It is called "Eda-Sasayaku"

[Caliper]

Hello, so this is my first custom Katana, if you want to see the WIP thread check here: http://www.swordsofmightforum.com/showthread.php?t=1770

Gentlemen, I call this the (Ko)Eda-Sasayaku Katana, according to internet translators it means "branch tree whisper", It's a Ryumon Okinawa fully custom with a "leaves" theme, with custom made menuki, fuchi and kashira and a textured finished on the tsuba, sageo and real silk black ito from SOL and repolished blade with an acid etched finished

Enjoy,

http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q288/cyclosporine/Eda-sasayaku/Eda-sasayaku_01.jpg

http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q288/cyclosporine/Eda-sasayaku/Eda-sasayaku_03.jpg

http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q288/cyclosporine/Eda-sasayaku/Eda-sasayaku_04.jpg

http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q288/cyclosporine/Eda-sasayaku/Eda-sasayaku_06.jpg

http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q288/cyclosporine/Eda-sasayaku/Eda-sasayaku_08.jpg

[Caliper]

more :flaming:
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q288/cyclosporine/Eda-sasayaku/Eda-sasayaku_09.jpg

http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q288/cyclosporine/Eda-sasayaku/Eda-sasayaku_10.jpg

http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q288/cyclosporine/Eda-sasayaku/Eda-sasayaku_11.jpg

http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q288/cyclosporine/Eda-sasayaku/Eda-sasayaku_24.jpg

http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q288/cyclosporine/Eda-sasayaku/Eda-sasayaku_12.jpg

[Caliper]

More :sumo:

http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q288/cyclosporine/Eda-sasayaku/Eda-sasayaku_14.jpg

http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q288/cyclosporine/Eda-sasayaku/Eda-sasayaku_15.jpg

http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q288/cyclosporine/Eda-sasayaku/Eda-sasayaku_18a.jpg

http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q288/cyclosporine/Eda-sasayaku/Eda-sasayaku_22.jpg

Hope you liked the pictures and my attempt to capture the whole leaves subject
THANKS FOR LOOKING!

[andysoard]

=D>=D>very excellent, looks great!
I hope one day I will be able to wrap as good as that :Praying:

[zentredi]

a beautiful job and a great presentation=D>=D>=D>

[Torawashi]

Beautiful workmanship and beautiful photography.....well done hoss!!

[Travis Morris]

VERY NICE, congrats

[Maynar]

SCHWEET! Great work Caliper. =D>

[DragonGuardian]

All I have to say is:
Beautiful

[goose710]

Caliper
Came out nice !! enjoy it!
da gooseman

[the blade master]

nice plants shame about the sword
seriously nice katana and a job well done
a rep point for your efforts:ohyeah:

[Caliper]

Thanks everyone, glad you like the pics

andysoard, Tsukamaki is a pain but it's not impossible, my maki is not perfect, when I was waiting for everything to arrive to do this custom, I took a musashi that had the wrap all loose and practice with it for like 3 days straight, the more you do it, the better you get at, specially the end knots

haha! blade master, I wasn't expecting that answer, good one :king::king:

by the way, I love the way the silk feels when I grip the katana, was silk always used by the samurai for their wraps or did they used something else??

[goose710]

Caliper
I believe they used several different materials, I've seen leather, silk(of course), plain wood (with embelishments) and i have one that has a brass/copper/silver tuska.
I'm sure i've seen other stuff on tuskas but not sure if it was rattan or something else
da gooseman

[Caliper]

ahh, interesting, I guess as usual, it all depended on the status that determined how 'fancy' ones katana could be

I should give the leather ito a try, I love leather seats and their smell, but I don't know if wrapped in a tsuka they might smell funky after use

[andysoard]

you never know till you try it. But it will look good on it.

[Taygrd]

Leather is really neat on a katana. The leather is about 5 times harder to wrap than silk. It does not have much of a smell to it new. I have not cut with mine enough to see how it wears.

[PinoyFili]

Not bad! Not bad at all! Very nice wish I had the patients to make something so eye catching. Keep up the good work.

[Kurubushi Kamu]

Very nice, and personalized! The fuchi/kashira turned out better than I thought, haven't seen that done before. Thanks for sharing Caliper. KK

[Caliper]

My pleasure KK, been learning a lot from you guys!! at first I didn't think the f/k were going to come out so well but I'm glad they did

now the custom bug has bitten me hard and I'm planning on maybe customizing most of my katanas :flaming:

[Caliper]

.......

[Caliper]

So, I was walking trough the woods one day and saw this :-O:-O
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q288/cyclosporine/Eda-sasayaku/Eda-sasayaku_26.jpg

It appears that some swords DO grow on trees,:flaming: I was in need for a matching set for my eda-sasayaku katana, so I had to pick this off the branch
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q288/cyclosporine/Eda-sasayaku/Eda-sasayaku_27.jpg

It looks like it was my lucky day, cause the wakizashi grew out of the tree just like I needed it :celebration:
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q288/cyclosporine/Eda-sasayaku/Eda-sasayaku_28.jpg

matching fittings
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q288/cyclosporine/Eda-sasayaku/Eda-sasayaku_29.jpg

20.8" blade length with a 9.65" length tsuka wrapped in real silk back ito
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q288/cyclosporine/Eda-sasayaku/Eda-sasayaku_30.jpg

nice hamon
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q288/cyclosporine/Eda-sasayaku/Eda-sasayaku_31.jpg

:sumo:

[Caliper]

Finally have a daisho set :king:

http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q288/cyclosporine/Eda-sasayaku/Eda-sasayaku_33.jpg

http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q288/cyclosporine/Eda-sasayaku/Eda-sasayaku_34.jpg

Can't leave them outside :mace:
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q288/cyclosporine/Eda-sasayaku/Eda-sasayaku_35.jpg

more pic of the matching fittings
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q288/cyclosporine/Eda-sasayaku/Eda-sasayaku_36.jpg

http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q288/cyclosporine/Eda-sasayaku/Eda-sasayaku_37.jpg

[Maynar]

Hola, chiquita. Niice!

[Caliper]

Muchas gracias amigo :king:

chiquita y agil :duel:

[goose710]

Caliper
Uh where is dis tree??!! Trade ya an apple tree for it!
da gooseman
PS very nice pictures!! and great idea too

[Maynar]

I'm working on a Bamboo daisho theme, yah. Found a wak that'll fit in just fine.

Can't wait to go fwd on that one, :)

[the blade master]

all those woods and no teddy bears picnic=))

[RobbyDoom]

Very nice. They look great. The tsuka-maki looks tight.
I really like the whole daisho thing. I love my PC practical daisho. I am going to put together a wakizashi to match my custom, once it's finished and I have recovered financially.

[the blade master]

hello robby
i hate to be the bearer of bad news but i hope
you realise once you start collecting bladed weapons your
finances will never recover you'll be living in poverty for
ever just like the rest of us honest:ohyeah:=))

[Maynar]

Quiet, Mick! The wife gets wind of talk like that, and I'm for the high jump!


Ixnay on the overty-pay ubject-say.

[the blade master]

never could understand pig latin;)