first go at tsukamaki - japanese cord wrapping

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first go at tsukamaki - japanese cord wrapping

Post by marthandan » Fri Aug 17, 2012 11:11 pm

after spending a looooooooong time trying to find suitable silk braiding, i decided to use the humble shoe lace as a substitute and had a go at cord wrapping the tanto that i had made earlier. not too good, but it was more of an attempt to see if the lace was long enough.
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Re: first go at tsukamaki - japanese cord wrapping

Post by Moin. » Fri Aug 17, 2012 11:47 pm

:mrgreen: Awesome, looks great against the dark stain of the wooden handle... :mrgreen:

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Re: first go at tsukamaki - japanese cord wrapping

Post by marthandan » Fri Aug 17, 2012 11:55 pm

moin...thank you.

second attempt. quite happy with it. will apply some PU polish and leave it at that.
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Re: first go at tsukamaki - japanese cord wrapping

Post by Moin. » Sat Aug 18, 2012 12:27 am

marthandan wrote:moin...thank you.

second attempt. quite happy with it. will apply some PU polish and leave it at that.
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Looking very nice, what did you do with the two loose ends. Tied and cut, how do you prevent the knots from opening up. i used a few drops of instant glue like fevi quick, but then the shoe lace is white will stain.

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Re: first go at tsukamaki - japanese cord wrapping

Post by Bruno22 » Sat Aug 18, 2012 9:07 am

You will find silk cord at any good curtain and furnishing store. They use it to tie curtains. The knife is looking super anyways.
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Post by namcmd » Sat Aug 18, 2012 11:01 am

Good Work..
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Post by Rajat » Sat Aug 18, 2012 11:38 am

Nice! :D

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Re: first go at tsukamaki - japanese cord wrapping

Post by gladiatorgarg » Sat Aug 18, 2012 12:18 pm

its really nice :cheers: just try and lay ur hand on some parachute cord the result will be awesome

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Post by rraju2805 » Sat Aug 18, 2012 12:55 pm

Beautiful .. ..
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Re: first go at tsukamaki - japanese cord wrapping

Post by Moin. » Sat Aug 18, 2012 1:02 pm

Marthandan, the pics are too small :oops: We need bigger and more more more pics :mrgreen:

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