TLDW #17 - Aikuchi Tanto Koshirae - Carving the Tsuka & Saya
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- Опубликовано: 13 июл 2017
- **WARNING: This is the longer process version intended for serious students of historical knifemaking. The wood is hounoki, carve carefully and check often! Order of operations below...
In this video the tsuka is carved first, starting with the fuchi end and then the kashira area, carving the profile outlines and then removing the material in between before carving the final shape and sculpting the details. The saya is next, first dimensioning the blank is to approximate size and then profiling the koiguchi and then the kojiri, removing the material and carving as close as possible to the final shape using kanna and kiridashi. Finally any remaining high points in the curves are smoothed with a fine rasp.
The previous stage is carving the inside of the handle and scabbard: • TLDW #16 - Aikuchi Tan...
The next stage is making the fittings: • TLDW #18 - Aikuchi Tan...
finished work is here: islandblacksmith.ca/2017/08/ai...
islandblacksmith.ca/process/
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Amazing ur teaching are what the standard should be love all the by hand work ur a true artist
oh man i love your videos and yout work you deserve much more subs
nice work as usual
Very nice work i love your patience.
You, sir, are a craftsman....
After your ear, the length and width of the tanto is possible from the handle and from the blade
what wood do you use?
hounoki, japanese bigleaf magnolia...more info in the description and on the website...
Kevin Cameron told me about you I have been watching your videos trying to learn the traditional way I have been working on a tanto this is my first any advice would be great I live in Okinawa for 3 yrs live the culture. Wish I could send you a picture of my progress it's been pain staking for 7 day just on the blade.
it is a long journey and a lot of work...watching and observing carefully is the way to learn...here are some useful articles: islandblacksmith.ca/tag/tanto-geometry/
@@islandblacksmith thank you for the link well I have the blade done and hand made the Habaki now for the carving.
keep at it, and study images of as many antiques as you can find to train your eyes to spot the sub mm differences that can make or break the japanese aesthetic...
How is the weather up Island?
nothing too serious up here yesterday, a little windy by the water in the early morning...
that is good, so the typical summer weather?
yes, fine now...i thought you were wondering about the storm brewing up down south that day....
Crossed Heart Forge - islandblacksmith ah, well we do need some more rain, but the interior needs it as well.
indeed! crazy times we live in...
what wood do you use for this ?
hounoki is japanese bigleaf magnolia...north american tulip magnolia is similar to it...
thanks for the answer , that wood is a mip to find overhere in belgium @@islandblacksmith
yes, i have to order from japan as well, but i have the option of the north american variety now as well...if you can get some of the real thing from somewhere like namikawa heibei and then find something similar locally in hardness, density, grain, low acidity, low sap, low moisture, and stability, it may work for what you are doing...