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This is a commission I am doing for Brock Hoagland.
The blade is a cast and hand finished bronze dirk made in England. It is based on numerous archeological finds, and was provided.
My job is to make a hilt and scabbard, plus a baldric for this piece.
The grip is now done.
Work was delayed for some time due to my illness, but is now caught up.
The wood is French Claro walnut; a fancy AA gunstock grade piece I managed to secure a scrap of.
It was carved entirely by hand from a block of wood and fitted to the blade before being secured with solid bronze rivets.
The scabbard core is Poplar wood, and shaped and sanded by hand.
It will be covered in goatskin leather.
I managed to get this work done in the last two days, so I'm feeling sufficiently improved that I can get something done at last.
Feels good to work with my hands again.
-Badger-
The blade is a cast and hand finished bronze dirk made in England. It is based on numerous archeological finds, and was provided.
My job is to make a hilt and scabbard, plus a baldric for this piece.
The grip is now done.
Work was delayed for some time due to my illness, but is now caught up.
The wood is French Claro walnut; a fancy AA gunstock grade piece I managed to secure a scrap of.
It was carved entirely by hand from a block of wood and fitted to the blade before being secured with solid bronze rivets.
The scabbard core is Poplar wood, and shaped and sanded by hand.
It will be covered in goatskin leather.
I managed to get this work done in the last two days, so I'm feeling sufficiently improved that I can get something done at last.
Feels good to work with my hands again.
-Badger-
Category All / All
Species Unspecified / Any
Size 1280 x 470px
File Size 151.3 kB
Japanese swords are a VERY special case for sharpening.
If they are originals, or modern repros made using original technique, they require the use of Japanese water stones.
These come in grits of up to 3000 fine, and are very expensive to purchase. (I think the very finest is something like 15,000 grit..)
The technique for using them properly also requires a few years of practice to get it right.
So the answer is- I would pass on the job.
Even if its a modern finish, my OCD would probably compel me to spend a few hundred bucks to buy the right stones and try to hand finish the entire sword in the correct fashion.
Japanese sword polishers charge by the inch to refinish blades, and its not cheap.
An average original katana supposedly costs several thousand dollars to refinish and sharpen.
Sorry, but its just outside of my field, I'm afraid.
-Badger-
If they are originals, or modern repros made using original technique, they require the use of Japanese water stones.
These come in grits of up to 3000 fine, and are very expensive to purchase. (I think the very finest is something like 15,000 grit..)
The technique for using them properly also requires a few years of practice to get it right.
So the answer is- I would pass on the job.
Even if its a modern finish, my OCD would probably compel me to spend a few hundred bucks to buy the right stones and try to hand finish the entire sword in the correct fashion.
Japanese sword polishers charge by the inch to refinish blades, and its not cheap.
An average original katana supposedly costs several thousand dollars to refinish and sharpen.
Sorry, but its just outside of my field, I'm afraid.
-Badger-
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