new handles for the Kriscutlery katana

sniperboy

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inspired (by my shrinking bank account, bad decorative swords, my VERY slowly growing knowledge of swords in general, plus the reviews) I have decided to purchase a Kriscutlery Katana.

I do want someone to refit new handles for me. I am a fan of the shirasaya though (sword hidden in a block of wood or walking stick) but a traditional wrap woudl be fine too.

Can somoene redirect me to someone who can do this for me? Or direct me somewhere I can ask? Thanks sirs
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I don't think it'd be too worthwhile getting a new handle made for the KC blade unless you plan on undertaking the project yourself, in which case I strongly urge caution and I could offer you some advice and instruction. Otherwise you will generally pay more for the handle than you do for the blade.

Also, shirasaya are NOT meant to be used. It is not what they are made for. They are not "stick swords" or "hidden swords" of any type.

Shinryû.
 
I agree that having a new saya and tsuka for a kris blade may be somewhat cost prohibitive unless you plan to do it yourself. On the other hand, doing it yourself can be a rewarding enterprise both personally and perhaps eventually financially since if you become any good people will want you to do the same for them. I would suggest if you want a kris katana in a shirisaya that perhaps you should look into purchasing the KC29 blade since this will not require that you break the handle off to put a new one on.

I agree with Robert that shirisaya are meant for storage only Hollywood to the contrary.

[This message has been edited by Triton (edited 08-13-2000).]
 
to my knowledge shinrasayas exist as hidden swords only to hollywood as mentioned, but are in fact used to store blades made by bladesmiths who do not want to take up the task of making the fittings for it.. so am I righ tto assume that a shirasaya sword is much liek a blade in a zip lock bag?
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Unfortunately I have NO experience in woodworking
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but is there some webpage that can help me out there (god bless the internet)? I am willing to learn and will probably be proud if I can work it out.. it can't be harder than grinding a blade.. somethign I fared horribly in btw
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if I can;t do the woodwork, at least the rewrapping of the handles and refitting a new menuki and tsuba to make it somewhat presentable... that woudl probably be ewasier than carving a shirasayaa outfit. thanks again sirs.

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To avoid having to go to all the trouble of carving a saya you could just buy the Katana as-is and then re-do only the handle. Keep the existing saya, which you could then stain or paint to your liking... Apparently you need to destroy the crappy handle that the Kris comes with in order to remove it though!

I may go this route myself once I finish deciding whether I want the Kris Katana or not. I also have little woodworking experience and equipment, but it does not look all that tough to whittle out a wooden handle for a Katana. (I mean, I certainly have enough knives for the job!)

The hard part would be fitting the blade in between the handle slabs, since the fit has to be exact, but then I would just cut corners there and fill up all my mistakes with epoxy or something. I do recall seeing a post with photos here or in the makers' forum about wrapping the handles too, and that didn't look like rocket science either...

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I disagree that rehandling has to be cost prohibitive. It all depends on the circles you travel. I see completely wrapped handles often at reasonabe prices. Problem is that it probably wont fit.
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2 things I'd like to add. There are many people buying a bunch of slapped together mongrel parts at insane prices and if you're out scrounging parts you'll do much better at gun and military shows than knife shows. Forget sword shows, them clowns think every piece of junk on their table is priceless..

[This message has been edited by TomW (edited 08-23-2000).]
 
Sniperboy,

E-mail me for some information on the KC Kats. I am good friends with Cecil (owner of KC) and I do some testing of his blades. I have some information concerning the handle wrap.
 
Disclaim: this post is NOT serious, I believe.

Why don't you just remove the handle, tang and drill three holes for a blade pin and handle pins? Then you purchase some wood barstocks, grind in the middle, tie to the blade by pin. A cheap katana will be very much unique a katana balisong then.

Or it could be too small for you to seriously consider...

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