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Old 06-28-2015, 01:00 AM
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My First Wa

I've been playing with this for the past week. I finally put an edge on it.
It's an 8" blade of 154CM that I tempered out lower for about a 60C hardness. The wa handle was done freehand and consists of an ebony ferrule, 0.065" brass spacer and a stabilized brown maple burl handle. The primary is ground to just under 20 thou, then a 15? cutting edge.





I know, I know where's the saya! I will be making one very soon.

Happy summer!

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Old 06-28-2015, 05:27 AM
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Great looking Dan !!! looks like a heck of a slicer.
Congrats to your new chapter of knife making.
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Old 06-28-2015, 06:15 AM
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Beautiful.
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Old 06-28-2015, 08:01 AM
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Very, very nice! Did you find that handle easier to make than you thought it would be?


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Old 06-28-2015, 10:11 AM
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Thanks guys.

Ray, yes it was easier than expected. I had the materials to make a second one if needed, but it worked out okay. I did the internal dowel trick and epoxied the pieces together. The faceting I did on the flat platen with the handle vertical. I scribed # marks on the ends and worked the front of the handle and then the back. Then I then brought the two together the middle.

The saya should be done in a few days. I'll snap a picture of it all together then.

Stay cool.

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Old 06-28-2015, 02:45 PM
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how did the touch up go (gap-filler) , how did you fix it it ?

haven't been to other site for a while.....


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Old 06-28-2015, 03:46 PM
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Rob, I shortened the ferrule about 2mm and the gap was next to gone. Acraglas'd the tang in and wiped the excess away with an armour-all wipe. It's good to go.

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Old 06-28-2015, 05:56 PM
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Rob, I shortened the ferrule about 2mm and the gap was next to gone. Acraglas'd the tang in and wiped the excess away with an armour-all wipe. It's good to go.

Dan
awesome , glad it turned out and you went that route making it right instead of covering it up like another had suggested , good job


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Nice.
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Old 07-08-2015, 12:49 PM
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You always bring great and often complex pieces of art her dan. This one is no exception, great job.


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Old 07-11-2015, 02:50 AM
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Thanks Hunter and Toolmkr20.

I finished the saya tonight. Sorry I didn't have anything exotic for wood. I re-purposed a piece of oak fireplace mantle, circa 1930. Ripped it into 3 slices 1/8" thick and made a glue-lam with a cut-out center layer.
Probably nothing close to a traditional Japanese version, but works the same. At least I didn't have to hand-train a platoon of termites to perform the routing activity.

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Old 07-11-2015, 08:30 PM
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Looks awesome
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