Framed Oshigata Trial and Error

[Seth]

I wasn't sure if this would be the correct location or not for this so I apologize if it isn't. I have a local professional framer(?) that I worked with on an Oshigata and wanted to share the results. I think they did a fantastic job! The pictures don't really do it justice. I have a few more that we are going to play around with so if anyone has any suggestions or ideas that would be great. Just seeing what we can come up with. Sorry for the pictures we decided not to use non reflective glass on this go around to avoid the dull look.

 

Ichihara Nagamitsu 

 

 

[Curran]

You and I seem to be on some ATL parallel wavelengths right now. I'd been thinking on doing this with the sword I own, or at least the Nobukuni O-tanto.

You did post this in a place I rarely check.

 

I'd also bought for my wife a special large woodblock print from a downtown artist and lamented to myself that I didn't know any good frameshops here like I did in NYC and Sarasota. Usually you just go to the best museum in the city and search a 10 block radius. I haven't found anything near the High Museum. Maybe I should jump outside the Perimeter and meet up with you later this month after the 10 megaton flu has passed.

 

Ps. I hope you are getting to enjoy some of this wicked winter lightning storm we are having this morning. While I have seen some wild heat lightening, I don't think I've ever seen a winter discotech like last night and this morning. Flashes almost every minute.

[Seth]

Seems like it, I was impressed with how it turned out and the price was great. It helps me slightly as far as not going back and forth from my safe with the blade. 

 

Yes, definitely the framer does a lot of sports memorabilia and shadow box type stuff as well. I suspect if Georgia (Sorry Ohio) wins the national championship again this year, they will be slammed for a few months based on last year. I made another purchase last night after many months of watching that I am hoping to get before we meet up to share with you. I don't want to ruin the surprise so ill leave it at that. 

 

Ya, I think in total I got maybe 4 hours of sleep, so I just ended up going in to work. The drive was fairly exciting nothing like performance tires on a sports car in a flood! GA weather never surprises me at this point freeze one day and melt the next.

 

 

[Curran]

Georgia vs Ohio... I'm not even much of a sports fan, but will watch that one.

Just a 32 year old rivalry between me and an old friend who to high school in that Other place.

 

Yes, the flash floods here are something I'm glad I warned my wife about when we came here. I just wasn't expecting one in January.  Very fast torrents out of nowhere. We're notorious for not being able to drive over snow n ice, but Level 9 experts at water and mud-dogging it.

 

[Seth]

Well, you can go ahead and rub it in with your old friend as it happened over the weekend. Ohio had it in the bag and their kicker missed a field goal.... I was sure we had lost but here we are. 

 

So true, 1/16 of an inch of snow and spotty ice and its game over. 10" of rain and they lower speeds from 90 to 80.

[Curran]

11 minutes ago, Seth said:

So true, 1/16 of an inch of snow and spotty ice and its game over. 10" of rain and they lower speeds from 90 to 80.

 

Southern flash rain rules:   less brakes, and more steering wheel boat drift control when you feel yourself hydrofoiling.

Drifting seems to be a necessary skill here.

 

[Ken-Hawaii]

Nice oshigata, Seth. Working on two, myself. Local frameshop I've worked with for many years.

 

Out here, the rain can dump 5 inches an hour, but an hour later, the streets are bone-dry. Lived here for more than 30 years, & still don't understand the physics of how that works! I actually timed the drying after the big storm last week. My weather gauge showed 4.92 inches of rain, & I punched my stopwatch as soon as it stopped. The highway in front of our house went from a fast-flowing river, to dry, in 51 minutes. I used to work in New Orleans, so I know how different it is in the deep South.