progress...

If you are going for an authentic Japanese look, I think they liked clean lines and smooth curves.
It appears kind of rustic now, but I understand that it’s still a work in progress.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

Well you got further than I did . I made this shirasaya katana…but I have yet to figure out a proper stand. I have made 3 attempts at a stand, 3 failures. It is stored in a cloth dust cover right now, nobody can even see it. I need to take another crack at the stand here soon.

-- Urban logger, http://nelsonwoodworks.biz/

Very nice. I haven’t handled anything but a kukri for about 25 years.

There’s no tsuba on the katana, but I don’t quite think shira-saya applies (plain wood?). Beautiful work! Did you make the blade as well?

-- Robert from Raymond, MS. "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence is therefore not a practice, but a habit." - Aristotle

Shirasaya translates to “white scabbard” (?). The blade can be stored in these bindings. The heavily finished wraps and enameled scabbard (the Japanese word escapes me right now) will cause rust in the blade. The shirasaya is a display feature/preservation technique…no tsuba, that is mounted when the blade is called to duty. I did not do this blade (I just did the shirasaya on contract) I do make my own iron though.

-- Urban logger, http://nelsonwoodworks.biz/

HOLY SMOKES , that thing i’m playing with is like a tonka truck to your F950 , sweet sword!!!!

-- PJM.`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸ ><((((º> ""BY HAMMER AND HAND ALL ARTS DO STAND""1785-1974 nyc Semper Fi, Patrick M