katana shnogi-zukuri

[Przemek P]

hello
I made a new sword
sword is polished by me
and bound him in shirasaya
sori 14mm,mihaba 35mm

[Angelo Silva]

Nice going Przemek!

Have you though about carving bo-hi in any of your swords?
Have you tried to make a heian period blade? You seem to have the modern kotetsu geometry down. How about something more classical?

By the way, is that a sword rack you're building there?

[Przemek P]

not much to know the styles and periods
just like a sword like me
I want to do so
I really like the
and took such
each of us would like to have the sword


http://moderntosho.com/sale/Kotuken.htm

but yet I lack the skills





so I do a sword hanger
I wanted him to fill


Angelo did another one
I hope you like it
but it is next in the queue

[Angelo Silva]

Yeah, that kokuten katana is awesome. It is a nice inspiration piece.

Przemek, you swords look very nice. Since you have the hardening mastered, I have a couple of advices for future work. You should try making blades with high shinogi, and narrower shinogi-ji. You can also try making big koshi-zori blades.

Your skill are evolving fast. Keep going, and try to sell more swords, and maybe get them polished by a good toshigi and mounted.

If I had more money I would ask you to make me many swords. Unfortunately, by the time I have money your swords will be much more expensive!

[John Coris]

Przemek you get better each time.. If things go well with the economy I will definately commissiona a sword from you. Congratulations!

[Przemek P]

Thank you Angelo for guidance
even with the previous post question about bohi
I can not do, but very bohi I like the tanto
Angelo Ok I'll try to do some sunobe and sell to a professional do the rest
You sure it get any sword from me

John really is nice to hear

[Vu.Q.T]

Przemek made me a Diasho pair a few months ago, it's currently under polishing and mountings with my guy. I'm going for a full traditional style polish so I hope it'll do some justice to Przemek blades and I will post it here once it's all done.

[Angelo Silva]

Please do Vue. I can't wait so see a review of his work, and also how it looks in Hadori or Sashikomi.

Przemek, if only I had some more money, I would have taken the katana you quenched in the day of the tsunami. I'm not a fan of big kotetsu style swords, but that blade looked so nice...

[Przemek P]

I do not have all the skills and I do not always everything goes as I want, but try as I

Vue, which I see swords made ​​for you
polished in the traditional style by a professional
This will be a great day for me, and will fulfill my dreams

[Vu.Q.T]

Will do gentleman and it'll be my pleasure.

[Przemek P]

further part of the work
beech wood
far only I can do a round Shirasaya
not yet drilled in nakago mekugi-ana







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[Jeff Ellis]

Yeah, that kokuten katana is awesome. It is a nice inspiration piece.

Przemek, you swords look very nice. Since you have the hardening mastered, I have a couple of advices for future work. You should try making blades with high shinogi, and narrower shinogi-ji. You can also try making big koshi-zori blades.

Your skill are evolving fast. Keep going, and try to sell more swords, and maybe get them polished by a good toshigi and mounted.

If I had more money I would ask you to make me many swords. Unfortunately, by the time I have money your swords will be much more expensive!

Prezmek is making fine swords in the style he is making them in. The way it used to be done, was that you went to a smith because you wanted a sword he made, not because he made the sword you asked him to make. I think that what we're seeing is a fine sword, it's the type of sword I would want to own as it is.

[Vu.Q.T]

Guys, Przemek can make a blade to your own specifications as he did with mine and let me tell you it's no 'Kotetsu' it's more 'Dotanuki' just as I wanted it

[Angelo Silva]

Prezmek is making fine swords in the style he is making them in. The way it used to be done, was that you went to a smith because you wanted a sword he made, not because he made the sword you asked him to make. I think that what we're seeing is a fine sword, it's the type of sword I would want to own as it is.

Oh, I love Przemek's work. If I had the cash I'd ask him to make me another sword like the one he made around the time of tsunami. I just think that with all his talent and will to make swords he could make different styles of katana, and I'm just curious to see how they would come out.

