Hi folks,
sorry for being out of the forum for a little bit, a lot of things are going on. Here are some of them.
I will be starting shipping out knives with discounted sayas later this week. I have a number of sayas made and they are being finished, and also have a number of them in work.
I mentioned to some of you that leather sayas are also an option. Those will be similar to a prototype I made a while back, but will have some new design features ( a cutout and a leather strap with a snap).
The complementary strop blocks are also in the pipeline. I selected a board, have ordered felt a leather, and just waiting for being done with sayas to start on those.
Lastly, I got a helper and that somewhat made the work manageable - he does all the prep work on wood and I do the skilled work. Things are going faster and I am considering opening order list for custom saya and handle work, though I might have to change pricing somewhat.
Thank you for your patience. I will be posting pics of finished work as soon as they are available.
Marko
PS: I have two great sets in koa (custom work, one for Masamoto honyaki and one for Shigefusa kiaeji) coming. Haven't done work like this for a while. I think you will like it.