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Hannes Vereecke
Location: Belgium Joined: 27 Jul 2016
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Posted: Mon 14 Aug, 2017 8:03 am Post subject: Restoring a "Japanese" tanto |
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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! :)
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Mark Moore
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Posted: Mon 14 Aug, 2017 10:54 am Post subject: |
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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. :D ....McM
''Life is like a box of chocolates...'' --- F. Gump
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Ian Hutchison
Location: Louisiana / Nordrhein-Westholland Joined: 27 Nov 2007
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Posted: Mon 14 Aug, 2017 11:31 am Post subject: |
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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
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Posted: Mon 14 Aug, 2017 11:58 am Post subject: Restoring a "Japanese" tanto |
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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
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Posted: Mon 14 Aug, 2017 7:06 pm Post subject: |
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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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Posted: Tue 15 Aug, 2017 1:46 am Post subject: |
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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 :)
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