I am so fascinated by this!
Astonishingly beautiful!
How does this start? There was a kendo school near you and you saw a flyer in the laundromat?
Like it? Iām enthralled! How does it feel in the hand? Iām not a blade expert but I am an enthusiast and also very much and elitist pig when it comes to hardware or anything martial. I characterized a knife I own as āaliveā due to the way it feels in my hand as opposed to others.Iām so pleased you like it. Everybody else is more interested in rolling around on the ground with other men
Heavenly Heaving Frosty Boobies has a sister?! Hot damn! This is my day! Dare I ask her name?
No wonder they named it after breasts.Iām so pleased you like it. Everybody else is more interested in rolling around on the ground with other men
So they take the sword apart and store the blade in this wood furniture? You say to let air circulate? Is there a worry about rust? How does one prevent that when storing like this? So many questions I have about this.
In the UK, you had to search things out. I was practising Karate, getting bored of the poor teaching and politics and I went to a martial arts demonstration at Broughten Leisure centre in Manchester. There were two Kendoka giving a demo and was attracted by its dynamism and the teachers were absolutely lovely! I joined the dojo and every third week we the class was Iaido. I hated it! As a young man, it seemed boring. I wanted the clashing of bamboo swords, body-checking and bellowing at the top of my lungs. But we practised Iai to get the feel of using more realistic swords and everything that goes with it.
Itās beautifully balanced and feels really solid; no rattling of the various fixtures. That balance makes it feel deceptively light, but this is something Iāve found with my other well-made swords. Itās very long too and thatās going to take some getting used to. The main vibe it gives is of beauty; itās very pretty in proportion and jihada.
Yes.
I used to vacuum seal my swords but was advised against it since damp pockets of any remaining air can cause corrosion. So circulating air is better. In Japan they store them in paulownia boxes which are porous. I use a sealed gun case and silica gel packets- the opposite of what long term storage requires.
They are always oiled to prevent oxygen getting to the steel. Surpringly, Japsnese sword steel doesnāt corrode easily. They really have to be abused to to that. So a smear of mineral oil once every few week after wiping the old stuff off and itās fine.
I wish I could continuously pipe dry aron into the caseā¦
Mrs Stabby
For now, anyway!
Now letās see it unsheathed! Are you going to cut some watermelons?
I didnāt know about this, I learned something new today
ā¦.. or are you making some joke again ?
Is that toiletries above the sword stuff, did youā¦ā¦ ābring it with youā from the Hilton
Facial tissues to wipe the blade of oil, specially smoothed uchiko powder (in the blue box) to soak up any oil left on the blade, a pillow to rest the blade upon and a small piece of cloth with a special thick mineral oil to reapply onto the blade. Thereās a jewelerās loupe on the right to look closely at the details of the blade.
Theyāre cheap stuff anywayā¦I only use Acqua di Parma 
Isnāt Parma famous for itās cheese and hamFacial tissues to wipe the blade of oil, specially smoothed uchiko powder (in the blue box) to soak up any oil left on the blade, a pillow to rest the blade upon and a small piece of cloth with a special thick mineral oil to reapply onto the blade. Thereās a jewelerās loupe on the right to look closely at the details of the blade.
In the UK, the trend seems to be clamping toiletries to the wall of the bathroom so they canāt be stolen. I blame foreign visitors
Iām a strict vegetarian
