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Post by dantheshotokankid on Jul 16, 2012 0:59:12 GMT
oh no i did it by accident ^_^ sorry. But yeah I logged in one day, and none of my posts were there, so i thought "i probably just didnt submit it right" so i just posted the same question. lol Sorry.
chrisperoni: i got rid of some of my videos because i plan on redoing them, because they can be better. But for now, i'm just going through a time of research, so i'm sort of taking a break from youtube right now. Because i'm leaving on thursday to go train with 8th dan masters in wado ryu. so yeah, remember i'm still new to this sight, so i'll do some pretty stupid stuff. But for youtube, I'm just learning what it's all about
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Post by Jussi Ekholm on Jul 16, 2012 13:52:21 GMT
Well I'm not into cutting competitions etc. but I would second Kuya's advice on asking advice on senior members in them for recommendations for future sword.
If you practice Japanese swordarts, I personally would stay away from hira-zukuri katana as well as these new performance geometries. But well, I'm a traditionalist...
Doing home improvement on a katana might be hard and costly work, if you are not a crafty person. Therefore I might recommend getting a new sword, you can do search here or other places in the Internet for good cutting swords in sub 300$ range. Reason behind this is following. Carving tsuka takes time & costs. Buying rayskin & applying it takes time & costs. Buying ito and doing tsukamaki takes time & costs. Buying new fittings costs, polishing the sword will take time and cost a bit (high grit sandpapers). So as you can see things easily add-up, and if you are not good with your hands, you'll probably have to have someone else doing these for you.
So that's why I might recommend getting a new sword, I think as you said you are on a tight budget the money would be better spent on well-made sword right off the shelf than a first customization project. Then you might try your hands on customizing this later on.
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Post by dantheshotokankid on Jul 17, 2012 20:53:40 GMT
Oh, I did what yall said about re wrapping the handle, and using high grit sand paper to polish it (i used 600) and it's looking a lot better. thank you
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Post by Kuya on Jul 18, 2012 10:13:08 GMT
Wow, you wrap fast! And 600 grit leaves a really ugly finish... do more.
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Post by dantheshotokankid on Jul 22, 2012 20:18:54 GMT
the wrapping took me about 4 1/2 hours. But yeah, it'll take a while before I can get a higher grit, my parents really dont support my weapons training at all, they're more for open hand defense
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Post by Lobster Hunter on Jul 23, 2012 2:03:43 GMT
Excellent. I'm one of those people who attach considerable sentimental value to swords so getting rid of one that was gifted to me would be unthinkable. 1500 grit sandpaper will get your blade to a nice smooth finish. Tell your parents that weapon training is less about some sort of self defense thing and more about a study of culture and history, sort of like being an amateur anthropologist. Then they might get it.
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Post by dantheshotokankid on Jul 27, 2012 1:25:35 GMT
i have in the past, and to be honest, they say that we're desendants from british royality. So like 500 years ago i would be training to be a knight and they're not so concerned with Eastern culture. they're mostly Europe and America
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Post by dantheshotokankid on Jul 27, 2012 17:13:51 GMT
But i have no yet grown a emotional attachment to my weapons yet. I see weapons as tools for the warrior. I dont like being satisfied for being "ok", i would rather be "excellent"
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Post by dantheshotokankid on Aug 28, 2012 1:04:41 GMT
I just aquired 1000 grit and 1500 grit
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Post by Kuya on Aug 28, 2012 1:21:25 GMT
1,500 should get you a nice "satin" finish if you do it evenly and long enough.
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Post by dantheshotokankid on Sept 5, 2012 23:55:22 GMT
it's looking very nice, thank you all.
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