MIRABILE DRAGONFLY CUTTER (TONBOKIRI)

JParanee

JParanee

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I thought some would find this interesting

Here is a video of a piece from David Mirabile that was inspired by Jimmy Fikes and Don Fogg’s Jungle Honey / Cloud Cutter.

The Baldric sheath was done by the great Paul Long

It’s all in the video

Big thanks to Jimmy Fikes for giving us his blessing












 
Beautiful blade and sheath . :cool::thumbsup::thumbsup:

Great cutting practice and marvelous scary war face ! :eek:;)
 
Nice video, JParanee! Your excitement and delight shows. And why not, it's an epic Mirabile blade, a beautiful, curvy piece. You always* seem to catch a fancy for the most fetching of blades.

Mirabile: he microwaves his ice cream and even leaves the bones in, he cracks crab legs with a trip hammer, he puts on an extra mean face for the camera when hand-hammering. Even better, he makes some of the most amazing swords I've ever seen! 'Grats on owning that interesting cutter.


*usually mostly
 
Mecha said:
Nice video, JParanee! Your excitement and delight shows. And why not, it's an epic Mirabile blade, a beautiful, curvy piece. You always* seem to catch a fancy for the most fetching of blades.

Mirabile: he microwaves his ice cream and even leaves the bones in, he cracks crab legs with a trip hammer, he puts on an extra mean face for the camera when hand-hammering. Even better, he makes some of the most amazing swords I've ever seen! 'Grats on owning that interesting cutter.


*usually mostly
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Thx Sam ....... you coming to Blade

His raw visceral sense of blade craft is undeniable

He truly has a sense for making nasty weapons

You can see in this pic of cutting a single mat target there are two cuts the draw cut and the upper cut and the mat is still in place.... it’s fast



On this double mat target I had to pit a bit more effort :)
















 
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JParanee said:
Thx Sam ....... you coming to Blade

His raw visceral sense of blade craft is undeniable

He truly has a sense for making nasty weapons

You can see in this pic of cutting a single mat target there are two cuts the draw cut and the upper cut and the mat is still in place.... it’s fast
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Yes I was observing that in the video - many of the cuts barely even moved the tatami roll.

Finished weight 1 lb 14.5 oz, super fast.

One of the best things about having something like that is practice cutting. It's fun, and has the danger element that forces the cutter to pay keen attention and focus hard, in the moment, a bit of an altered state. It looks simple, but you can get better at it endlessly, and end up doing things with a blade that are mind-boggling yet look effortless. I like how your videos can make viewers want to try it for themselves, and they should.

Not sure if I can make it to Blade this year, but maybe can send something special for the Diskin booth case! :]
 
Sam

You will be missed at Blade buddy

I miss cutting it is something I used to do fairly often in my youth

these days I'm relegated to only being able to cut maybe once every two years or so and it’s only a few mats

I just started getting up to speed the last few targets

This piece has made me want to cut more :)
 
Just cutting video

This piece has inspired me to blow the cob webs off and try and get back to full speed ....before I’m to old too :)

 
JParanee said:
Just cutting video

This piece has inspired me to blow the cob webs off and try and get back to full speed ....before I’m to old too :)

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Before you're too old? HA! Tell that to this guy. Check out those rising cuts!




It's no tatami, but this is my practice cutting zone. A target rich environment:

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You live in a beautiful place

I guess what I meant to say was I gotta get back on it

Like I said in the other post I used to spend over 9 hours a week with a sword like object in my hands and I miss it :)
 
JParanee said:
You live in a beautiful place

I guess what I meant to say was I gotta get back on it

Like I said in the other post I used to spend over 9 hours a week with a sword like object in my hands and I miss it :)
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With that Mirable dragonfly cutter it will be a great 9 hours.
 
If there were ever a end of the world Apocalypse style blade this might be it

As a castle sword (short sword) this piece is a stand out

There are so many reasons I favor longer handles

I will do another cutting video and go over why I favor longer handles

When choked up using one hand to the Turks head the blade becomes very quick as in changes direction quickly

When not choked up using one hand the blade becomes very powerful think of framing handle

Two handed observation

I have not cut much the last decade or so

When I do it’s to test a blade and I usually only prepare 10 to 15 targets

So by the time I’m getting up to speed and getting used to things I’m out of targets :)

You can see while this was literally the first time I swung this piece when I transition to the double hand cut my hands go naturally to this length handle

The two handed swing adds a lot of power

You don’t need this for tatami mats but if you were trying to cut through leather and or armor you would

Gonna try to make time to really see how well this thing will cut

BTW David is making a slightly larger much more ornate variant

This will be a work of art

This one will be clay hardened version so a much more distinct Hamon

This piece will be at the blade Show if all goes well

 
He sleeps on a Harley. He lives in a shipping container. The man himself is art! :D
 
Mecha said:
He sleeps on a Harley. He lives in a shipping container. The man himself is art! :D
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He actually lives on a boat and yes his shop is a shipping container :)

He sent me this video about seven years ago that showed his view from his bedroom :)


But these days he is living with a lovely lady on land :)
 
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