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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2006 21:43:29 GMT
Hi All, I just recently bought a Cheness Higo, and I love it! I am having some problems separating the blade from the saya. Is it just a mattter of taking both mekugi or bamboo pins out and pulling on the tsuka? Is there any special tools needed? (Like a vice or something) Thanks
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2006 23:56:59 GMT
Check out this post:
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Removing a stuborn tsuka is discussed here. Hope this helps
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Post by Marc Ridgeway on Dec 23, 2006 1:04:48 GMT
Hi All, I just recently bought a Cheness Higo, and I love it! I am having some problems separating the blade from the saya. Is it just a mattter of taking both mekugi or bamboo pins out and pulling on the tsuka? Is there any special tools needed? (Like a vice or something) Thanks You say saya , I assume you mean tsuka. For this exercise you will need : a small punch, a small hammer, leather gloves, 2 hand towels. First using the punch and the small hammer, tap out the mekugi. these should be larger in diameter on one end, tap the small end. Now. with your gloves on , wrap one of the towels around the tsuba. Hold the blade about 6 inches up from the habaki ,using the gloves and 2nd towel, with the kissaki upwards and the blade facing away from you. Careful to keep the fingers of your gripping hand from the ha(edge) gently but firmly( ) tap the towel wrapped tsuba with the rubber mallet. Be very careful not to hit the habaki(that's the brass blade collar) Hope this helps.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2006 21:02:50 GMT
XTCJerad,
Lay your Higo flat on a towel atop your bed. Out of the saya, flat on bed with cutting edge facing away from you tsuka to the left of you. Lay some rice paper, or cloth, against tsuba covering habaki. Going parallel to the blade take a soft wooden dowel (mine was 36" long 7/8" round dowel) and place one end of dowel on the tsuba near habaki (on top of rice paper or cloth etc.) and strike the other end of dowel with wooden hammer (I used the handle of my rubber mallet). You want dowel parallel to the blade and about 5 degrees or so off the blade (by tip of blade). Tap gently yet be firm. Do 3 or 4 taps ea. side flipping back and forth. Be even and patient with your taps. I tapped the dowel along the tsuba as close as I could get to the habaki. Never tapped on the mune or ha side of the tsuba. After a few minutes you will notice seperation between seppa and habaki. You will find that using a dowel helps in avoiding accidental blows to the blade or habaki. Once I had mine about 1/4" out I switched back over to the traditional method of blade removal. Hope this helps.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2007 18:03:49 GMT
imho i dont think i would do it myself...then again i am not a "take things apart" kinda guy
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