My peculiar nature

An exploration of, well, whatever I happen to be interested in. Probably more Japanese tools and sharpening stones than any sane person would want to see. The fools progress?

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

A tale of two extremes--- heat treating woes.

Heat treating issues. Here are a couple of fails (Well, one fail, one partial), that may provide some insight into making a laminated blade...

Saturday, September 13, 2014

Using the "Point of a sword" knife

Yesterday was just one of those days..... I seem to be direly lacking in practice, woodworking wise. Things seem to be going quite well ...

Friday, September 12, 2014

New old kanna, Ura-dashi with a heavy hand, and a gift for a friend

Sometimes my writing skills lead me to despair. I, too have to read this stuff, and so often I feel that I come across as an overly excited...

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Wood Reductionist

Jason: Overly enthusiastic student of (too) many disciplines. This is my focal tool.

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