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Hannes Vereecke




Location: Belgium
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PostPosted: Mon 14 Aug, 2017 8:03 am    Post subject: Restoring a "Japanese" tanto         Reply with quote

My second post here, and it's related to my first one:
Identifing a japanese tanto
http://myArmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?p=313267

After your opinions and some others, I've decided to tackle this project by myself.
Took me a while, but for those who are interested, see my video below for the process and result:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCROrU_hmnE

There are some before and after shots attached too if you don't want to watch the entire video.

Let me know what you think! Happy



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Mark Moore




Location: East backwoods-assed Texas
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PostPosted: Mon 14 Aug, 2017 10:54 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

I'm not really big on Japanese weapons, but THAT is beautiful! You did an excellent job of breathing new life into an old blade. Your polish job is first rate. Big Grin ....McM
''Life is like a box of chocolates...'' --- F. Gump
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Ian Hutchison




Location: Louisiana / Nordrhein-Westholland
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PostPosted: Mon 14 Aug, 2017 11:31 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Heel erg indrukwekkend, mooi gedaan!
'We are told that the pen is mightier than the sword, but I know which of these weapons I would choose.' - Adrian Carton de Wiart
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Daniel Sullivan




Location: California
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PostPosted: Mon 14 Aug, 2017 11:58 am    Post subject: Restoring a "Japanese" tanto         Reply with quote

Hannes,

Really appreciated your video, liked the "how I did it" details. Your success just might have inspired me to attempt restoring a similar Japanese blade. And my compliments on your patience ....

Cheers,
Dan
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Jerry Monaghan




Location: melbourne australia
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PostPosted: Mon 14 Aug, 2017 7:06 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Hi Hannes.
Thank you for sharing the
video and good job on the tanto and I am impressed

Regards

Jerry Monaghan
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Hannes Vereecke




Location: Belgium
Joined: 27 Jul 2016

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PostPosted: Tue 15 Aug, 2017 1:46 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Thanks for the kind words!
It did take a lot of patience, especially the seemingly endless grinding/polishing got really tiresome after a while.
Did not enjoy that part very much after a few days/hours, but really liked doing all the rest though Happy
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