Oh, he can file my tang hole all day until it's smooth.

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That's what she said lol

Lex Leon that's my favourite word for the week! Tang Hole!

i think he tried to make radish soup in a rusty pan :P

Personally, I'd go bigger. Mine is about twice that powerful and I frequently wish I had more power. Not saying it wouldn't work, but more is better!

Walter Sorrells Certianly. Thanks a lot for the response =)

That would be the heat gun getting the iron up to temp which evaporates the liquid and makes the reaction occur quicker.

Zero sum is right. It's just the water evaporating from the relatively warm iron. Bear in mind, it's a below-freezing ambient temperature, so anything vaguely warm is going to create steam.

a katana is a thin and top heavy sword intended for killing in one slice not flopping around and fencing the way European swords do so a katana is designed to have massive cutting power and a handle that can be pushed and pulled

+Christopher Melvin Any simple carbon steels, yes. And that would include mild steel, A36, etc.

+Walter Sorrells Thank you. Great information.

+Walter Sorrells Great video. I tried your rust solution... I cleaned the metal really well with soap and water. Sprayed it with white vinegar, heated it up a little, sprayed the rust sol then repeated, then boiled it, tuned black, but the problem is none of it stuck to the metal (A36). It all rubbed off... What am I doing wrong?

Dan Weniger You have to do it multiple times. Put it on, rub off the extra with a toothbrush or something similar, then repeat and repeat until you have a nice even coat.

I thought I mentioned that in the video, but maybe not. It's essentially the same thing as the rust bluing process used on old shotguns, etc.

Walter Sorrells Thanks for the quick response! It's quite interesting that the same process developed in such completely different circumstances. I expect most Japanese sword owners and old gun owners would be pretty surprised. Wax seems like a much more sensible way to protect the surface than oiling as well.

It's too brittle. A sword has very different working conditions from a tsuba. It has to cut, flex, and so on, whereas a tsuba just has to sit there and not rust.

I see, thank you.

They recyle "reclaimed" wrought iron by forge welding a bunch of it together to turn it back into barstock, so that way it is easier for blacksmiths to forge with, and can be immediately used to forge into w/e they want. It is real wrought iron, but they are not smelting it or making it from scratch, but rather are consolidating it into standard shapes and sizes. And I've heard that since they are located in the UK, it costs a lot to ship to the US. You can usually find smaller quantities on ebay (which is where I have obtained it from before) . Or, if you live in an area with a lot of old barns and junkyards you can go scavange for it by looking for it in old wagon wheels etc. Hope that helps :)

You should, but old "cast" iron is not the same thing as wrought. Much of the old cast iron would have been sand cast and isn't going to have the same chemical composition as wrought regardless of how it was cast.

@@erichpryde5309 good to know, thanks for the tip.

+Anirudh Garg Lots of people more qualified to answer than me, but they're generally meant to just keep your hand from slipping up onto the blade more than they are a "guard" to keep other blades from getting to your hand.

in japan heavy armor wasnt really common so when using swords the idea was to practice and become incredibly good because typically one cut is the winner thats why the katana is shaped like an extension of the arm and not like a cross as many Europeans are the tsuba was not only tp keep your hand from the blade but usually held a design that showed your character any skilled swordsman knows not to block a sword but to rather avoid it and counter because even a glancing strike can finish a fight or damage your blade the gist of it is first strike wins

+balthzar16 If you look at traditionally made tsubas, they're almost always slightly out of round. I have machine tools, so I can make things that look like they came out of a Chrysler factory...but that's not really the point.

Why does it make you shudder?

try Canada, I placed a bucket on my forge so i could find it in the winter, nope, not anymore

dylan Lewis lol, yeah you win.

Peter Parker but you dont have 110 f summers like we do!

EvanMichael47 we have really humid summers, 90%+ all year, so it feels like hell

"Nozoil" is also the secret ingredient for adding finishing patina to briar smoking pipes. Excellent to know it works here, too!