Wednesday, October 13, 2010

First sword blade - Tanto


This Tanto is a copy from an 18th century tanto I found on www.nihontoantiques.com. It is not forged, but made by stock removal from same White Paper steel blank as the previous knife. 


You can see it on a small blade stand I made out scrap wood that was lying around. 


Currently I am in the process of polishing it and making a new habaki, as I overground the first one, and the solder joint along the edge had a pretty unsightly groove on its top.

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