Just a couple of recent projects I have been tinkering with.....
Did a western wa for my TF Mab. The handle body is dyed and stabilized curly maple with a stainless steel spacer and horn ferule. The saya is also curly maple which was tnited with dyed resin and heat set. Wish the sun was out so you could really see the chatoyance. Curly maple is rapidly becoming one of my favorite woods!
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The Masakage Koishi got a similar shaped western wa. This one made from stabilized African mahogany with a brass face plate. The saya was cut from the same block as the handle. You can see how much darker the resin tints the wood. I used this one at work last week and had forgotten what a good cutter it was, and how well this AS held an edge.
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