The funny thing is the new menuki's seem to have better hold on the tsuka than the old ones.
Next on the agenda is just to clean the detailing on the saya.
OK now onto Phase 2.
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Kill Bill: Sword Mods (Realer Than Real Hanzo Steel)
I've done my first mod on my hand forged bride katana and changed the menuki's for the right one's (which are now on the correct side's of the tsuka), this took me about 15 minuites to do and luckally It didn't requier me to unbind and rebind the tsuka (i just managed to carefully slide them in).
The funny thing is the new menuki's seem to have better hold on the tsuka than the old ones.
Next on the agenda is just to clean the detailing on the saya.
OK now onto Phase 2.
The funny thing is the new menuki's seem to have better hold on the tsuka than the old ones.
Next on the agenda is just to clean the detailing on the saya.
OK now onto Phase 2.
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Barry the Time Sprout
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I did wonder if you were gonna have to re wrap that puppy to get those right, good job mate 
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Logan wrote:Its not always the tape I find the trickiest. I gotta admit, I spent a good 10minutes trying to get into my Willie! Was trying to work out where ends were, flaps, openings, how it came apart...lol thought I was never gonna get in!
Japlac yes ? Interested so see how that turns out.
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Blade with whom I shall die
Strike once dear heart
And then Goodbye
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Strike once dear heart
And then Goodbye
Logan wrote:Its not always the tape I find the trickiest. I gotta admit, I spent a good 10minutes trying to get into my Willie! Was trying to work out where ends were, flaps, openings, how it came apart...lol thought I was never gonna get in!
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Yes BB, Thats why i'm gonna have to give it some time, Japlac can be a little tempramental sometimes.Blackbird wrote:Japlac yes ? Interested so see how that turns out.
Anyway the saya's almost done, I just have to give it about 48 hours to completly dry then a quick polish.
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Mister Boris
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Apologies for the thread zombieing but I've just got my Bride and I've got a coulpe of questions:
First off: any pictures of the finished article?
Where did you get the new menuki from?
Is it hard to re wrap the tsuka? I'm thinking of putting black cotton on mine- accurate or not I prefer the look and feel of the cotton ito.
Thanks
First off: any pictures of the finished article?
Where did you get the new menuki from?
Is it hard to re wrap the tsuka? I'm thinking of putting black cotton on mine- accurate or not I prefer the look and feel of the cotton ito.
Thanks
Yes i Did: viewtopic.php?t=15174&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=45
Got them about 90% accurate
The menuki's are Duel-Tone Vajara Menuki and i got them off of the cheaper leather bound stainless kill bill swords, the only problem is that they've changed the menuki on the Leather Bound SS Kats for two Chinese style lion-dogs.
http://blades-uk.com/search_results.php ... ride+Sword
Got them about 90% accurate
The menuki's are Duel-Tone Vajara Menuki and i got them off of the cheaper leather bound stainless kill bill swords, the only problem is that they've changed the menuki on the Leather Bound SS Kats for two Chinese style lion-dogs.
http://blades-uk.com/search_results.php ... ride+Sword
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