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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2015 13:46:54 GMT
sorry, but the ebay shop-sites for swordmaker688 and swordsmith668 are exactly the same...layout, graphics...check it out yourselves.
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Post by Greg E on Sept 6, 2015 14:17:16 GMT
sorry, but the ebay shop-sites for swordmaker688 and swordsmith668 are exactly the same...layout, graphics...check it out yourselves. One of them is supposedly the owner and the other is his employee. Work comes from same forge/store.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2015 14:49:29 GMT
*headscratch*...
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Post by greatsaiyaman on Sept 6, 2015 21:38:03 GMT
Definitely sounds like a funny story.
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Post by MessengerofDarkness on Sept 6, 2015 21:47:12 GMT
I suppose that makes sense... wait, do you smell that? (Smells the air) Smells like... sh*t... Bullsh*t, to be exact... -_-
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Post by addertooth on Sept 7, 2015 15:58:05 GMT
Update on the RyanSword replacement. He has made the replacement and sent me the photos. He actually did something extra I wish he hadn't. I asked for a bare and undrilled blade. I had planned to mount the new blade myself. He made an entirely new sword, saya, kozuka and Kogai. This is the photo he sent which he states clearly shows the 1095 lamination (core) line.
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Post by Kiyoshi on Sept 7, 2015 16:00:05 GMT
I... where?
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Post by Greg E on Sept 7, 2015 16:02:59 GMT
Looks like the hamon is very close to the edge of the blade in some spots. But the picture is not very clear.
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Post by Kiyoshi on Sept 7, 2015 16:03:27 GMT
The only line I see on that is a polish line... I wish they'd send higher detailed images.
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Post by addertooth on Sept 7, 2015 16:31:17 GMT
Nod, I had to open it up on paint, then zoom in. A line was drawn where I suspect the lamination line can be seen. The JPEG file he sent was only 12k in size, so there isn't much detail. Click on the image below, then adjust the zoom factor in your browsing window to 250%.
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Post by DigsFossils-n-Knives on Sept 7, 2015 16:34:22 GMT
Ryanswords has the ability of taking hi-res photos. Here is one he sent me claiming it was a sanmai blade, but it's nothing but a polishing trick
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Post by Kiyoshi on Sept 7, 2015 16:43:51 GMT
Seems like a polish line to me. I guess we'll see when you get it. I'd ask for a close up though. Thanks digs, you'd think instead of trying to fake it better they'd save time and money by just... doing it.
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Post by addertooth on Sept 7, 2015 16:44:57 GMT
The proof will be when the blade is in hand. The tools are at the house for absolutely telling the difference. The tougher challenge will be differentiating between shihozume and (the less difficult to make) sanmai. Thanks to the classical soft iron core of shihozume, a magnaflux techniques will see the difference.
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Post by Tavx on Sept 7, 2015 18:04:16 GMT
It could just be the low res picture fooling me, but the replacement ryansword blade looks like they polished the blade to make it look like a lamination line, then heat treated it which might account for the wandering look of the hamon. Just a wild theory, nothing to see here...
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Post by greatsaiyaman on Sept 7, 2015 20:23:47 GMT
That's definitely a polishing line. Also, when the blade is a folded billet with 2 different carbon steels it's alot easier mistake it for a lamination line particularly at the hamon where the carbon content has been pushed closer together. You can see how the polishing if the ji is not uniform at all, which causes your eyes to play tricks thinking that is a lamination line.
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Post by greatsaiyaman on Sept 7, 2015 20:33:58 GMT
Ryanswords has the ability of taking hi-res photos. Here is one he sent me claiming it was a sanmai blade, but it's nothing but a polishing trick That thing looks horrendous. What are they thinking polishing blades like this? I've seen the same examples on there website listing these as 'tamehagane' and asking over 2k for them in THIS polish.
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Post by addertooth on Sept 7, 2015 20:35:42 GMT
I am willing to keep a very open mind until it arrives. The picture lacks resolution to really say anything definitive about it. You can trick the naked eye, but mr. UV laser is a different story. Polished or otherwise, Damascus shows up clearly under it's illumination.
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Post by greatsaiyaman on Sept 7, 2015 20:44:00 GMT
I wouldn't hold your breath, especially from Ryan-sword lol.
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Post by MessengerofDarkness on Sept 7, 2015 20:49:04 GMT
To be fair, I DO think that Ryanswords had improved over the years, at least a bit, but I still wouldn't go with them for something like an expensive laminated blade - Huawei and ST-Nihonto are two other Longquan sellers that I think are a LOT more reputable and reliable.
Still, pending your review adder, I'm willing to keep an open mind as to their stuff.
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Post by addertooth on Sept 7, 2015 21:33:51 GMT
As long as we are discussing polishes, here are three examples of Hazuya finish. The Home finish is a work in progress, so it is not complete. It was done with imported Hazuya stones and water. Irregularities in the smoothness of the blade has caused the shiny streaks, where dips in the surface prevent the hazuya stone from making contact with the surface. The home finish has a softer/finer finish with the least deep scratches. The deepest scratches (coarsest effective grit) is the Ryan. The Hanbon is about half way between the Ryan and Home finish in terms of coarseness of grit/finish. The middle blade looks a bit muddy, the hamon line is somewhat obscured by the Hazuya polish. The best emphasis is currently the Hanbon, but the home finish will end up being similar when it is finished. In defense of Ryan, from the pictures he has sent of the replacement blade, the hazuya finish appears to be better.
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