Hey thanks for comments all!
what a beaut, the tied on pin is a great idea. Where are the work in progress photos!!?? Seeing this makes me want to blow a ton of money at harbor freight on tools.
One would think that, since i had a hard time finding saya WIP's on KKF, i would have enough presence of mind to document the effort...naahh. I decided saturday morning that i should try this and need to be done by sunday night. a bit of a rush job for me. In fact, i had so little presence of mind that i forgot that i actually took a picture. found this on my phone:
I found a dude on youtube who made one for his sword. basically had two pieces, traced the knife profile, scored it with a utility knife and then chiseled until spine and edge were flush to the wood. then glued, sanded etc. the saya works friction-fit. figured i'd add a pin anyway. big fan of belt & suspenders
This next one shows a vestige of the first piece i tried to shape. i guess a hole saw wasn't a great idea...:eyebrow:...imagine flying smithereens.. thankfully, that was my only setback. at least it gave me a scrap piece to make sure i could drill close to the edge without splitting the wood with finishing touches. apologies for not having more WIP's.
Looks great Andre. You made the pin as well?
Thanks knerd! i did make the pin. took a 3/8 walnut dowel, put it in my bench vise and went at it with a file. here's a pic of what i did with a nogent sab "tenon" for it's ferrule. used the same crude technique for the pin. then used an itsy bitsy drill bit with my trusty corded drill to thread a shoelace through. again, sorry no real WIP's
What he said! +1 Great job. You ought to enter the say challenge.
Thanks. How i read it, it would be difficult for me to enter. The way i made the saya was very dependent on having the actual blade in hand. Even with every dimension, i wouldn't be terribly confident about getting it just right. to play it safe, i'd probably end up making the opening slightly bigger than the blade which wouldn't be great.
Hey! I made my first this week - for a hiro 210 as well. I'll post a pic later. Yours is nicer, mine is just a mock-up with ply-wood to see if I could do it with hand tools.
That's really nice.
That's great! i'm eager to see it. myself, I think i'd have a hard time chiseling the plywood adequately. That being said, with proper sanding regimen, i think this project is totally doable with hand tools.
Except for the microscopic pieces of padauk in my fingers, i had a blast making this!
Thanks again for the comments, all