Blew my learning curve on a custom sword set!

[GatorBait]

Spectacular!

 

[SAR 6114]

Damn fine work!!! I’d be honored to have those in my collection.

 

[romans1212]

You should be very proud. Quite a skill. Well done

 

[dawg]

That looks amazing! You ever do a forge class and teach people how to do basic knives?

 

[nicaburns]

I have done that a few times with kids… since I am pretty new to this, I think there are some folks WAY better equipped for that than me. They have shops set up for teaching. The one I would recommend is Michael Diebert in Trussville, Alabama. He does a weekend class where you go home with a finished hunting knife. He is a really great guy that I have known for years. I haven’t attended any classes so I am sure guys like him would have a better approach than I might. PM me if you would like his contact but he is on Facebook and Instagram

 

[Bypass]

So, I accepted the request to make these when I was about 18mos into the hobby… I was pretty overwhelmed with even the thought of the project! They took me about six months to complete as I would start and stop a LOT!
Finally got them done and delivered yesterday!
Wakizashi and Tanto set with low layer count ladder pattern Damascus San mai , brass fittings, and curly maple handles and sayas with cocobolo accents.
They are “Japanese Inspired” but non traditional construction and they were both fun and challenging! (Mainly carving highly figured maple for the sayas!)
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Nice work!!!

 

[THREEJAYS]

So cool, Damascus is my favorite