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Thats right Doc, a Proper tamahagane blade will cost you heaps. Starting at about 3k for a unmounted unpolished blade from a "unknown" smith. There was a forge in China doing them in the proper Japanese tradition (the son had trained in Japan), smelting their own iron for 3.5k for a fitted sword and but they had a fire a couple of years back and while they are back making swords they aren't doing the tamahagne line. Japanese steel was pretty poor quality back in the day which is why they developed the complex folded steel and and soft inner core with a harder shell technology. The edge was still very brittle and you will often see dents on the back of old nihonto that saw battle. The swordsman would block blows with the softer spine of his sword rather than risk the edge.The whole martial art of Iaido is basically fast draw, draw your sword , make the cut before your opponent has drawn and avoid steel on steel contact.It's a fascinating history of technology.
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And a lot of the cutting ability of a traditional Japanese Katana has a lot to do with the geometry of the blade itself rather than the sharpness of it, plus the swordsman uses a specific technique so that he cuts at the correct angle.
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wow, they are interesting ones. I just received a lot of secondhand ply, I should try a few stands..
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I've drawn up the short one, used a line drawing of an antelopes skull upside down to get the nice lines without having to resort to bezier curves in Illustrator or PS .OK yea, I'm lazy. But I dont have any materials atm and busy with the tele build. I will do a build diary when I get to it.
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My guitar stand plans consist of driving to the local music shop and buying one of those 5 stand racks...
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Well, I wanted a long weekend project that I could finish in the 3days so.... made myself a stand.
tomorrow I'll sand the filler off, I only had ebony colour. The disc on the front will be padded as will the arms that actually hold the guitar. so sand and stain tomorrow, clear coat and padding on Monday.
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looks pretty cool, good one
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Definitely looks good, Dedman!
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