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Post by william m on Mar 8, 2018 10:37:48 GMT
Aside from the unusual tsuba, this seem to be a fairly typical nco katana.
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Post by william m on Feb 7, 2018 11:30:37 GMT
I have never handled this but this sword has been around for a while. The problem I think is that it does not have a metal fuchi and so over time the tsuka may split or it may just happen suddenly.
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Post by william m on Jan 10, 2018 14:16:07 GMT
Well im hoping that this year I will sell off the vast majority of my sword collection. I will also visit a museum here in London to make some detailed measurements of a seax, which will be custom made for me.
I do like the idea of a highlander katana though it seems that all the good ones are incredibly expensive. Anybody know of a moderately priced one?
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Post by william m on Feb 2, 2017 14:05:39 GMT
I always thought that the clevers from LOTR were inspired by Thai Dha swords.
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Post by william m on Feb 2, 2017 14:02:31 GMT
Well in case anybody was interested I used a thread.
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Post by william m on Dec 14, 2016 12:37:03 GMT
Hi all, I have a spare box frame so I am looking at options to mount a Tsuba and a pair of Menuki in there. At the moment I am thinking of maybe looping in some very thin transparent wire or maybe thread but I am not sure as to what the best method would be. For those of you who have your Tsuba/menuki/kozuka displayed in frames, how did you go about with securing it? Thanks! William
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Post by william m on Nov 15, 2016 10:47:21 GMT
i would recommend you use regular mineral oil as it works just fine, i like choji oil for its smell but its hard to find real high quality versions online at a good price so you could look into making your own as chrisperoni as stated its mostly mineral oil with a few drops of clove oil That is pretty much what I did. So either I used too much clove oil, or the clove oil I used was no good. This is the oil I used. www.ebay.co.uk/itm/272352807525
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Post by william m on Nov 2, 2016 13:06:13 GMT
Right, time to re-oil all my swords tonight with my plain oil.
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Post by william m on Nov 2, 2016 8:56:57 GMT
Hi all,
I decided to try my hand at making my own Choji oil. I bought some "white minerial oil" and some clove oil, mixed them together and slathered over my swords. Perhaps a week later the same swords were coated in a light layer of fresh rust !!!
I am wondering what I did wrong as I did use quite a bit of clove oil in the mix, probably way more than I should had. Could this had been the reason?
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Post by william m on Oct 28, 2016 9:58:56 GMT
Seems like a massive rip off to me.. 1 to 5K for a sword made in china? Hahahaha... There is some decent photography there but I see nothing about these swords as to why they would cost so much, they are not particualy nice and I would never buy a sword for that much money without knowing exact handling characteristics etc..
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Post by william m on Oct 17, 2016 15:00:44 GMT
For me, I use ren wax on swords without scabbards because it doesn't catch much dust unlike oil.
Also you don't want to get wax inside your scabbards.
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Post by william m on Sept 23, 2016 14:56:32 GMT
Is that birchwood brown a liquid or gel? I am looking for a gel as I cannot get the kashira off without partially dissembling the ito. I may do that in time anyways as the tsuka is a bit too long.
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Post by william m on Sept 22, 2016 9:20:05 GMT
Hi all,
I have a second hand Hanwei Shinto Katana that I have obtained in the last month or so. Because the sword is second hand there is a fair amount of spots where due to handling the brown patina has been rubbed off the fittings. This is effecting the tsuba, fuchi and kashira.
I am familiar with gun blue but I am unsure as to what product I could use to re-patinate these fittings. Any suggestions?
Thanks!
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Post by william m on Sept 16, 2016 17:02:11 GMT
When I was in Paris in the musee de arms, I came across this sword and took many photos. I really liked it, but seeing it being held by you makes it seem perhaps a bit chunky.
I wonder how much it would cost to have the hilt gold plated... hmmm
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Post by william m on Aug 1, 2016 9:05:49 GMT
Very tidy work
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Post by william m on Aug 1, 2016 9:05:26 GMT
I really liked my Hanwei Tinker Viking. The blade was on point and the sword looked pretty good. The scabbard was a bit cheap but it was very thin (a good thing) and was functional.
I sold it in the end, as the blade and grip were just a little too long for me. But that is my problem as I think pretty much every production viking sword out there is on the long side for me. I will get a custom short & super thin one at some point.
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Post by william m on Jul 20, 2016 15:12:42 GMT
Yup, this was on the news the other day.
I visited last year and you could only see the ship through small portholes. I think I will go back later this year but I may wait until when they start mounting the cannons back in.
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Post by william m on Jul 14, 2016 8:43:00 GMT
I have had one rubbish modern kuk, and quite a few antique ones. The antique ones were all pretty light, with deep fullers..
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Post by william m on Jul 11, 2016 7:16:28 GMT
uhohh :) Nihonto!
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Post by william m on Jul 7, 2016 8:34:05 GMT
Yes they do look sick... very vomit inducing!
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