matt venier Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Here is a katana that I got finished up right before going down to Blade 600 layers of W2 and 1075 with a pretty crazy hamon 28.5" nagasa 1.38" wide shobu zukuri ( iris shape with no demarcated tip) Alder wood core for the tsuka and saya rayskin wrap with tiny multistrand braided wrap over that on the handle antique menuki modern made copper fuchi and kashira patinated dark grey Wrought iron mokko shaped tsuba made by myself The saya has imbedded rayskin stripes that I black lacquered then sanded the tops then cleared about a million times to make it flat I wish I could take better pictures because this one has a whole lot going on that you can't see. This one sold at Blade which I was not expecting so I'm going through a little bit of separation anxiety Let me know what you guys think 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...
Alan Longmire Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Whoa!!! You outdid yourself with that one, Matt. I understand the mixed feelings about selling it so soon too, I like to live with 'em a while and get to know them before they leave for new homes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Price Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 You're getting pretty damned good at that, man. I'm deeply impressed, well done. The Tidewater Forge Christopher Price, Bladesmith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Green Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 WOW!!! That is so pretty Matt!! Congrats!! Mark Mark Green I have a way? Is that better then a plan? (cptn. Mal) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShawnShaffer Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 that is simply awesome I don't even know what to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Worth Baker Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Certainly my new favorite katana. Worth Baker Owensboro Kentucky PLENA ANGUILLIS EST NAVIS VOLANS MEA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesus Hernandez Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 No wonder it's sold. Enjoy life! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MLenaghan Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 WOW! That saya's unreal, looks liquid all the clear coats are worth it! -Michael Lenaghan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Colwell Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 love that combo of steel for hamons. you did an outstanding job with it, and with everything else. That is cool. kc please visit my website http://www.professorsforge.com/ “Years ago I recognized my kinship with all living things, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on the earth. I said then and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it; while there is a criminal element, I am of it; while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.” E. V. Debs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZebDeming Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Very nice Matt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Helm Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 WOW! James Helm - Helm Enterprises, Forging Division Come see me at the Blade Show! Table 26R. Proud to be a Neo-Tribal Metalsmith scavenging the wreckage of civilization. My blog dedicated to the metalwork I make and sell: http://helmforge.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBranson Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Again, stunning work. Very neat!!! - Stuart www.sbransonknives.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Clark Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Nice work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasperDielemans Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 beautiful katana, really top notch! http://www.jrd-artistry.deviantart.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raymond Jewell Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 QUESTION... what did you use for clear coat, and what was the lacquer you used? “Fire and air, earth and water, were once considered the four elemental substances of our world. Among the ancients only the blacksmith worked with all four.” - From The Art of Blacksmithing by Alex W. Bealer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt venier Posted June 5, 2013 Author Share Posted June 5, 2013 Hey Raymond I use urethane clear coat PPG in fact. The "lacquer" is actually PPG base coat that works with their clear so it's technically a urethane but more people understand the term lacquer. 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...
Marius A Bacher Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 WOW! That's beautiful and scary all at the same time, it looks terrifying That geometry kills Great combination of steel too, a question for you guys. Am I on the right track in thinking that the part of the pattern that has the long white wispy Hamon is the W2 and the layers with the sharper transition is the 1075 because of the difference in Manganese content and the results on hardenability? It looks awesome and is thought provoking too. Thanks for sharing! Marius A. Bacher "To learn and not think over what you have learned is perfectly useless. To think without having learned is dangerous." - Gore Vidal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt venier Posted June 9, 2013 Author Share Posted June 9, 2013 Me personally I think it's the other way around, W2 while getting great detail in the hamon has a pretty thin habuchi where I think the lower carbon of the 1075 lets the hamon be a little more frosty. I don't know the approved Japanese sword terminology for "frosty" 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...
Jim P Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 Beautiful, it's very inspiring. Thanks for sharing with us. I had to go back and take a second look, .......nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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