D.Kraft 0 Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 Hello friends of the sharp edges, here are the result of my work from a couple of weeks. Sorry, for the picture quality... It is not easy to get a good picture from the blades. Two tanto-blades made out of bloom steel, in Shirasaya . Polish is done in the traditionell style by hand with japanese polishing stones. No acid was used. With one blade i was inspired from the classic old style of the Hosho school from Yamato province. So , the shorter one, is made in that style Dense masame-hada, with a quiet hamon and some nie with no turnback of the temperline on the back of the blade. In the hada are some ji-nie. Length of the blade :21cm Width by the habaki: 22mm Thickness by the habaki: 6,5mm Some close up : The other one is a free version but still in a classic shape, with a double groove on one and a single groove on the other side. Also dense masame-hada. The Hamon is a little bit more active with a lot of nie inside and a kaeri back on the mune. Here also ji-nie in the hada. Length of the blade : 23,5cm Width by the habaki : 23mm Thickness by the habaki : 7mm Some close up. Any kind of comment is welcome. Thanks for watching. Link to post Share on other sites
Jan Ysselstein 66 Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 D, These are inspirational themselves..very clean lines, beautiful. I am particularly appreciative of the photography, which allows me to get a good feel of the steel. Thank you Jan Link to post Share on other sites
Wes Detrick 487 Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 Wow. Super clean, and just awesome. The steel is wonderful. Link to post Share on other sites
Russ Carswell 1 Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 Your steel is looking great, overall nice work D. Kraft. Link to post Share on other sites
Jesus Hernandez 31 Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 They look just like the originals that would have inspired you to make them. Link to post Share on other sites
MLenaghan 57 Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 So simple and beautiful! Link to post Share on other sites
jdsmith02115 36 Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 I keep coming back to these. so nice. That masame hada with sunigashi is just sweet stuff. Link to post Share on other sites
Miles Hebbard 2 Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 As said above! Superb work! Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Colwell 143 Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 I am not an expert on Japanese work, by far. However, I appreciate the heat treatment and texture of that steel. you did a great job on the blade, and the woodwork on the saya looks pristine. subtle and refined. kc Link to post Share on other sites
GEzell 136 Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 Stark minimalist beauty... the strong, bold lines, the subtle texture... well done man. Excellent presentation also. Link to post Share on other sites
D.Kraft 0 Posted May 11, 2015 Author Share Posted May 11, 2015 (edited) Thank you very much for all the friendly comments. Glad to see that you understand what i try to bring out with this work. Sometimes is less more........ They look just like the originals that would have inspired you to make them. You are right that i try to copy the work of the old masters ........but i just scratch the artistic level of the old originals. In 1998, and again in 2006 i had the possibility to study some of the masterpieces made with masame hada in Japan. A tanto from Hosho Sadakiyo and two other tanto from Sadaoki are very impressive with the brilliance nie in the hada and in the hamon. It looks really like there where thousands of reflecting little crystals spray over the blade . That was a magical moment and my personal breakthrough to understand why these blades have a high level rank as art objekts. Anyway ...for me it was an nice instructive way with a lot of new stuff to learn and i will go on in this direktion in the future. Edited May 11, 2015 by D.Kraft Link to post Share on other sites
Tiaan Burger 41 Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Those are just...no words..."beautiful" doesn't do them justice. Any ideas for the koshirae yet? Link to post Share on other sites
D.Kraft 0 Posted May 11, 2015 Author Share Posted May 11, 2015 (edited) The short one will have a simple koshirae with a white same grip and black horn fuchi kashira and black lacquer saya. ...so, nothing special. With the larger one ...well there are some ideas but in moment iam not sure what exactly i will do. I will post the result here. Edited May 11, 2015 by D.Kraft Link to post Share on other sites
Tiaan 0 Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Truly beautiful work. Love that steel and that very clean hamon. What iron ore / material did you use for the bloom? Link to post Share on other sites
D.Kraft 0 Posted May 12, 2015 Author Share Posted May 12, 2015 I get the bloom from a friend, Achim Wirtz. He told me that he use iron ore from south america for this one. Link to post Share on other sites
DaveJ 68 Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 very lovely! Link to post Share on other sites
D.Kraft 0 Posted August 12, 2015 Author Share Posted August 12, 2015 Now it is done.......the Koshirae. Black polish lacquer saya made out of honoki wood. Handle wrapped with Same. Mekugi and the other parts made out of Horn . The Tsunagi(wooden blade) and the Habaki also made out of Wood. The new Owner can put the wooden Habaki also on the Steel blade for store the blade in the Shira-saya. This fit in both ways. And the last one. Thanks for watching. Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Colwell 143 Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 very cool work! kc Link to post Share on other sites
Mark Green 17 Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 Wonderful! Link to post Share on other sites
Lukas MG 79 Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 My highest respect! Excellent work. Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew Jones 6 Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 Fantastic work. I love yamato den blades, and those really hit the spot. Link to post Share on other sites
Casey Cardwell 4 Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 Really excellent! Link to post Share on other sites
SBranson 2 Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 Fantastic Link to post Share on other sites
D.Kraft 0 Posted August 16, 2015 Author Share Posted August 16, 2015 Thank you very much for your kindly comments. D.Kraft Link to post Share on other sites
peter johnsson 147 Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 I saw the blades and the shira says in Solingen past May. Stunning work.Very happy to see the full mounts as well.You have done fantastic work with these Dieter. Link to post Share on other sites
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