Diamond wrap alla Blade Rigger?

[afee]

Any one have instructions on how to produce the diamond wrap seen on JSP customs? I've tried a few versions, but none come out quite right. Also, does any one know what cord and resin he uses (or an alternative that would be durable)? Thanks, E.

 

[Chiro75]

I used instructions that appeared in Knives Illustrated a number of years ago, by the great swordsmith Scott Slobodian. Here are the results:


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Unfortunately while moving I seem to have lost the instructions that a nice BFC member sent to me!

They'll turn up eventually, but I can't send them along to you right now. Most people who do a cord wrap of this type just mix a regular slow-cure, clear epoxy mix up and coat the handle and cord that way. I left mine with no coating, and I used no glue of any type and it seems pretty durable, although this isn't an everyday-use type of knife! (OAL is around 4"!)


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[Phillip Jones]

72 inch flat shoelaces work real well on knives. You will need something a lot longer to wrap sword grips.

I might have another copy of the article I sent to Chiro75. If you will e-mail me your address I will send it to you.

E-mail me at jknives@gamewood.net

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[Normark]

Hey Guys....

Chiro...
Nice job on that wrap....

This was brought up before a few months ago and I was going to ask you about it,,but never did...

Doesn't the cord move around on the handle if you don't fasten it down somehow???

I would think this would be kind of dangerous and understand that the knife isn't a "User"...

Another thing you guys can use on the lace is Fiberglass Resin.. This will make it Wicked hard and should hold up Very well..

Use a little Acetone to thin it out slightly so it will seep down deep...

ttyle Eric..

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[Armin]

Hey afee, have a look at the following links, they offer infos about japanese handle wrappings:http://pages.prodigy.net/tlbuck/tsuka/tsuka.htm# http://japantrip.tripod.com/nihonto/tsuka/tsuka01.html
http://www.stud.uni-hannover.de/~herden/ken/tsuka/tsuka.htm
Fred Lohmann (from Portland, OR) offers a wide variety of materials for Japanese Swords (Tsuba, menuki, silk for handle wrappings...)
http://www.japanese-swords.com/pages/silk.htm

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[afee]

Thanks a bunch. I was all wrong from the start. Not to mention i never even considered the paper wedges. I'll have to give it a try now. E