DoTanuki yokai

I don`t want to get involved in this too much but i don`t understand you, are you offensive or friendly ? "The Scarecrow is a character in the fictional Land of Oz created by American author L. Frank Baum and illustrator W.W. Denslow. In his first appearance, the Scarecrow reveals that he lacks a brain and desires above all else to have one. In reality, he is only two days old and merely naive. Throughout the course of the novel, he proves to have the brains he seeks and is later recognized as "the wisest man in all of Oz," although he continues to credit the Wizard for them. He is, however, wise enough to know his own limitations and all too happy to hand the rulership of Oz to Princess Ozma and become one of her trusted advisors, though he typically spends more time having fun than advising." from Wikipedia Sorry now i assume you dont watched the movies to the end or "looked it up on the internet!" yourself.

One of the most impressive people I had the pleasure of knowing. Never thought he came across grumpy but very honest even when he knew it wont do him a favor, I respect that. Condolences to his family and friends.

I think they only check the whole freight for radiation not single packages when there is nothing suspicious. I know they did it after the Fukushima accident but im not sure if they still do it.

34. you should have asked earlier, we would be younger

This is my best try so far and im not sure it will get any better It is already lacquered with Urushi but not fully cured and I will have to wipe some off depending on how much it darkens.

Here is another one that I made from a blank that has some kind of personal story, the reason i don’t removed the scratches from the „dirty“ side. And the bonus picture of my first Nanako experiment

Now I had some sad tries with the Oda Sa Tsuba and will try again later. The first try was (imo) ruined by a small piece of iron from my hammer or anvil that got stuck in the surface. It is right next to the „Sa“ but it is so small I did not see it earlier. So I removed it and tried again to see if I can still use this rokusho solution. but now i have to clean it again and clean the surface with different polishing compounds to achieve (hopefully) the effect of the darker outsides and around the nakagoana. In my opinion it actually is a result of its age and was more like mine is now when it was finished, but I don’t have houndred years to wait and touch it. I don’t have the high hopes for the next try Also does it look too plain completely unsigned ?

I think I don’t understand your question but found this today.

The first one would be what I expect. Is the small one also Shinogi Zukuri ? I’m not saying I don’t believe it but I would like to see a picture if possible. I just have never seen one and only know them from books.

Ubu with 50cm nagasa and kamakura does not fit together for me.

Thank you Jean If some of you can remember I wanted to do an utsushi of the “Oda Sa tsuba” but after some questions I decided that i can’t do it back then. I have learned a few things and now I will give it a try. So what I have is a blurry picture without much additional information and this texture is unlikely accurate but hopefully will help me to achieve my patination goals. After my Tsuba has some variations in the calligraphy I won’t say it is written by Naomasa. I have a little file work to do but then the patination experiments begin. This one is not so much influenced by my own experiments and maybe more tasteful.

For the completeness. actually there was much more filing but I did not record everything and lost the part where I file the rim. I plant my own Daikon and the first few I harvested are really small. At the end is a clip of the finished piece that shows the shape much better.

Plain looking surface and the blue color, also it does not really transfer the yokoya feel for me. Just look at the horselegs

There are still so many things I can improve or spend more time on but sometimes the exhausting life takes its tribute and push me to „mediocracy“. (I made this comment somewhere else but it fits) But look at that color

This is what I actually work on. the big Tsuba took all of my saw blades so I ended up using one of this scroll saw blades (they suck). I ordered new ones and continued my work but will make the 2nd part of the video when it is finished. So the experts will realize a few things 1. Melting the copper took too long and the water was too cold when I casted it. 2. actually the friend I make this Tsuba for wanted a lens shape and liked the texture so I don’t had to clean it and add another texture. 3. Kill me for the scroll sawblade :D 4. I have my daughters rabbits in my forge when the weather is bad outside The Video is not educational and more for my Instagram audience but maybe I can make a longer YouTube movie from it when it is finished. Here is what it looks so far and I still have some work to do. And a picture of when I tested the color when I had to wait for my sawblades.

Here is my old thread that gives some additional information of my first 2 Tsuba. I would also like to do some pop culture relevant piece like Godzilla but this will need much more practice untill im good enough to not waste my time…

This ring is more a of a teaser for the big project I’m aiming for. It took some time untill my Daikon was big enough to harvest (still very small) it but needed it for this, in my opinion awesome Shibuichi. I made this ring from my test ingot of Shibuichi and messed up soldering it, needed a few tries that ended up with adding some silver to the surface and small holes but this shouldn’t be a problem with Tsuba. I dont have a clue about making rings and soldering them.

I try to keep the pictures small so it don’t waste too much space here. I tried something different with the symbol of my hometown, the 1000 year old oak. It feels like most people here have forgotten about it but I always liked it. Experts say it won’t last long anymore… ended up rethinking my design and decided to change so much that it would be more wisely to start again.

This was my first finished Tsuba made after the Ford Hallam tutorial. So this one started it.

This is just mostly an experiment with different engraving and I don’t know if I will ever finish this… It evolved and I added more and more but it would be a solid Tsuba without the engravings

I showed this one in the copper Tsuba thread in different colors for the copper patina examples. So here again with a few more pictures of the finished piece.

This one was donated for a cat charity project I’m not a fan of the square shape but I did not know it earlier.

The color is the same on both sides, just a flaw in my pictures. So here enjoy my 360 grams of ignorance just want to share and hear some opinions. Definetly not a masterpiece, but a fun project that really improved some of my skills. So I can’t stop making Tsuba after I started this and will try to share some of my projects here.

I have a heavy Tsuba (>360grams) and the first thing that came into my mind when I mount it on a sword was that it ruins the balance. Much more then I have thought and it does not feel like it would do the cutting a favor imo. So I’m not convinced by super heavy Tsuba for cutting tests but I have seen drawings of the special tsuka that is used, not mentioning any special Tsuba. And like Piers said the way Japanese language count things made clear that they cut more then one body.

Stabbing could be too easy to parry and when you hold your spear too low enemys could step on it and hold it on the ground. When you strike from above you don’t run risk of losing the control over your weapon. You can free your spear from the ground even if someone steps on it when you can move back but that is maybe the main problem fighting in a line. Also if you are the only one holding your weapon low when everyone tries to hit your head from above is a bad idea in my opinion. Striking with a long shaft gives some good leverage that can be used against you when you push your arms forward to stab. Just my thoughts I never fight on battlefields.