction, cool.
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Post by randomnobody on Feb 2, 2008 0:53:37 GMT
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You win. Yours is bigger.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2008 4:19:27 GMT
I love the natural grain of a saya... it's so elegant in it's simplicity. What kind of wood was the original saya made of?
~Jesse
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Post by alvin on Feb 24, 2008 4:34:53 GMT
BEAUTIFUL WORK!! What tools did you use? I'm about to try my hand at making a sheath out of Diamondwood for my 1907 Spanish cavalry sword.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2008 12:32:07 GMT
What kind of wood was the original saya made of? I assume you mean as I received it? It looked like this, enameled wood. I have all the original parts if I wanted to put it back like I bought it...but I never will.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2008 12:37:47 GMT
A sawmill (I "made" the wood) and a kiln to dry it. Planer, jointer, bandsaw, table saw, scroll saw, drill press,chisels, belt sanders, random orbit sander, hand plane...but one could be made with a handsaw, drawknife, chisel and sandpaper.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2008 13:00:22 GMT
Darren: have you considered getting a folded steel blade with real hamon and doing it up in shirasaya? Very nice job, I would love something much the same at some point.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2008 14:14:20 GMT
Darren: have you considered getting a folded steel blade with real hamon and doing it up in shirasaya? When time/money allows, yes. It was a fun project, I just have too many irons in the fire as they say right now. I have not even finished this one to suit me. I have polished off the fake hamon and started sharpening it. It will shave my arm, but I am still not satisfied.
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Post by Brendan Olszowy on Feb 24, 2008 14:37:40 GMT
Hey Darren is there any chance of getting you to write up a bit of a tutorial with some tips / techniques / tools for how you get your blades razor sharp. There's a sharpening sticky in the general section here: /index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=1191981694 It's appreciated.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2008 19:40:00 GMT
Hey Darren is there any chance of getting you to write up a bit of a tutorial with some tips / techniques / tools for how you get your blades razor sharp. There's a sharpening sticky in the general section here: /index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=1191981694 It's appreciated. Sure. Let me take some pictures of some things (stones, strops...) I glanced through that thread real quick and did not see any mention of "barber strops" that is the secret to getting them razor sharp, lots of stropping. Then there is jewelers rouge and some other stuff.
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