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    Jett Sett Ballistic

    Hello everyone, I was gifted some Jett sett ballistic, along with a cast iron pitch bowl, I’ve had no problem getting it into the bowl and warm and sticky, however everytime it cools down it becomes loose from the bowl entirely. I realize the amount I have in the bowl isn’t enough yet for this...
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    My first project (tsuba)

    I didn’t count, but probably between 4 and 6 rounds of the process was needed after the first three, I started using a toothbrush to remove anything that wasn’t sticking well enough, the boiling being completed between each round, 10mins minimum 30min max. Afterwards I heated gently with torch...
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    My first project (tsuba)

    Thank you! I had a hard time figuring out a suitable method from my online reading , cobbled this together and I’m very pleased
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    My first project (tsuba)

    I decided I needed to patina the iron to get the true artistic vision I had originally envisioned. After practicing on my wrought practice piece I got to the point where I tried it on the tsuba, needless to say I was very nervous as I only really felt like I had one shot. Rusting solution 7oz...
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    My first project (tsuba)

    https://youtube.com/shorts/UJNarDFohQQ?feature=share
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    My first project (tsuba)

    Yeah I realized the waves style was not traditional Japanese, I just really liked the way that sketch had turned out so I decided to leave it at that, probably next time I make one I’ll do a more traditional style for the waves. thank you! Yeah I’ve already got plans to make a folding knife...
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    My first project (tsuba)

    First two pictures are the chisels I used the most by far. The two with purple heart handles are grs blanks I got for my birthday and shaped. Also had to make the hammer for this! I’m super happy I took on this project and started learning engraving
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    My first project (tsuba)

    Oh I made the tsuba last year and fit it to the sword when I forged it! Just finished ! 42 hours of work well worth it, the only prior engraving I had done was some practice for this project, so please keep in mind when critiquing :) I’m going to post more videos here when I get around to...
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    My first project (tsuba)

    Any tips for cleaning up the constellation and sky background more? Considering doing a dot pattern for the sky perhaps to darken it
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    My first project (tsuba)

    This mornings progress
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    My first project (tsuba)

    Today’s work, finished the rough inlays and layed out the pattern, started getting ready for background removal
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    My first project (tsuba)

    Thank you! I might make some small changes to the style of the waves when I get to that point. the bronze sun inlay went pretty well, but the moon had some slight issues, I think I’ll be able to fix them fortunately since the background sky is going to be later lowered
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    My first project (tsuba)

    Pretty much done scraping, only one corner left :)
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    My first project (tsuba)

    Made an edit of my inlaying for the bronze perimeter, also nearly done scraping the excess with only one corner left. This weekend I’m going to inlay the sun and moon, and the constellation.
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    My first project (tsuba)

    Scraper tool I made is working wonders
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