wannabeswordsmith Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 I just made this Katana out of 1095. I have tried a few katana's before, in this process of learning. This one polished ok, still had some deep marks from grinder that I didn't straighten before poilishing. Should have. I tried to get a hamon, no cigar. I bought a tsuba before making it and now I have to make habaki and seppa then try my hand at the art of mounting. I am sill proud of it though. Oh yea, the frog hopped on the bamboo as I was photographing. I thought it was a nice touch. Scott Scott Hale - www.halestormforge.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Salvati Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Scott, that looks real good, nice work. Let not the swords of good and free men be reforged into plowshares, but may they rest in a place of honor; ready, well oiled and God willing unused. For if the price of peace becomes licking the boots of tyrants, then "To Arms!" I say, and may the fortunes of war smile upon patriots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt venier Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Hey I think it looks great! It always seems like those scratches should come out in the polish when your grinding....but I can never get the polishing stones to agree with that concept . Matt There's no kissaki like an O-kissaki!http://www.venierdesign.com/Venier_Design_Inc./Welcome.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james G. Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 What the lines in the on the blade a refliction, still very nice sword. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wannabeswordsmith Posted May 14, 2008 Author Share Posted May 14, 2008 the lines are a combination of both, reflection (overhead power lines) and I have a very faint shonogi, it isn't very detailed, I used 1/4 inch to make it so my material when grinding was running out, if I used thicker material I think I could have gotten better lines. noticed something else, that is my dogs (correction WIFE'S) in one of the corners of the photographs. Scott Hale - www.halestormforge.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan B. A. Jackson Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 (edited) very nice katana better than i can do. you might be able to stop the deep scatches by just useing a finer grit on your grinder. also by not pressing to hard and using long even strokes. Edited May 15, 2008 by Ethan B. A. Jackson viva whatever country this is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wannabeswordsmith Posted May 16, 2008 Author Share Posted May 16, 2008 I appreciate it Ethan. I see guys like Walter and Rick Barrett (as well as others) and it impresses me so the amount of detail and I realize how much time and patience it takes to make such great works of art. Just get sort of disappointed with myself sometimes. Except I have found having the right tools to work with make all the difference. I did this one with a coal forge, just bought one (waiting on it to come in) gas forge. I hope it makes work lots easier. I recently got a good 2 x 72 sander and that made alot of difference. Before hand I only had a few inexpensive ones from Lowes. I wasn't aware of the difference of how deep and fast a good one cuts throught the metal when annealed. thanks for the compliment. Scott Scott Hale - www.halestormforge.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Salvati Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 2x72s are GREAT TOOLS!!!!!!! The gas will make things easier, plus you can draw the blade back and forth through the fire for heat treat much easier than with coal. Let not the swords of good and free men be reforged into plowshares, but may they rest in a place of honor; ready, well oiled and God willing unused. For if the price of peace becomes licking the boots of tyrants, then "To Arms!" I say, and may the fortunes of war smile upon patriots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wannabeswordsmith Posted May 16, 2008 Author Share Posted May 16, 2008 I keep hearing that, Sam. I can't wait to get modernized! I know Darren Ellis has had some troubles as of late, that is who I bought it from, so I haven't had a chance to see the difference. Thanks, Scott Scott Hale - www.halestormforge.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aldo Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 Scott, I have to ask. What type of steel did you use? Aldo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wannabeswordsmith Posted May 17, 2008 Author Share Posted May 17, 2008 It was a piece of 1095 from Admiral steel 1/4" thick, Aldo. Scott Hale - www.halestormforge.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wannabeswordsmith Posted June 6, 2008 Author Share Posted June 6, 2008 I tried to mount my Katana I was working on. Went back and watched Walters video on mounting as well as Walley Hayes Katana making video. Gave it a try and it turned out ok. When I got it all together though, the tsuba is not snug, has some slack and a little rattle. I am going to try to dissassemble and try a differnent thickness material for one of the seppas or back one up with another one. I get proud of what I have done,which is actually about my third or fourth (depending on what I define as a katana) sword I have tried. Like I have said when I started this thread, still a long way to go. I see posts by chris osborne and the ones he polishes and I know I have still got lots to learn to get that kind of AWESOME stuff produced. Anyway, just updating my progress....... Scott Scott Hale - www.halestormforge.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Salvati Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 Scott, that looks fantastic! Very nice job. Let not the swords of good and free men be reforged into plowshares, but may they rest in a place of honor; ready, well oiled and God willing unused. For if the price of peace becomes licking the boots of tyrants, then "To Arms!" I say, and may the fortunes of war smile upon patriots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wannabeswordsmith Posted June 6, 2008 Author Share Posted June 6, 2008 Thanks Sam. I appreciate the compliment. That means alot coming from an older member on here. (ha..to myself)I look at the pictures and see the paper triangles sticking out from under the ito and realize how much more patience I need to do things better. Next one I will have to step it up. Still waiting on my gas forge to come in and maybe I can work on a hamon more on the next one. Again Thanks. Scott Scott Hale - www.halestormforge.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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