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Post by Darius359au on Aug 19, 2014 13:59:22 GMT
I was looking through the Huawei and the Swordsmith668 stores looking for a Katana to buy with Birthday cash from my family and my in laws when I came across this sword www.ebay.com/itm/HAND-CARVED-SAY ... OC:AU:3160 ,it was love at first sight ,226 Australian dollars later I'm now waiting for a long thin package to be heading my way in the next couple of days. From what I've read here and in other places I should be getting a decent blade for my money but I'm also getting the bonus of a piece of art as well
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Post by aussie-rabbit on Aug 19, 2014 14:23:28 GMT
Around a week from order has been my experience in Aussie, sometimes the "authorities" in China have a slow period for many reasons but think 5 working days and you'll be about right
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Post by frankthebunny on Aug 19, 2014 15:30:17 GMT
Happy birthday and congrats on your present I noticed the tsukamaki seems to be reversed, meaning it was started on the opposite side. The habaki also seems a bit small for the motohaba. These aren't major things but I thought I'd mention it.
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Post by madawcisrich on Aug 20, 2014 13:59:27 GMT
Hi, Darius
Happy birthday! I like the engraving on the katana.
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Post by Darius359au on Sept 1, 2014 6:28:06 GMT
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Post by aussie-rabbit on Sept 1, 2014 6:52:26 GMT
While I'm not a big fan of engraved blades that still looks good, keep it lightly oiled with 3-in-1 or similar, if you want to clean in the engraving you can do it with a tooth brush and the aforesaid oil
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Post by Darius359au on Sept 2, 2014 3:48:29 GMT
Decided to take my sword apart to check under the hood as it were and ran into the Tsuka not wanting to come off issue ,but after a couple of light taps on the tsuba with a block of wood it came off ,found out why it was tight when I accidently turned the tsuka upside down and a pile of crud came out :shock: (see photo below),I'm suprised it went on in the first place with the stuff that came out.. other than the crud everything else looked pretty good ,or atleast nothing obvious to a noob like me.
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Post by Greg E on Sept 2, 2014 4:07:06 GMT
I have found that a lot of the time the makers will hammer on a tsuka then drill through the tsuka and tang in one motion, leaving burs on the holes of the tang. When one then tries to take it off later the burs gouge out bits of wood on the way out. Not sure if that is what you encountereed or not.
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Post by Darius359au on Sept 2, 2014 5:04:45 GMT
Wouldn't surprise me ,there were burrs around the holes which I sanded down ,that was one of the things I'd read about that I was looking for when I pulled it apart.
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