Thanks Matt! Just to clarify a little bit. Josiah did all the woodwork on both swords. There is a great variety of ishime or stone finish types in urushi work. I went with a coarser version here because it's a bit different without being wild. The worn in look to the fittings on the Barrett blade was an intentional look, Josiah will be happy to hear that you thought they were antiques :-). The Barrett sword is straight up traditional looking Higo style koshirae. The other, well, whatever it is doing it is doing it now.

@GermanSausagesAreTheWurst

Ай бұрын

Is the green Koiguchi and Kurigata a paint job, or is it some kind of plastic?

@jonandresen1483

Ай бұрын

@@GermanSausagesAreTheWurstit’s paint

Two beautiful, well made blades - Rick's work is always good but his earlier work was definitely my favorite. The ito/tsuka and antique koshirae on both swords are lovely. The eggshell saya, while definitely a labor of love, is in my unsolicited yet humble opinion, far too wild looking to really enjoy aesthetically unless of course you are going for an Easter egg sort of theme. I have worked with urushi many times on projects and it's not fun to work with but it's worth the hassle. I like the urushi/charcoal saya but that shoelace quality sageo kind of cheapens the overall look to my eye. Fun showcase of Jon's swords...thank you as always.

Love the top one (black scabbard), I can't help thinking it would better with a larger tsuba though. Thanks Matt (and John) for sharing these beautiful swords.

WOW! Very very nice. Thank you so much for showing these! Love to you and yours, amigo!

I like the new background awning/shade/dreamcatcher

3:43 nice touch with the colour-faded iai footage. Really artful. Just enough to look like a thing of the past. Now let's drink a beer and eat spicy tacos.

The polish on the Barrett blade is so clean, so flat. I just love that!

@GermanSausagesAreTheWurst

Ай бұрын

Yes, I could tell which was which before he even pointed it out.

Greetings Shodan! (Hopefully that’s not disrespectful!) Great review as always Matt, but man you got a couple of odd ones there. Impressive still, just a little weird.

Yes!!!! Please. Jon's knowledge was always helpful. He took the time to identify details in my crappy jkoo unokubi. His book is awesome too. Can tell its a labor of love.

The Rick Barrett sword is absolutely super great! The patina...unbelievable. Wow!!!

The texture finish could be considered an "easier" Urushi finish to achieve (out of a multitude of effects you can achieve with it) as it doesn't require quite the same amount of polishing up, but it''s still a very difficult finish to get. The cure times are long, to say the least, and getting a consistent application of charcoal is fiddly. It definitely adds value, and an indication that the craftsman took their time and a lot of care over making the saya. It's one of several finishes that are designed to replicate natural smoothed stone, and i find it a shame that the more unusual finishes are less widely known (over glossy, uniform mirror finishes), because it's crazy what goes in to achieving the results and they can be really eye catching. Finely crushed leaves and iron filings are other alternatives that give a higher or lower coarseness to the finish (though they can introduce some colour variation, which can be accounted for or embraced depending on the finished look intended). I'm about to start a similar process on a saya i've been working on and i'll be happy if it comes out vaguely as nice as the second sword you were covering.

@jonandresen1483

Ай бұрын

Good luck with your project. Consider using dried and crushed urushi for the texture, that’s probably the most common way. Can even buy it now, kanshitsu-fun.

Hulk. Please discuss displaying sword down versus up on the display stand. What is recommended and why?

Very cool. I like the idea of the eggshell saya as a novelty. Although I'm a little more conservative so I would probably go with a simple black background and brown buffalo horn trims. But the fact that that is all actual egg shells under there is very cool.

Really cool Matt thanks for sharing man 🤘💀 the egg shell is umm interesting lol never seen that before

Thanks for sharing.

7 ring rapier review please

The Chinese bladed sword is so intriguing. So ugly, yet so appealing. I love it yet dont at the same time.

@Matthew_Jensen

Ай бұрын

It makes you question what is good.

@jonandresen1483

Ай бұрын

I think you understand it perfectly.

@CaseyBartley

5 күн бұрын

@@Matthew_Jensen Yeah I think with more natural eggshells (brown) and something besides that bright green it would look amazing....

It's very unfortunate that the tensho style isn't more popular. It was WIDELY used pre Edo.

i love putting obnoxious accent colors on stuff but im not sure about *that* green lol

Hello how are you Matthew Jensen. I was hoping you could give me some info. I recently purchased a nihonto in fair condition and I am looking for someone to re-polish it. Is there anyone you would recommend me sending my sword to for good work? Anything helps. Thank you!!

Mr, will you review one of Miller Bros Blades swords

Who did the tsuka wrap?

@Matthew_Jensen

2 ай бұрын

Joe Ho

@christopherwilson5054

Ай бұрын

@@Matthew_Jensen Thanks Matt. Does he have a website or other contact info?

Definitely not into crazy colors i like muted none flashy stuff. Muted reds and blues are as far as i go so that saya is a no go for me but the sword itself it beautifull.

That colorful saya is so ugly just out of place for the rest of the piece. Barf