Nick Woo

Ok thanks for the information I will not use oak in the future!

Also what about black walnut I have a lot of that laying around?

Hey guys I am looking for advice about a saya I made. I made a saya out of red oak for a kitchen knife i made out of 1095. I finished it and when I pulled the knife out about a month later so i can give it away the blade was quite rusty. I had put Renaissance wax on it before I put it in the saya but it was attacked through the wax. My question though is red oak simply a poor choice for a saya? I have made some out of poplar, curly ash, and pine and none of those have had the rusting issue even with 1095 blades in them.

So i am curently making a template for a bronze sword and i came upon this great resource. http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=808117&partId=1

This stuff is super tough and finicky. I used the power hammer to draw it out and then a hand hammer to make it wide enough.It will start cracking and you have to stop and grind them out.

So i finally finished up a blade with the wootz i forged out from fire and brimstone. I want to thank jeff pringle for his insight into wootz and edward braun for his challenge to create a hamon. steel: homemade crucible steel/wootz Handle: purple heart and lightening strike carbon fiber saya: curly ash Note: there is some staining due to using it on food before taking pics

Do you weld in a stainless steel foil packet?

Wow!

unfortunately I missed last year. 2014 and 2015 were cold.

I should get there friday in the afternoon. I hope the weather isnt freezing this time haha.

Thanks for the info!

Love the stop pin! When making san mai do you forge in bevels or grind them in?

Great post! I have wondered how the serpent was created. Are there other methods to achieving the serpent?

I tried with internet explorer and you can see the videos there. I guess the forum doesnt like firefox.