TimeWarp #10 - Forging Habaki for a Tanto

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Making a classical tanto style habaki forged from reclaimed copper, silver soldering in the charcoal forge, hand filing. (4x) Finished tanto here: http://islandblacksmith.ca/2019/08/furusato-tanto/
Serious students of the forge can watch the full process here: https://rumble.com/v2fcq4d-tldw-21-making-a-tanto-habaki-with-simple-tools.html

Material is scrap copper from an electrical bus bar, shape is forged and bent, soldering done with hard silver solder in the charcoal forge with fuigo, finish work done with files and rasps.

More about the process here: http://islandblacksmith.ca/process/

Machigane info: http://islandblacksmith.ca/2014/10/classical-tanto-construction-habaki-%E3%81%AE-machigane/

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