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Offline Lloydie

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« on: November 03, 2007, 02:49:42 PM »
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« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2007, 04:20:42 PM »
Ahhhhhhhhhhh Llydie... So glad you posted a link to what NOT TO BUY ...

These are the cheap wallhangers that we are always on about to AVOID AVOID AVOID !.

Anyone wanting to buy a shinken, please see me first. (Actually I have two for sale, one cheapie and one notso)

Now a link to what is going to be a quality shinken IMHO:



AND MORE HERE :


http://homepage.mac.com/aaronjustice/.Pictures/web/sor3.jpg

http://homepage.mac.com/aaronjustice/.Pictures/web/sor2.jpg

http://www.japanese-swords.com/tsuba-gallery/images/029-mt-fuji.jpg


Drooooooooool !
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« Reply #2 on: November 03, 2007, 06:10:19 PM »
Wow!  Fantastic hamon!!

Where's this sword from Moley?



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« Reply #3 on: November 04, 2007, 10:10:36 AM »
Quote from: Lloydie on November 03, 2007, 06:10:19 PM
Wow!  Fantastic hamon!!

Where's this sword from Moley?





Aaron Justice a guy from the states (I bought a Tonbo Tsuba from him once to finish a Tonbo themed Shinken I was building) has commissioned the piece from Walter Sorrell.

Here's the Clay coating that produced the "Mt Fuji" hamon:

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« Reply #4 on: November 04, 2007, 11:21:44 AM »
Moley - haveyou got any links to swordmaking info. ?
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« Reply #5 on: November 04, 2007, 12:23:31 PM »
Yeah moley any info on it? My dad's got a massive forge at home and ive been harping on at him for ages about making a sword, or a smaller blade. I know it's a very long and complicated process but still worth a go!!

From the fires of snowdonia we could forge the mighty Seki sword!!! lol
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« Reply #6 on: November 04, 2007, 12:34:31 PM »
Oh shit. Another 'tooled up' nutter. As if we didn't have enough already. Alex must have been expecting some bother Thursday night. His bag contained nun chucks, mini three-part-staff and a pair of sai  :shock: :shock: :shock:  Menai Bridge must be tougher than I thought ;-)
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« Reply #7 on: November 04, 2007, 02:18:31 PM »
Quote from: Liam on November 04, 2007, 12:23:31 PM
Yeah moley any info on it? My dad's got a massive forge at home and ive been harping on at him for ages about making a sword, or a smaller blade. I know it's a very long and complicated process but still worth a go!!

From the fires of snowdonia we could forge the mighty Seki sword!!! lol

Actually Liam, with modern steels and barstock etc, the forging is the relatively "easy" part.
It's the polishing afterwards that is VERY difficult.

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« Reply #8 on: November 04, 2007, 02:36:13 PM »
Well if you fancy having a go at making one let me know! Ive got the tools but not the know howin the process of making a blade!
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« Reply #9 on: November 04, 2007, 09:22:15 PM »
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« Reply #10 on: November 05, 2007, 01:32:02 PM »
I really fancy giving this a go, i mean where better to be than in front of a great raging forge during these bitter cold winter months?
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« Reply #11 on: November 05, 2007, 11:13:54 PM »
Where can we get some barstock from Moley?
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« Reply #12 on: November 06, 2007, 08:09:38 AM »
I'm in on it too... I have ideas..

We could try the Brunswick ironworks in Caernarfon.

We'd need something like 1080 or 1060 steel bars in approx the same length and slightly thicker than the sword.

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« Reply #14 on: November 07, 2007, 11:23:05 AM »
Quote from: Liam on November 04, 2007, 12:23:31 PM


From the fires of snowdonia we could forge the mighty Seki sword!!! lol

Wahoooo !
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