Shinogi-zukuri Tanto in blue koshirae

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Hello, guys. I want to show you a Tanto i´ve finished yesterday. The blade is forged in Hitachi White Paper steel, water quenched, and polished with sandpaper, and also with natural stones in the final steps. The habaki and seppa were made from brass, the tsuka and saya are in beech tree, koiguchi and kurikata in buffalo horn, and fuchigashira in copper. Under the wrap it has natural beige same and bronze menukis with silver bath. The tsuba is forged from a 10 layer laminated of 1070 and 1095.

I´m sorry about my poor english.

Regards, Pablo.

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Great tanto! Wow, that white paper steel looks amazing. I'm very jealous of your ability to obtain it. You certainly know what to do with it!
 
Very Nice! I particularly like the mokko guard and the hamon looks great. The colour combination in the tsuka is really appealing.

Just to be picky, isn't this a shobu-zukuri? I don't see a yokote line but maybe I just can't see it.

The wrap looks nice and even except at the knots. Something a little strange going on there.... extra wrap?

Just out of curiosity, did you water quench this?
 
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SBranson said:
Very Nice! I particularly like the mokko guard and the hamon looks great. The colour combination in the tsuka is really appealing.

Just to be picky, isn't this a shobu-zukuri? I don't see a yokote line but maybe I just can't see it.

The wrap looks nice and even except at the knots. Something a little strange going on there.... extra wrap?

Just out of curiosity, did you water quench this?
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It hasn't yokote, i imagined shobu zukuri as a more advanced shinogi, but if the only diffdrence between shobu and shinogizukuri is the existence or not of yokote, then it is perhaps a shobu.
Yes, it was water quenched. From 765 celsius to 60 celsius water.

And yes the knots are a bit artificially made. It possibily are 5 mm extra lenght in the tsuka. Thanks very much for your sincerely comments, Stuart.
 
Salem, yes, it is an amazing very-non alloyed steel. The best property is that it has NOT manganese. In spite of it is 1,2% of C, the rate of cracks in water is much less than in 1095.
Regards, and thanks for your comments. Pablo.
 
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