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Thomas McDonald
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 Posted: Sat 21 Aug, 2004 5:50 pm Post subject: A very cool little Tanto ! |
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Harlan Hastings, & daughter Whitney ,stopped by last night (on route to Cape Cod) with a cool assortment of toys for 'ol Mac to play with ( 2 of which were by none other than that famous Swedish swordsmith Peter Johnsson ..... but I'll discuss those in another post ;-)
A good while back I posted a few pics of a cool little tanto blade that Harlan had purchased and planned to have polished & mounted oneday ! Well, true enough, he did ..... and it came out beautiful !
View this image larger Here
Anyone care to throw out a guess (or two) as to who / whom(s) work this may be ? Mac
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Don Halter
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Location: Bryan, TX Joined: 25 Mar 2004
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Nice!
P.S. Randal Graham and Patrick Hastings:D
Don "Krag" Halter
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Robert W. Betten
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| Posted: Mon 23 Aug, 2004 9:21 am Post subject: |
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Very nice piece, I'd really love to see it in full dress koshirae...I think it would set a blade like that off something nice. But congrats on such a sweet little blade.
*!*
"If the people we love are taken from us,
the way they live on is to never stop loving
them. Buildings burn, people die, but real
love is forever." - Sarah 'The Crow'
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Thomas McDonald
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| Posted: Mon 23 Aug, 2004 12:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Don Halter wrote: | Nice!
P.S. Randal Graham and Patrick Hastings:D |
Hi Don
Your about 2/3 correct ......
The blade is indeed a Randal Graham, the habaki was made by Patrick Hastings (no relation to Harlan ;-) , and last, but certainly not least, Keith Larman did the excellent polish & shirasaya work !
Notice how the shinogi-ji ( i think that's the right term :-) was left textured, as that was Randal's original design !
Keith must have had a bit of a traditional short-circut keeping that in *g*
Also the shaping of the tsuka (grip) was wonderfully done, a very subtle curve to it feeling excellent in hand !
The habaki was also nicely done ( although my scans certainly do not show it off well ).
Patrick even did a matching texture ,on the upper part of the habaki, so as to flow along with the shinogi-ji
I hope to have a few pics of this piece, in hand, as soon as the photos are developed !
Cheers lads, Mac
'Gott Bewahr Die Oprechte Schotten'
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Don Halter
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The textured finish was one the things that kinda jumped out at me. I like the way it works into the overall design, though. It's always neat to see what a polisher can bring out in a blade.
Hmmm...add some navy blue silk ito, ivory same and patinated wrought iron fittings, and you can just mail that on my way  .
Don "Krag" Halter
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Thomas McDonald
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| Posted: Mon 23 Aug, 2004 6:13 pm Post subject: |
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As promised .... here a few shots of the tanto in hand !
( the pics are not too swift , detail-wise, but they give you a good sense of its size !
Mac
'Gott Bewahr Die Oprechte Schotten'
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