Tiaan Burger 19 Posted February 9, 2018 Another higonokami I finished this week, but probably not in time for Valentines day unless I get a local buyer. Copper handle with a hand carved raised inlay and nanako texture. Each nanako dot is 0.4mm in diameter. Handle was patinated using rokusho the sealed with three layers of baked-on urushi. I'm one of the 5% who is not allergic to urushi. The blade was forged out of a piece of Bohler's K510, a W1 equivalent. Edge quenched for a hard edge. Thank you for looking, questions and comments welcome. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alan Longmire 1,485 Posted February 9, 2018 You just keep getting better at this, Tiaan! I know that's the idea, but still... 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Conner Michaux 91 Posted February 9, 2018 I love the flower! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wes Detrick 455 Posted February 9, 2018 Another beautiful piece Tiaan, I love the roses. What does the Japanese say? 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peter fontenla 47 Posted February 10, 2018 Beautiful piece! thanks for showing 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hoy's Forge 27 Posted February 10, 2018 I'm just gonna assume here in my ignorance of this particular art form and the Japanese terminology that the "stippling" back ground is done by hand , and is far from being applied randomly. It appears as uniform as the threads in a fabric twill. Which means I'm saying...THAT'S AWESOME! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tiaan Burger 19 Posted February 11, 2018 11 hours ago, Hoy's Forge said: I'm just gonna assume here in my ignorance of this particular art form and the Japanese terminology that the "stippling" back ground is done by hand , and is far from being applied randomly. It appears as uniform as the threads in a fabric twill. Which means I'm saying...THAT'S AWESOME! Thank you! Yes,it is done by hand, using a punch with a cupped tip. On this one I used the smallest cup tip punch I have made to date. Here is a link to a short clip by Ford Hallam: Nanako Below is a cropped part of one of my photos. Not as good as I want it to be, maybe another little higonokami or two to get there. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
