Geordie

[pjm]

[Geordie Ross]

The white rattan wrapping sets it off, cracking is the ito leather or cotton/silk?

[pjm]

its cotton, which to be honest feels better in the hand than the leather, more grip

[pjm]

iam going to see about getting better pics and more of them on it once ive polished the blade, need to go up to my shop and get the metal polish tho lol

[Geordie Ross]

Aye, I find that the slick leather itos aren't as grippy, don't feel as secure in your hand there's a kind of fibre leather on the tori xl and that's much better. Be careful you don't polish the etched hamon out, that metal polish that mick uses can buff out the patterns on Damascus steel lol.

[pjm]

Aye, I find that the slick leather itos aren't as grippy, don't feel as secure in your hand there's a kind of fibre leather on the tori xl and that's much better. Be careful you don't polish the etched hamon out, that metal polish that mick uses can buff out the patterns on Damascus steel lol.

oh i dont touch the hamon at all with the metal polish, i follow the pattern just in case anything did happen to it lol, so now at least i know it would have destroyed it if i had, phew

[Geordie Ross]

It would take a fair bit of vigorous polishing, but it would eventually fade it out