I did. Both handle and saya came from the same piece of wood. However, wood for handle wasn't stabilized, but even with minimum treatment, it has held pretty well. Stabilizing will darken wood.Originally Posted by Deckhand
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I did. Both handle and saya came from the same piece of wood. However, wood for handle wasn't stabilized, but even with minimum treatment, it has held pretty well. Stabilizing will darken wood.
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Really amazing work. Even my wife who takes absolutely no interest in this forum said, "Wow, that's beautiful!"
it's partially the wood.
An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field.
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Duct tape and cardboard son.
"God sends meat and the devil sends cooks." - Thomas Deloney
Word. Half of John's 'sayas' are those.
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-Niels Bohr
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I've been doing this, too. Looks like crap, but it works. I guess I need to upgrade from green painters tape to duct tape, though. Adds strength and that faux damascus shine to your "saya".
I use clear shipping tape, and use a black marker to simulate ebony on the cardboard.
Spike C
"The Buddha resides as comfortably in the circuits of a digital computer or the gears of a cycle transmission as he does at the top of a mountain."
Pirsig
My first thought when I read cardboard saya was using marker to make a DT feather Damascus cardboard saya
You could color some squiggly lines in crayon when use the marker or water color to simulate burl.
Ya, I have all sorts of ideas now!
Spike C
"The Buddha resides as comfortably in the circuits of a digital computer or the gears of a cycle transmission as he does at the top of a mountain."
Pirsig
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