Stacy Apelt's Wakizashi

hey there,
just checked out your photo bucket pics,
what kind of clay are you using in the tanto pics,
if you don't mind my asking?
corey
 
coreysmith said:
hey there,
just checked out your photo bucket pics,
what kind of clay are you using in the tanto pics,
if you don't mind my asking?
corey
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hey! i am not sure which pictures you are looking at, however right now i use pure satinite. i buy it from Darren Ellis of Ellis custom knife works. i like it alot.
hope this helps!

thanks so much for all the positive comments, they are what encourage me to work harder.
~Chris
 
Chris, you are an inspiration!
Great sword. I like the texture on the habaki (among other things)
 
Wow. Just wow. Stacy, I hope you gave this young man a heck of a diamond, because you are getting a great return on your investment!

Chris, best of luck to the two of you in your life together. Promise us that you will continue to make knives and post them here to inspire us and make us feel warm and fuzzy and completely inadequate at the same time. :thumbup::thumbup:

--nathan
 
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See it this way; your work is so fine; you're getting paid in diamonds.
Need more be said?
 
Holy smokes!! that is a beautiful piece..heck some folks woulda traded you a wife for that..seriously tho you definitely are going to set the standard for your style in the not too distant future..you may be doing it already..later Luke
 
Man that is absolutely fantastic! I'm at a loss for words.

May I ask, how did you make your tsuba? Was it cast and then textured? That's one of the nicest contemporary ones I think I've ever seen. The whole sword does something very special for me, and I thank you.

Congratulations on your upcoming marriage! (But please don't get so wrapped up in happy domesticity that you stop doing work like this! :D)
 
ddavelarsen said:
Man that is absolutely fantastic! I'm at a loss for words.

May I ask, how did you make your tsuba? Was it cast and then textured? That's one of the nicest contemporary ones I think I've ever seen. The whole sword does something very special for me, and I thank you.

Congratulations on your upcoming marriage! (But please don't get so wrapped up in happy domesticity that you stop doing work like this! :D)
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hey!
thanks so much for the intrest, and i am glad you like it. *grins*

The tsuba is some of my first wax work. Stacy Apelt gave me some wax to play around with when i was making my fiancee's ring, and so when i had some left-over i wanted to make a tsuba (and habaki) out of it. the texturing was done before the casting. i used a small high speed drill with a burr tip. i have seen several knives that employ the same technique and when i found one of the high speed drills at work.. i seized the chance. plus it hides the imperfections of my carving! I am hoping to make something bigger soon, as i can now heat treat a little bit bigger stuff.

i have a W2 wak in the works as well as a cable san mai hira-zukuri blade already heat treated.

While i will have little to no time to work on anything over the summer... i plan on continuing knife-making after i am married. Gracie is going to be going to school and prolly working in the evening.. so i will have time after work and before she gets home.

thanks again for all the comments!
~Chris
 
I think Stacy got the better end of this deal, after all the sword could be worth 100 million one day!

The fittings are very nice on this one Chris, the whole thing looks very good, keep it up.
 
Chris brought the sword over, along with several others he just completed. Let me tell you folks.....this kid is talented!

The sword looks even better in person than in photos. I am very happy to be the owner.
Stacy
 
Stu,
Chris makes his own koshirae. The tsuba and habaki on this one are cast in bronze from wax patterns he carved, and then hand finished and textured . He hand forged the copper collar on the saya. The silver menuki were cast for him, but not his personal art work.
Stacy
 
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