This is what 150 hours of work look like...

Ruben Calo

Ruben Calo

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Fresh out of the bench, the first ever Ruben Calo Wakizashi

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Visit my website here:
http://www.calocustomknives.com/


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Thanks for looking!

Ruben
 
:)Ruben , man your playing with us leaving that thing in the sheath, lets have a look at that beauty:)
 
Thanks :)

These were quick pictures my webmaster snapped when I showed it to him last night, proper pictures of the entire piece coming up soon, have a little pacience :)

Thanks again!

Ruben
 
This seems to be one of those "If the blade looks as half as good as the outside" it's gonna be suhweet!
Very nice work from what I see.
 
150 hours? I'd hate to know how long it will take you to make a blade to go into that sheath. :D
 
Thank you very much for the comments, gentlemen!

I didn't have time to go get pictures taken so I took this ones myself. I hope you like them.


Specs

15 3/4" (40 cm) 9260 acid etched matte finish, differentialy HT'd blade - 23" (58 cm) Overall length. 1/4" (6 mm) thickness. It weights 1.4 pounds (625 grams)
Sori (blade curvature) is 0.4" (10 mm)

Tsuba (guard) in heat colored, worked and filed O1.

Tsuka (handle) in painted and laquered guatambu wood with leather tiento wrapped over. Mekugi (peg / pin) in natural guatambu wood.

Saya (scabbard) also in in painted and laquered guatambu wood.

Fittings in hammered and goldened nickel silver, with details in tumbaga and bronze.

Total lenght when inside the saya is about 25" Total weight is 2 pounds (950 grams)



Pics

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More pictures on my website:
http://www.calocustomknives.com/docs/gallery.htm


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Thanks for looking!

Ruben
 
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