Uno -kubi Wakizashi

[bubba-san]

Hello Folks , been a while since I made any posts, this is a Tamahagane wakizashi that was forged from my

own steel , Japanese black sand ore and Missouri Black hematite. It started as 2- 75 layer billets forge

welded together and folded 13 times . with the help of a saymak 150 power hammer. OL is a shade over 20"

with a 14" cutting edge. This blade is styled after a naginata . with a 4 foot pole it would be a nagamaki

with a standard Tsuka length it would be a uno-kubi wakizashi. After quench and temper a little , the Blade

edge to shinogi RC. is around 65 above shinogi its around 45 rc. I am in the process of polishing blade but,

because of steel hardness it may take another couple weeks. I will post some pics as I go through the

polishing process....... Thanks for looking ... Bubba-san... Here is link to pictures

http://knifedogs.com/showthread.php?20717-tamehagane-nagamaki-collaboration

 

[viva la]

ah...cross posting to another forum to which one needs to register?

can you just throw the pictures onto photobucket or something? i would love to see them but I'm not registering to do so and it is also a violation of TOS for bladeforums.

thanks

 

[SBranson]

Looks great. Neat idea cutting the bo-hi with an angle grinder. Never thought of that. I've been toying with the idea of trying it out but I'm too chicken.