I miss my baby already!!
Funny thing, I still remembered the night I finished it, I took it out of the saya in the house and managed to cut 2 blades off the ceiling fan in a matter of seconds, luckily the wife was working and never noticed the change...
Okay on to the description, When I started out designing this peice I wanted something that looked like pure metal, just lots of sparkiling shiny buffed silver. I was always a fan of Tom Maringer's work, and loved the all metal and wire wrap as a combination, so I figured what the hell...
The blade is 440C, the guard is 6061T6 aluminum as is the buttcap, the handle and collar are made of 303 stainless, the handle wrapping is 416 stainless over an ash handle, the scabbard is poplar with 8 coats of bronze hammerstone enamel and a corian loop on the side for the ties...
The blade has a modified hollow grind that was left thick at the edge and then convexed from there, this gave the peice an extremely light and agile blade while still keeping a sword like geometry at the edge. It has a 4 inch balance meaning that it balances at 4 inches in front of the Tsuba (guard). I have made 3 katanas since this one, each being substancially better, the last one I completed was a 1060 blade with the temper line all stainless fittings a wire wrapped handle and had a 0 balance, it was like swinging air when you moved it...
At this time I am working on one with a beveled spine that will be fixtured very traditionally with the rayskin and silk wrap and the whole enchilada!!
Any questions or whatever just post them here or email me I would be glad to answer them any way I can.
