how to do the tip of a jap. sword?

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elvenbladesmith07

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ive seen althentic samurai swords in pictures and they all have a line running from the back of the blade to the edge right at the point where the blade curves to a point. it almost looks like the blade changes from a flat bevel to a convex for the point? if any1 knows what im talking about could u please try to explain what the name is and how, or why it is done. my best guess would be to make the tip edge stronger for thrusting into a fallen enemy ie. hari kari. http://www.swordarmory.com/cs/cs01.htm like the tip of this. tho this is a piece a junk sword, it is a good example.
 
Loads of good stuff there. Kudos to his family for keeping the stuff up. As I understand it he was in his time one of the greats....and still is.

Doc
 
First thing I did when I found his site was print the whole thing and read it all. It's amazing what I continue to learn from it. Engath is one of the true legends. Reading the section on grinding is a trip; finese can wait for finishing! That did a lot to speed things up for me.
 
I just look at the catalog I got from Bob E. at the last knife show he attended here. Sure is a lot of good information there, and on his site. I got a Katana and a Tanto from him that he ground and heat treated. I've had them a long time, and still haven't done anything with them. He sure is missed. :( Bob was good people personified. ;)
http://www.engnath.com/public/intable.htm

On to the original question. Go to Richard Stein's page. If the answer is not there, one of the links from his page will have the info you need. It's an overwhelming amount of stuff to peruse... :D
http://home.earthlink.net/~steinrl/nihonto.htm

Howie
 
Yea Howie....I have seen Engnaths name mentioned on several websites from some of the big names in the business, and they all have wonderfully nice things to say about him. I would have liked to have met him at least once.

Doc
 
To be honest, I've never heard any negative about him at all. He was one of the quiet greats and continues to be a big influence on the art. I have no idea how many of his Chubby design knives I;ve made but it's a lot.
 
the site woudl show a hell of alot of humor in the man. I especially love the heat treat quench section. I can picture the look on his face when he heard PING for the first time.....I hate that sound!

Doc
 
That line is called the yokote, and is actually formed as part of the forging itself. The blade is cut an an angle equal to the total length you plan to make the kissaki, and then forged flat to the back. The 'stretching' is what starts the shaping, everything else is in the polishing.

Darryl
 
how to do the tip of a jap. sword?

Now you just do a couple of jumping jacks.... :D
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