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R APPLEBY

R APPLEBY

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I was sent this blade and asked if I would finish it. I don't usually work from kit knives but, this one is different. This blade was ground and heat treated by the late great Bob Enganth over 30 years ago. It was sold through his catalog, Blades 'n' Stuff. It is number 2 of his yakiba patterns "Hira Zukuri with sori" . The blade steel is 1045/1050 with an edge hardness of Rc 56-58.

All other parts were made by me

Blade; 9 inch, 1045-1050 with hamon
Fittings; Habaki- Copper
Seppa- Bronze, wrought iron
Fuchi- Wrought iron
Kashira-Wrought iron
Kurigata- Wrought Iron
Koiguchi- Wrought iron
Kojiri -Wrought iron
Handle/Tsuka; Maple wrapped in Same(ray skin rawhide) and light brown synthetic ito with desert ironwood mekugi.
Overall length; 15 3/4 inches.
Saya; 10 3/4 inch, Stained maple carved to resemble decaying wood with a snake crawling through it.

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Thanks for looking
 
It’s a delight and, yes, Bob would be overjoyed that one of his ‘lost’ blades would be ‘discovered’ and resurrected into this thing of beauty….thank you so very much for your amazing talents my friend. :)

Quite a transformation after being wrapped in an old sock in my dresser for 30+ years….here’s a teaser Coop did with my dirty old sock. ;)

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HaHA!!! ^^^^^ :eek:

Note: Bob sent this to me and noted somewhere it needed to go back with the sock. Personal reasons..... Hmmmmm.

After shooting it as a display I used the sock, as I have done MANY times with a sword bag or katana bag and included that *important* aspect to admire.

Except I JUST sent him the above shot. Holding off on the other shot for another email. "Here's what you wished. What do you think....?" o_O

Thanks men!
 
SharpByCoop said:
HaHA!!! ^^^^^ :eek:

Note: Bob sent this to me and noted somewhere it needed to go back with the sock. Personal reasons..... Hmmmmm.

After shooting it as a display I used the sock, as I have done MANY times with a sword bag or katana bag and included that *important* aspect to admire.

Except I JUST sent him the above shot. Holding off on the other shot for another email. "Here's what you wished. What do you think....?" o_O

Thanks men!
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You're a funny man Jim Cooper, I think your emoji shows exactly what my face looked like when I got that first image. I panicked saying holy what the f@##. But the shock quickly receded to relief as I stood there with the phone in my hand which I had already begun dialing your number when your second photo came through. What a great job thanks Jim
 
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