Japanese Steel

[LAZY EYED SNIPER]

Can't believe I haven't posted these yet.

This one is Ido style katana with a full tang. The tsuba is emblazoned with dragons and the tsuka ito is done in red cotton over white stingray...




This one is a hand made, clay tempered Shirasaya katana. It has a full tang with a piano lacquered wood tsuka/saya and buffalo horn on the mouth...

 

[mikeberg500]

Wow those are beautiful! Makes me want one even more now.

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[old mossy]

,,,very very nice LES.

 

[MikeD]

Those are awesome LES.

 

[GunnyGene]

Very nice. Looks a lot better than my old WWII new army sword. Was this made using the traditional folded/laminated steels?

 

[LAZY EYED SNIPER]

Thanks fellas.

Yes Gunny, these are laminated blades, made with the honsanmai method...

 

[GunnyGene]

Thanks fellas.

Yes Gunny, these are laminated blades, made with the honsanmai method...

You must have paid a good bit for them. That kind of craftsmanship doesn't come cheap. Thanks for sharing.

When I was deployed to Iwakuni Japan a couple times I'd spend as much time as I could in the castle/museum across the river, where they have an extensive collection of antique arms and armor. Absolutely stunning examples of ancient fighting and ceremonial swords, etc.

 

[LAZY EYED SNIPER]

That would have been a sight Gunny.

I came by these through my uncle from his time stationed on Okinawa...

 

[GunnyGene]

That would have been a sight Gunny.

I came by these through my uncle from his time stationed on Okinawa...

Ah. Well your Uncle has good taste and knows his steel. There's a lot of cheap tourist swords that are sold over there.

Btw, here's the website for the castle. There's a cable car from the park along the river, but it's still a 1/4 mile hike up a trail at the top. Or there was anyway, don't know about now. Been over 30 years since I last was there. If you ever get a chance to travel over there, it's well worth a couple days.

http://www.jcastle.info/castle/profile/ ... uni-Castle

and a amateur video tour.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6kg_ELSSio[/youtube]

 

[LAZY EYED SNIPER]

Very cool!

Thanks for the video...