By the way Przemek, the looks nice in shirasaya. There is a weird reflection in the edge in one of the pictures... Something happen there

[Jeff Ellis]

Oh, I love Przemek's work. If I had the cash I'd ask him to make me another sword like the one he made around the time of tsunami. I just think that with all his talent and will to make swords he could make different styles of katana, and I'm just curious to see how they would come out.

By the way Przemek, the looks nice in shirasaya. There is a weird reflection in the edge in one of the pictures... Something happen there

I think the "weird" thing you're seeing is an unfinished edge, the sword doesn't look polished yet?

I think it was the first Katana he put on here... I wanted it but was financially strapped.

[Przemek P]

and video
http://www.youtube.com/user/bisonn1?feature=mhee


sword for sale
http://www.swordforum.com/forums/sho...atana-dotanuki

[Angelo Silva]

A-ha!

Just 800$???
Yes that is a super price. I hadn't realized the muneyaki before. It looks breathtaking. Your skills are improving. The polishing looks very good.
Unfortunately, my bank account is currently under the 200€ as my car (a wreck), needed repairs, and I am buying some tools to finish some current projects. It seems you and me are out of sinc.

Someone, please take this blade home before I have to do something I might regret

[David Lewis Smith]

it is very tempting Angelo.

[Vu.Q.T]

Wow, you're clearly getting better and better with each blade Przemek......beautiful blade.

Przemek are you going to make a Habaki and shirasaya for this? it would help to protect the blade during shipping, it'll be a real shame if it get's messed up.

[Hrvoje Samija]

If it is the same katana from the beginning, you can see above that shirasaya and habaki are already made... If I understand it correctly...

Beautiful... Ah... Damn... Angelo, get it togeather, car is no problem, once the kids come, you're pocked... Take my word for it...

[Przemek P]

so it has a blade and habaki shirsaya
I could not just do photos
I better work on forging
and grinding
just would like to improve the cutting edge cosmetics
stones or polishing finger and stylus
I have to buy at the earliest opportunity
because it is a hybrid blade polishing

the first time on this blade, used a heat-resistant silicone
and learn to work with him

this way with clay tempered katana and the hamon is different
will also be shirasaya
and compare hamon hamon of clay and silicone

Angelo, I'm glad that you like the mune at mune yaki are very active
maybe I can capture with the camera

I have a bad camera, and I hope that soon buy new
(if the economic crisis will)
good SLR


thank you very much for all answers
Przemek

[Przemek P]

I worked a little with the other
on what style is it?

[Angelo Silva]

Hmm... from the top of my head either mid Kamakura from the wide mihaba and tori (koshi-ish) sori, or Mid to Late Edo period?

[J.S. Hill]

I worked a little with the other
on what style is it?

The sugata is definitely Yamato-den influenced (maybe a little like Yamashiro-den) with the wide shinogi-ji that is nearly the same width from machi to yokote. Koshizori is most prevalent in the Bizen-den tradition, but was used by most all traditions in the Heian to Mid-Kamakura era. This particular sword reminds me of the Taima tradition. An interesting link: http://www.nihonto.ca/taima/

If you want to keep it within the traditional confines of this school, be careful the hamon you make on it. Suguha or ko-midare based on suguha are most prevalent in the Yamato-den traditions with variants during different eras (thin hamon to wider hamon, generally, as time passed).

And P., your koshinogi might be a bit too long. It might be the photos, but pushing it back just a tad will make it more traditional looking, in my humble opinion. Shaping is excellent, just a tad off (or an artifact of the photography) for the school. Just my opinion--would certainly function well and be fine as it stands.

On the original-topic of the thread, the Dotanuki-inspired sword looks great. Your polishing is definitely improving. I think your use of modern materials (silicon-caulk instead of clay) is inspiring!. Might have to try that myself. Would definitely stay on the blade throughout the quench and curve! Good luck on the new sword.

Shannon