David Mirabile RONIN Battle Tanto WIP (PAGE 25 NEW CUTTING VIDEO)

erik markman said:
I am excited for you! Loved the face when cutting!
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Thx buddy

My shoulder didn't like moving that fast

I tried to time it on a stop watch and I'm getting like .20 from time I let Apple go till I cut it

I'm pleased after honestly not trying to be quick in a decade or so :)

But man the face is bad .... Only my mother or someone uglier like STeven could love it :)
 
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Damn, You made cutting that apple look so easy. I wish you had said that could be dangerous before I tried it. :eek:

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Just kidding, ugly-man-laugh.gif
 
Joe,

I'm like you and have been enamored with Japanese Blades for 35+ years. I have always wanted to make a tanto/wakazashi/katana but don't have the skills to do something like that. I simply don't have the skills or patience.

I really hope this thread is around for many years so I can really study the process.

Paul
 
Pavlos

Thanks for posting and I hope someday you get to where you want to be and make an awesome one :)
 
Here's another good one from my favorite blind comic book swordsman :)

[video=youtube;0m09S48JSK4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0m09S48JSK4[/video]
 
Guys

After doing some google searches and you tube searches I have found a lot of people getting injured badly doing this or attempting this

People in their haste to be quick are blowing thru SAYA's etc and really injuring themselves

so please be careful and use trainers with tennis balls , bean bags etc

On a sword forum you can see kids are getting hurt and this is not my intention

Even thou I have had a big layoff I've been playing with this stuff for years

I knew the danger hence my request for David to reinforce the SAYA

Last thing I want is for someone to injure themselves

Example

https://sbg-sword-forum.forums.net/thread/44005/safe-drop-cutting-method
 
The only real videos I can find out there on drop cutting are Shihan Dana Abbott doing a video on it

[video=youtube;adBoGL4uUbw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adBoGL4uUbw[/video]
 
You need to work on your Japanese pronunciation.

For starters, it's not I-ay(Iai) it's I-eye.

You get worse from there....GAZA is a place in the Middle East....Go-za is tatami mat for cutting.....hahahaha

It's MUCH easier to cut from the scabbard with a shorter blade.....that said, you did nice work there.

You might want to think about tying your sageo in a "parade knot"(what is shown on the o-wakizashi below)....if you don't know how to do it, let me know and I'll send you a link. ALL of my nihonto sageo are tied like that except for two cutting swords.

The same' reinforcement around the koiguchi area does much the same as David's copper reinforcement. Rattan does similar.
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I have that same' tanto you have....the Tori. The menuki are actually stuck into the same' and glued on. Randy Black re-did it for me with traditional mount, and some Edo period menuki....I hated both the menuki and the fuchi/kashira.

One of the things I truly love about Japanese style blades is how you can customize them to truly fit your wants, needs and visual preferences. Want a long handle? Done. Want to pimp it out with carbon fiber? Find a guy to do it for you and it's done.

Pretty much all koiguchi/area where the saya makes contact with the habaki wear over time. I reinforce/build them up with crazy glue. It takes skill to do it right, otherwise you pretty much permabond your habaki to your saya, but when it is done right, it greatly increases the hold of the the saya to habaki and wears about 1/10th the amount that untreated wood does, because the crazy glue plasticizes the wood.

Great stuff!

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
 
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Kohai999 said:
You need to work on your Japanese pronunciation.

For starters, it's not I-ay(Iai) it's I-eye.

You get worse from there....GAZA is a place in the Middle East....Go-za is tatami mat for cutting.....hahahaha

It's MUCH easier to cut from the scabbard with a shorter blade.....that said, you did nice work there.

You might want to think about tying your sageo in a "parade knot"(what is shown on the o-wakizashi below)....if you don't know how to do it, let me know and I'll send you a link. ALL of my nihonto sageo are tied like that except for two cutting swords.

The same' reinforcement around the koiguchi area does much the same as David's copper reinforcement. Rattan does similar.
1685u9s.jpg

263yb1y.jpg


I have that same' tanto you have....the Tori. The menuki are actually stuck into the same' and glued on. Randy Black re-did it for me with traditional mount, and some Edo period menuki....I hated both the menuki and the fuchi/kashira.

One of the things I truly love about Japanese style blades is how you can customize them to truly fit your wants, needs and visual preferences. Want a long handle? Done. Want to pimp it out with carbon fiber? Find a guy to do it for you and it's done.

Pretty much all koiguchi/area where the saya makes contact with the habaki wear over time. I reinforce/build them up with crazy glue. It takes skill to do it right, otherwise you pretty much permabond your habaki to your saya, but when it is done right, it greatly increases the hold of the the saya to habaki and wears about 1/10th the amount that untreated wood does, because the crazy glue plasticizes the wood.

Great stuff!

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
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Thank you buddy

I have used the super glue trick and small files to make Habaki fit better and it is a nice little trick

See I told you guys he's lovable :)
 
Ha, ha, I wasn't going to mention Joe's pronunciation, but since Steven opened that door I will add something which may help.

A handy rule of thumb for pronouncing Japanese terms is to learn the proper pronunciation of Japanese Vowels.

Japanese vowels are very close to those in Spanish.
a = "ah", as the 'a' in "father"
i = "ee", as in "feet"
u is similar to the "oo" in "boot" but without rounded lips
e is similar to "ay", as in "hay", but is a pure vowel rather than a *diphthong
o is similar to "oh", but is a pure vowel rather than a *diphthong

Example:
Bo-hi is pronounced Boh-hee, not Bo-high
Hamon is pronounced Hah-mohn, not Hay-mun

I added the Hamon example due to hearing it pronounced incorrectly by almost everyone you speak to.
 
Thank you guys it's been years since I've be back around the language and as we all know I can use all the help I can get :)
 
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