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CuSmith — Carving / inlay Hammer
Published: 2013-07-25 13:24:24 +0000 UTC; Views: 725; Favourites: 7; Downloads: 7
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I've recently gotten in contact with a community that focuses on traditional techniques of producing (among other things) tsuba, japanese sword guards. The associated online forum is a wealth of information, and my first reflection of that information is this little guy. The head was forged from 3/4" round W-1 steel. The finished product has essentially the same diameter, so this was not a labor-intensive forging. The handle was made from curly maple, my usual stand-by for handle material. I'll be honest- I have no idea if this is the "ideal" wood for a tool handle. I have not found it to be a bad choice and it looks fantastic when done properly, so I stick with it. I went with a black dye this time, which I was a little unsure about initially because I was concerned it would obscure the amazing effect this wood has when polished up (which unfortunately does not come through very well at all in a photograph). With the right amount of post-dying polishing, this turned out fantastically and I plan on doing a fair number of similar peices in the same way.Related content
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following the iron brush? Its fun to work with chisels
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That's the one! There's also The Carving Path, a bit of crossover between members there. I don't think I actually weighed this one, I would guess it's somewhere around 100g. I definitely plan to have more of this style in the future. I've used this wood for handles of other objects before, but never a hammer, I guess we'll have to wait and see how well it holds up once I use it a couple hundred times
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Indeed. Have fun hammering away. I am still amazed what I can do with a small chisel and a very light hammer. Have fun sculpting.
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