Simon Lee custom shobu katana
Jan 31, 2020 21:28:05 GMT
Post by Stef on Jan 31, 2020 21:28:05 GMT
hello boys and girls !!!
I bring before you my latest finished project
a simon lee custom shobu katana made with his own steel .lets not call it tamahagane as we all know it isn't.
(note* as of recently I do not advise buying from the ebay seller simon lee as it appears the business has been taken over by someone else with no where near the same level of ethics, attention to detail and more importantly no longer made by simon I suspect )
having said that here are the specs
shobu zukuri blade with no bo-hi folded and with a beautiful polish done by simon ( he did it twice a he wasn't happy )
the blade was ordered in shirasaya as I had plans...
fuchi kashira and tsuba are from Josiah Boomershine
menuki are shishi dogs (antique)
seppa from cottontail customs
ito is seamless nubuk in green also made by Josiah Boomershine
the sageo is from japan custom order nubuck leather with urushi . I had to order a minimum of 5, that cost me a whole lot
the kaerizuno was designed and 3d printed by me
the skin for the saya was purchased from Erving Exotic Leather
once I had all the pieces together it was time to send it off to the Man in black to assemble it and do some fabrication
he made a new habaki made new core for the tsuka and new saya to wrap the samegawa , did the tsukamaki and put everything together as a pro, he delivered on everything I asked and then some
please enjoy the sword porn and the fruit of 3 years of planning and work by some of my favourite craftsman
thank you to the man in black, mr boomershine ,cottontail customs, Nicholas for the samegawa and excellent customer service .
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I bring before you my latest finished project
a simon lee custom shobu katana made with his own steel .lets not call it tamahagane as we all know it isn't.
(note* as of recently I do not advise buying from the ebay seller simon lee as it appears the business has been taken over by someone else with no where near the same level of ethics, attention to detail and more importantly no longer made by simon I suspect )
having said that here are the specs
shobu zukuri blade with no bo-hi folded and with a beautiful polish done by simon ( he did it twice a he wasn't happy )
the blade was ordered in shirasaya as I had plans...
fuchi kashira and tsuba are from Josiah Boomershine
menuki are shishi dogs (antique)
seppa from cottontail customs
ito is seamless nubuk in green also made by Josiah Boomershine
the sageo is from japan custom order nubuck leather with urushi . I had to order a minimum of 5, that cost me a whole lot
the kaerizuno was designed and 3d printed by me
the skin for the saya was purchased from Erving Exotic Leather
once I had all the pieces together it was time to send it off to the Man in black to assemble it and do some fabrication
he made a new habaki made new core for the tsuka and new saya to wrap the samegawa , did the tsukamaki and put everything together as a pro, he delivered on everything I asked and then some
please enjoy the sword porn and the fruit of 3 years of planning and work by some of my favourite craftsman
thank you to the man in black, mr boomershine ,cottontail customs, Nicholas for the samegawa and excellent customer service .
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