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Saya - making it my way.
Mar. 29th, 2018 09:50 pmLittle post written in English, since I will share it on Facebook among all of my friends, and some of them does not read in Russian.
Recently I had 3 (!) samurai swords in dire need of the new sayas. First one was that wonderful 17cc Masahari of Hizen (hi Gennadiy!), second one is my Kami Yoshimichi waki and the third one is a katana from early 16cc with no may I picked for $600 on some remote gun show in PA long time ago.
All 3 were restored the same way - classic black semi-gloss. I used Miniwax brush-on Laquer and... Rust... ye, Rustoleum brush-on black paint. So that's the story on how did I do it.
First of all, since there's no magnolia wood available anywhere in the vicinity for the reasonable amount of money, I used a simple wood from Home Depot. Pine. Worked great on all 3.
Marked the blade shape and future saya shape free-hand on the board, then used table band saw to cut off the pieces.
Then stop - chisel time! marked the contour of the blade +1mm on each side.
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Recently I had 3 (!) samurai swords in dire need of the new sayas. First one was that wonderful 17cc Masahari of Hizen (hi Gennadiy!), second one is my Kami Yoshimichi waki and the third one is a katana from early 16cc with no may I picked for $600 on some remote gun show in PA long time ago.
All 3 were restored the same way - classic black semi-gloss. I used Miniwax brush-on Laquer and... Rust... ye, Rustoleum brush-on black paint. So that's the story on how did I do it.
First of all, since there's no magnolia wood available anywhere in the vicinity for the reasonable amount of money, I used a simple wood from Home Depot. Pine. Worked great on all 3.
Marked the blade shape and future saya shape free-hand on the board, then used table band saw to cut off the pieces.
Then stop - chisel time! marked the contour of the blade +1mm on each side.
( Read more... )
