That's awesome! Beautiful work!
Thanks buddy!
That's awesome! Beautiful work!
Wow, as others have said - beautiful work
Certainly not everyday you see a wa to yo conversion, especially with Damascus bolster. Really neat
Looks awesome.
Nice work.
Just discovered this WIP thread via the link in the BST post. What an awesome project, great work! Very inspiring...haven't done a rehandle in a long time, might have to start up again
Honestly, I wouldn't touch it. It looks just about perfect the way it is. But that's probably not gonna stop you ?
Why not buy another Tanaka dammy with a basic handle for cheap and do another one? Maybe a 240?
That should move easily on BST if you nail the conversion like with this one, should you not want to keep it that is.
Honestly, I wouldn't touch it. It looks just about perfect the way it is. But that's probably not gonna stop you ?
LOL....I would have bet on it. So what did you do there, just cut underneath the tang and belt sand to create a dowel of sorts?
I wish, It’s been my fave for sure but I am running out, they only come from Russia. The last one took 3 month to arrive. It doesn’t help that I always hand-pick the patterns, & order one at a time.You must have a karelian birch forest in your backyard. Are you going to shape the handle blade on or off?
Beautiful work! That birch really does have some very interesting grain figuring!
So what's the next project?
I have an old Dragon Suji, they look bad ass. Now I know that what you are telling me is true, But I think I saw a Misono 210 with a dragon advertised on E-bay . Perhaps a vintage? I paused on it and opened the ad to check, and it was listed as a 210....with the Dragon. I will see if I can find it.
It says 210.....but the picture sure does look like a 240 right?
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