jct3602 Posted June 20, 2017 Report Posted June 20, 2017 2 tanto made out of a blade that was snapped in the middle (broken past the shinogi, then someone attempted to hammer it back together). They probably thought they could cut a tree down or something akin to that. A great deal of the furniture was made by the gentleman who cut the blade down (the o-suriage and the satsuma-age), also the laquering and the tsuka. The menuki, one kurikata, and one fuchi were from collections; habaki, tsuka, etc. were all made. Took almost 8 years, but was worth it. Yours, john twineham Quote
jct3602 Posted June 20, 2017 Author Report Posted June 20, 2017 The base of the original blade was koshisori, and had large hardened formations, so the satsuma-age was tapered down into a hardened formation so it would have the requisite hardened tip. Ended up looking like a yoroi-doshi in shape and relative thickness of the mune. john twineham Quote
jct3602 Posted June 20, 2017 Author Report Posted June 20, 2017 A picture of the o-suriage piece. john twineham Quote
johngdo Posted June 20, 2017 Report Posted June 20, 2017 Fantastic project! Any chance we could get photos showing the entire blades? I'd like to get an idea of their overall shapes. John Quote
jct3602 Posted June 20, 2017 Author Report Posted June 20, 2017 Here are a couple of pictures with shapes; seems to be a little moisture accumulating in end of both sayas causing some red rust; will eliminate that shortly. john twineham 1 Quote
Stephen Posted June 20, 2017 Report Posted June 20, 2017 Nice to see a lost soul repurposed, well done i say. Id like the short one mounted in a bowie style setup, be a very good carry. Quote
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