New grips/wraps

That looks great Mike, nicely done !
Dan

This is my customized Furu wakizashi.
I used a ribbon for the grip...oh.. stop gasping everyone.. it looks pretty cool, and it contrasts well with the golden menuki and tsuba. It was a simple enough job.



~Jesse

Hey guys ) I just finished re-wrapping the handle of my 15th Century longsword.



When I cut away the old leather I was pleased to find a nice looking, solid hardwood handle.



I took some nice supple leather (pigskin?) I found in the scrap pile at tandy and a leather thong and got to work.



Interesting choice for a spacer..

In this picture you can see my cutting was a little sloppy. I need better tools and more practice, both of which will come in time. I can't feel the seam when I'm holding the sword, so good enough for now.



This was my first time trying a wire wrap. Thanks much Brenno for the pointers, they helped alot. I used 24 gauge steel and copper wires. What I did with this was; wrapped one wire clockwise and one counter, repeated for both types. It took some patience to get the twists even in all 4 wires, but it came out nice. Wrapping all 4 around the handle together was also a bit challenging. You can see in the pictures below where I had to run the wires over themselves for one round. Four wires wide was too much to just start out of no-where, so I drilled 2 holes about 1 cm down from the riser and started the ends from there. Those wires popping out at the riser are riding on top of the ones underneath them, I'll have to see what I can do about flattening them.





I pounded the braided ferrule from the original wrap back in place on the end to cover up where the wires terminate. I made a little channel in the end of the wood also and folded the wire ends into it so there is very little chance of them loosening. More Pics )





Now I have to make a scabbard for it it doesn't match the cheap windlass one it came with anymore.

Maz, that's a beauty. Very smooth and the transition at both ends is very nicely done. Great job!

Thanks guys ;D

That looks awesome Brenno ;D nice job with the risers. Makes a huge difference in the overall look of the sword, and it complements the etching nicely. Can you post a pic showing the whole sword?

Very nice! That's a one pice leather wrap, correct?

That would be cool for me as well.... I want to re-wrap my ATDS1501 when it arrives.

Here is a link to mine
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