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Thread: WIP - Tai Chi sword
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30th May 2013, 06:48 PM #1Member
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WIP - Tai Chi sword
Hi all,
Started making a sword for my mum who does tai chi.
Heres some photos.
Blade - american oak
Handle - figured maple? with ebony inlay
Guard - blackwood
Pommel - ebony
Having trouble with the ebony pommel, that stuff is like granite . . .
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30th May 2013, 07:22 PM #2Senior Member
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Looks great so far. I'm watching with great interest to see how it goes
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31st May 2013, 05:06 PM #3Member
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Pommel
I hope it turns out allright.
I redid the pommel using a bench grinder to shape it.
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1st June 2013, 06:40 AM #4
Time Out!
You used a bench grinder to shape wood?
What you've done so far looks good, although I have no idea what a Tai Chi sword looks like. So watching with interest.Dragonfly
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1st June 2013, 11:26 PM #5Member
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Heres a photo of a couple of steel swords: File:Two Jian.JPG - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dont all woodworkers shape wood with a bench grinder? I used it because the ebony was like a piece of stone, hard stone. In the end, I think it actually worked quite well, and with a smooth from a rasp and polish with up to 3000 grit, it came up looking amazing.
The guard is now giving me some issues, so am working on getting that looking good. Will use some ebony in that too. And the handle needs a re-shape. Getting there though . . .
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2nd June 2013, 06:17 AM #6
Do you mean a Disk/Belt sander?
Because if you mean what you say, a bench grinder (Carborundum wheel etc), nope, you'll be the first person I've heard of shaping wood on one.Dragonfly
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2nd June 2013, 01:13 PM #7Member
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It's ah, definitely a bench grinder, used for metal work. Gotta use what you got available I guess.
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2nd June 2013, 05:52 PM #8Skwair2rownd
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Bench grinders are extremely versatile machines. I've used one to grind the top off my thumb!!!
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5th June 2013, 06:59 PM #9Member
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more photos of handle and guard
More bench grinding to shape the ebony sides of the guard. The spacers either end of the handle are buffalo horn
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12th June 2013, 10:48 PM #10Member
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Completed Sword
Here it is. Shellac finish. Came up nice.
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13th June 2013, 08:05 AM #11Senior Member
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I love it!
What is the balance like?
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13th June 2013, 06:06 PM #12Member
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the balance is pretty nice because the pommel is a heavy chunk of ebony. It feels similar to some of the steel swords I own, so that worked out well. If I was to do it again, the only change would be make the blade out of a nicer looking wood than oak, but it still looks good. Glad you like it.
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16th June 2013, 07:50 PM #13
Well done on the sword.
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