Howard Clark Blades/ Evolution Blades Mounting & Polishing
Jul 22, 2024 17:15:47 GMT
Post by cjb080781 on Jul 22, 2024 17:15:47 GMT
Got the text from Jason Yoon today that my 1086 Daisho set and L6 Bainite are complete. They will ship this week. This was a quick process all things considered. I ordered the blades from Howard 2/19/24 and today is 7/22/24 so a 5 month turn around. From everything I've read about this process this is world record type turn around. As I initially posted back in February 2024 these were all blades Howard happened to have on hand. So not waiting for him to make it from scratch of course probably saved a year or so. Evolution Blades having a relationship with Howard to make the shipping and whatever alterations Jason requested from Howard to make the blades easier to mount helped as well. Evolution Blades being able to do everything in house instead of piecing out the mounting/polishing saved god only knows how much time. If Howard didn't have to wait for almost a month to get some type of solution, I think it was, to get the blades cleaned up before he sent them to Jason this would've been done faster.
I've attached the before photos of the blades as purchased and linked the finished product. Obviously I haven't seen the finished product in person but if it looks like it does in the photos I couldn't be happier.
Here is Howards description of the blades.
L6 Specs:
third L-6 31-1/4 inch nagasa, 11-5/8 inch nakago, 0.285 inch motohaba, 0.185 inch sakihaba, 1-3/16 inch motokasane, 7/8 inch sakikasane, 15/16 inch tori sori. This is a very long, but deceptively agile sword, somewhat thinner and more tapered than many of it's size.
Daisho Set Specs:
The katana specifications are 29.5 inch nagasa, 10 inch nakago, motohaba 1-3/16", sakihaba 7/8 inch, motokasane 0.264 inch, sakikasane 0.235 inch, 1/2 inch tori sori
wakizashi 18.25 inch nagasa, 5-1/2 inch nakago, motohaba 1-1/8 inch, sakihaba 3/4 inch, motokasane 0.280 inch, sakikasane 0.200 inch
drive.google.com/drive/folders/10jgqYKk6Z4M6YJud674_20qEexOYJaZ3?usp=sharing
drive.google.com/drive/folders/1HFxNYZJMvA4EDaoyLwM3sMbJ8Zgq-2Ie?usp=sharing
I've attached the before photos of the blades as purchased and linked the finished product. Obviously I haven't seen the finished product in person but if it looks like it does in the photos I couldn't be happier.
Here is Howards description of the blades.
L6 Specs:
third L-6 31-1/4 inch nagasa, 11-5/8 inch nakago, 0.285 inch motohaba, 0.185 inch sakihaba, 1-3/16 inch motokasane, 7/8 inch sakikasane, 15/16 inch tori sori. This is a very long, but deceptively agile sword, somewhat thinner and more tapered than many of it's size.
Daisho Set Specs:
The katana specifications are 29.5 inch nagasa, 10 inch nakago, motohaba 1-3/16", sakihaba 7/8 inch, motokasane 0.264 inch, sakikasane 0.235 inch, 1/2 inch tori sori
wakizashi 18.25 inch nagasa, 5-1/2 inch nakago, motohaba 1-1/8 inch, sakihaba 3/4 inch, motokasane 0.280 inch, sakikasane 0.200 inch
drive.google.com/drive/folders/10jgqYKk6Z4M6YJud674_20qEexOYJaZ3?usp=sharing
drive.google.com/drive/folders/1HFxNYZJMvA4EDaoyLwM3sMbJ8Zgq-2Ie?usp=sharing