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Post by YlliwCir on Oct 15, 2007 5:35:55 GMT
Good review, Anthony, looks like you got a good deal there. Karma. Btw, I got more than one hole in the bottom of my trash can.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2007 16:23:32 GMT
Okay, I oil the blade. I know how and I do it right. I do it as soon as I'm done with my cutting. Can a katana really rust that badly in one session? It could be from the first session, which involved a pumpkin and lasted for a longer time than if I were just cutting a few water bottles. I'm going to start cleaning it off with WD-40, so this problem should stop. And I know not to rely on mere WD-40. That's just to clean it off before I put the choji oil on.
Ric, thanks for karma. I'm still using the trashcan, and the folks aren't mad about it. I'd like to find a sturdier base, though. I'll probably do something with one of the logs we have around. Probably something like ShooterMike has.
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Post by grahamts on Oct 15, 2007 16:38:18 GMT
Stevepoppers that definitely looks a lot better with the Tsuba up the right way ;D & no I don't think you got screwed, it's a good basic sword at a reasonable price As for the rust, I forgot to clean and oil one sword and left it for a day, took it out and there was small rust marks all over it. The really annoying ones were those caused by fingers, finger prints were being etched into the blade It took me a couple of hours to get the marks out and luckily they weren't too deep so I managed to loose them completely. However it taught me a valuable lesson about cleaning and oiling.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2007 3:30:32 GMT
Hmmm just put some real elbow grease into it and most of the marks should come out unless they are scratches
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2007 23:36:24 GMT
pumpkin = organic oil organic oil = not good for the blade
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Post by handforgedkatanas on Oct 18, 2007 5:26:19 GMT
Hey Stevepoppers,regarding your ito try pouring some hot water,from a kettle,over the tsuka just enough to wet the ito and keeping the katana with blade facing up to keep it dry.The hot water will shrink the ito,just try not to get the thing too wet and let it dry naturally.I know this will make many people panic but I have done it and it works fine and is much easier that re-wrapping correctly.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2007 2:27:11 GMT
I've been buying sandpaper for the marks and will try polishing them out sometime soon. I figured it was the pumpking that did it. It's basically a giant fruit and fruit are acidic...
The ito's not really a problem, but I think I may try that.
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Post by salvatore on Oct 22, 2007 4:04:45 GMT
Indeed, they are acidic. That is why i cut, and I ALWAYS have a cotton cloth by my side, or wrapped around my hand. My kaze has done me wonders, have a few hundred bottles under my belt. To polish, you can use sand paper. Just move up in grit, and be sure to have plenty of different gritted fine sand paper. I did this with my iaito, works fine. Excellent form by the way, very nice.
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