Waki I am doing.......In Process

Daniel Prentice

Daniel Prentice

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Here is a waki I have forged for a customer. it has about 2000 layers. I am still sanding, not yet etched and so on. just finished the habaki, all copper.

will post more as progress continues.

thanks for looking

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Okay, Here Are The Pictures Of The Waki. I Have Not Yet Etched It And Hand Polishing. I Done The Habaki Last Night. Hope You Like The Fullers.

I Am Doing The Shisaya Now. I Am Going With An Extra Curly Maple With Dark Brown Cocobolo As Ends To The Handle And The Scabbard.
 
I ran it under since the habaki has a partial islet inside the habaki that stops the slide in progression.....technically, wanted to try something a little different.......lol....

the core is tamahagame with the outer layers folded cable damascus.... I forged the cable with 5 layers then folded it 4 times. the pattern is a wavy itame, I am not a sword know it all, just know how to make them so my terminology may be off.
 
the fuller was forged in also, i usually use just a draw scribe i call it or a milling machine, but wanted to play a little with this. was cleaned up with deburring wheels then burnished to this stage
 
Daniel Prentice said:
I ran it under since the habaki has a partial islet inside the habaki that stops the slide in progression.....technically, wanted to try something a little different.......lol....

the core is tamahagame with the outer layers folded cable damascus.... I forged the cable with 5 layers then folded it 4 times. the pattern is a wavy itame, I am not a sword know it all, just know how to make them so my terminology may be off.
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wow, where'd you get the tamahaganae?
 
i ordered it from japan, came as a large semi round smelting pour. hard as heck to forge from that to a bar........ makes me respect the power hammer thats for sure.....
 
not really crumbly, did break into two pieces when almost a bar, that stuff makes a 25 lb little giant stretch a bit and say damn...........
 
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