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Post by dhall on Dec 27, 2021 15:45:11 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2021 17:03:23 GMT
Daaaaaaaammn, me like. Nice design
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Post by mrbadexample on Dec 27, 2021 17:15:17 GMT
Indeed. I imagine that the sub hilt will make it very easy to control.
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Post by Paul Muad’Dib on Dec 28, 2021 3:09:40 GMT
I knew I had been saving up for something.
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Post by shepherd214 on Jan 3, 2022 4:24:59 GMT
How wide and thick is the blade?
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Post by Paul Muad’Dib on Jan 3, 2022 14:52:44 GMT
How wide and thick is the blade? Width- 36.4 mm near ricasso and 30.4 at kissaki. Thickness- 4.4 near ricasso and 4.6 at kissaki. |
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Post by shepherd214 on Jan 4, 2022 5:07:02 GMT
How wide and thick is the blade? Width- 36.4 mm near ricasso and 30.4 at kissaki. Thickness- 4.4 near ricasso and 4.6 at kissaki. That's excellent, thank you. These are really neat designs. I wish they would have taken my advice and make these sandwich tang designs. The current method for the pommel is a cheap weld and wood glue. My Honshu boshin waki pommel fell off, and I think I've seen 5 or 6 other comments on YouTube and review sites say the same thing. The could do rubber scales instead, and pin bolster scales on the end of the full tang instead, would be 10x more durable. For 100 bucks though I might buy and modify for a fun beater. |
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Post by Paul Muad’Dib on Jan 4, 2022 13:49:38 GMT
Width- 36.4 mm near ricasso and 30.4 at kissaki. Thickness- 4.4 near ricasso and 4.6 at kissaki. That's excellent, thank you. These are really neat designs. I wish they would have taken my advice and make these sandwich tang designs. The current method for the pommel is a cheap weld and wood glue. My Honshu boshin waki pommel fell off, and I think I've seen 5 or 6 other comments on YouTube and review sites say the same thing. The could do rubber scales instead, and pin bolster scales on the end of the full tang instead, would be 10x more durable. For 100 bucks though I might buy and modify for a fun beater. Yeah I saw your post on the damaged HB wak. Still have to thank you for posting that. Had been trying to find out how the tang was constructed. That’s why I was so glad to be able to give you the info you wanted. I don’t do any heavy cutting with my swords so shouldn’t be a problem. Just got this a few days ago. Fit on the hilt is excellent. Pommel has two small scratches on it, not a big deal for me. The blade finish though leaves a lot to be desired. Not very even in several places. Might have a ghost hamon right behind the kissaki. About 5 inches long both sides. Not sure though, could be polishing marks. But for the price ( I got 10% off) I don’t think you can go wrong. I like it and it’s my current favorite. But that could be because it’s new. Haha. |
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Post by shepherd214 on Jan 7, 2022 6:18:49 GMT
That's excellent, thank you. These are really neat designs. I wish they would have taken my advice and make these sandwich tang designs. The current method for the pommel is a cheap weld and wood glue. My Honshu boshin waki pommel fell off, and I think I've seen 5 or 6 other comments on YouTube and review sites say the same thing. The could do rubber scales instead, and pin bolster scales on the end of the full tang instead, would be 10x more durable. For 100 bucks though I might buy and modify for a fun beater. Yeah I saw your post on the damaged HB wak. Still have to thank you for posting that. Had been trying to find out how the tang was constructed. That’s why I was so glad to be able to give you the info you wanted. I don’t do any heavy cutting with my swords so shouldn’t be a problem. Just got this a few days ago. Fit on the hilt is excellent. Pommel has two small scratches on it, not a big deal for me. The blade finish though leaves a lot to be desired. Not very even in several places. Might have a ghost hamon right behind the kissaki. About 5 inches long both sides. Not sure though, could be polishing marks. But for the price ( I got 10% off) I don’t think you can go wrong. I like it and it’s my current favorite. But that could be because it’s new. Haha. Well the pommel didn't snap completely from use. I cut some branches around and inch or so and the pommel bent from the handle pretty severely. So I just helped the cheap weld finally break off. Filling the Tang and handle with West Systems epoxy and then threading the Chicago screws through all that actually made it stronger and losing the super heavy pommel made the blade feel much better. I'm unsure if losing the pommel on the subhilt would leave enough usable handle left though. The grinds in my two Honshu wakis ranged from okay to awful. The kissaki on one pointed severely to the left. The lines were also a little uneven. The geometry was very thick and axe like. I had planned on resharpening them but lost both in a fire among my entire sword collection. So, there went that idea. Lol. For a hundreds bucks though it's hard to complain. I tested the blades and they had strong spring tempered heat treats to them. |
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Post by treeslicer on Jan 9, 2022 0:07:11 GMT
Yup. Leave your nihonto and your Randalls in the same dark closet too long, and things like that might happen.......   |
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Post by eastman on Jan 9, 2022 0:17:26 GMT
Yup. Leave your nihonto and your Randalls in the same dark closet too long, and things like that might happen.......
That and half the jar of Renaissance Wax is missing. 
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