Salvatori Moretto

Thanks guys!!!!!!!!!!!

Sale pending, thanks everyone!!!!

Bump and price drop to $400 for this week only, My wedding is Saturday and would love extra cash to pay for things!!!

That would have been my suggestion as well, have a 3d template crafted that matches your nakago exactly. I almost took such a commision a few years back and would have had no issues with it. Though with the entire blade not being present to get a good feel for the balance and look as you carve a new tsuka it may still be beneficial for them to have the old tsuka for those reasons? ( while starting to carve tsuka, before I decide where to do the chanel for the nakago relative to how I plan to angel the outside of the tsukas shape, I will check multiple times the angle at which the handle seems to be aligned with the overall blade shape, length, sori, etc to ensure it flows properly with the blade/saya.) Just my two cents

Hey there everyone! Looking to sell a tanto, it's it fairly good condition and good state of polish. A few nail biters can be felt on it's edge but very hard to see, harder to photograph lol I made a new habaki for it as well. I left the habaki plain because I was going to also finish mounting it myself and didn't know what design or style to do the habaki in just yet. This is a great project blade if someone wants to mount it to match their own blade! I don't know many of the other details or origins of this blade, if you can tell approximately the era, style, or any details at all, please feel free to chime-in in the comments! :D Just a tad over 10 1/4 inch Nagasa 5.8mm thick at it's spine 25.8mm width at its base. Price is just $500 shipped CONUS as is. OR as Little as $1,100 shipped CONUS in simple buffalo horn aikuchi mounts and open to further customization options. Getting married 12/14 of this year (yupp just three weeks away!) and need to get a few projects sold

Here's a W2 honyaki gyuto with a nashiji finish that i just got done making. I'm calling her "Dark Koala" lol My forge is called Koala Forge, and all of my knives have a Koala stamp that I had made to mimic the types of arsenal and mon stamps found on nakago (think turtle stamp but with a koala lol) Comments are very appreciated!!!! I'm still learning what people like overall, and trying to blend that with my style I wanted to do a gyuto that had more touches of the traditional kind of work I do with my katana or tanto making/mounts. I also wanted it to have a very polished yet vintage/antique/nihonto vibe to it overall. Hand forged to rough dimensions including its length, overall profile, and distal taper. The blade is hand sharpened on Japanese whetstones up to 1000 grit only and stropped. Wa handle was made inhouse and tang was burned in for it's final fit. I left the blue, purple, and straw coloured oxides on near the ferrule after I soften the tang. Blade was treated to about 62-63 RC Thanks for looking everyone! W2 Steel 6,000 year old Bog Oak handle with hand carved and ribbed Aluminum Ferrule Saya is Curly Maple on the sides, Cherry for the center and a wrought iron Koala coin with a Bog oak saya pin. Weight: 244g Edge Length: 207mm Blade height at heel: 66.73mm Blade thickness tapers from 3.4mm to 2.2mm before the tip progresses down. Balance is right above my touch mark 😊

Picked up a blade to mount for myself, labeled as an Uchigatana. Almost finished the habaki already and wanted to plan overall dimensions, and this is where i'm stumped. Obviously a more petit blade, modern but made seemingly well. nothing spectacular honestly. Here are blades overall stats from the purchase: Blade length（nagasa, 刃長, はちょう）: 68.4 cm Bottom width (motohaba, 元幅,もとはば) : 2.8 cm Top width(sakihaba, 先幅,さきはば) : 1.9 cm Blade thickness(motokasane, 元重 ね) : 0.68 cm Top thickness( sakikasane, 先重ね) : 0.5 cm Curvature of the sword（sori, 反り）: 1.2 cm Nakago (after i take away space needed for habaki) will only be 15.2cm or about 6 inches. Usually when I carve out a new tsuka i like to limit the excess wood past the nakago to 1.5 inches to 3 inch's at absolute most. Now this is a general rule of thumb for me, but i was curious to see if anyone knew of standards for uchigatana vs katana in this matter? How much shorter, if at all, were uchigatana tsuka? Anyone want to chime in on what they feel a blade with these measurements should have tsuka wise? It's a modern blade, unsigned, most likely just a relatively nicer made blade from china with a more classical/traditionalish polish, so i also wouldn't mind shortening the blade length to give myself a slightly longer nakaago and redrilling the mekugi ana. I've done 15/20 mounts but always on katana, and the measurements of this blade, specifically the short nakago, have me wondering about tsuka length for the first time in a long time. Thanks for the input!!

Hello, I don't post on here often enough, but I feel my life has been truly enriched by Ford and the work he does, and how always willing he is to share all of his knowledge. I want to know if there is a paypal address or other method that would be preferred if we want to donate to Ford and his family to show our support through more than just words. Thanks, Sal'

Thanks John! Also any help on the saya or any info on the blade at all would help Cheers, Sal

Here is one that I just seen in person and snapped some quick pictures of, really might want to try and pick this up but wanted to find out more about it first Any and all help would be appreciated! Thanks! Sal'

SOLD! Thanks everyone, all of you that did your own research, and those of you that just had "magical" knowledge of this stuff, and thankfully posted what you knew for me, I really appreciate it! Cheers, Sal'

It very well may be nihonto, but I have no good translation or history on the blade, and did not want to list it as such without knowing for certain. The blade seems well done and traditionally made, and if it was made from a well known smith in the current mounts the price would probably be considerably higher And Frank, off hand the menuki were made of copper I believe Thanks, Sal'

Hello Brian I only say it's not Nihonto because of the lack of age on the nakago, but I have not done any research into the blade, or translated the mei :/ If I were to guess it was made in the last 30 years.

Up for sale is one of my most recent projects. It's a Japanese o-tanto (Long enough so tech a short wakizashi) with just over 14 inch nagasa and about 20 inch over all including habaki and tsuka. It features a traditionally done kesho polish which is still in about 98% good shape. Blade has a very stout and sturdy feel in the hand and should make a nice cutter if you so choose it. Blade is signed but I have not had it translated, feel free to chime in if you can This is not a nihonto so if need be feel free to take down this sale page if you feel this does not belong here I custom made everything on this project with exception of the well executed habaki which was done by Wally Hostetter. All buffalo horn was hand carved and polished by me including the Kaeshizuno, nothing was store bought. Tsuka was carved by me and features high grade samegawa from namikawa, elegant shaping, and very nice antique dragon themed menuki. Saya was hand carved by me and blade is held snugly with zero rattle or movement in the saya but can be broken free with just a push of the thumb. Saya finish was done by me in a form of tsugaru-nuri which is a multi-layer finish that is almost never seen anymore on newer blades, specially not at this price point. I plan on making this finish my"signature" Price is $SOLD. If using Paypal you can send as a gift or add the 3% Cheers, Sal' of Jizamurai Customs

I'll be going, i've been trying to make it to at least one show a year