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WE SELL ALL KIND OF ELECTRONIC AT AFFORADABLE RATE. (Call us now at . . . oops!)
Ronalds Biz World | 1995 | Jeferson Simth Ronald

Posted on 05/26/2006 10:33:30 AM PDT by ronaldbizworld

Dear customers,

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Thanks and Regards.

Management.


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To: Tax-chick

it was the color of the line they had at Home Despot within the desired pound-test range.
I don't mind - the Japanese never had the western habit of segregating colors by gender.


3,521 posted on 06/17/2006 9:21:39 AM PDT by King Prout (many complain I am overly literal... this would not be a problem if fewer people were under-precise)
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To: NicknamedBob

nice quote


3,522 posted on 06/17/2006 9:22:57 AM PDT by King Prout (many complain I am overly literal... this would not be a problem if fewer people were under-precise)
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To: NicknamedBob

Interesting idea.


3,523 posted on 06/17/2006 9:28:08 AM PDT by Irish_Thatcherite (A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!| IRA supporters on FR are trolls, end of story!)
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To: King Prout; Tax-chick

I used a modified version of it as a tagline for a while, but I just put this one on.


3,524 posted on 06/17/2006 10:32:37 AM PDT by NicknamedBob (I never submit to IQ tests. That way, I can honestly say that my IQ can not be measured.)
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To: NicknamedBob

I like it.


3,525 posted on 06/17/2006 12:40:01 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("The root of the state is in the family. The root of the family is in the person of its head.")
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To: Tax-chick; Dead Corpse; tuliptree76

I'm getting ready to hit the road. Be back in a few ... days, that is.


3,526 posted on 06/17/2006 12:46:46 PM PDT by NicknamedBob (I never submit to IQ tests. That way, I can honestly say that my IQ can not be measured.)
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To: Dead Corpse; Irish_Thatcherite; Darksheare; All; FRiends
the collection, and blanks for the project:

roughed-out blank (thank GOD for powertools!):

rough-planed template for the other two blanks:

set-up for tracing:

traced blanks:


3,527 posted on 06/17/2006 2:08:19 PM PDT by King Prout (many complain I am overly literal... this would not be a problem if fewer people were under-precise)
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To: King Prout

That wood looks like white ash, am I correct?


3,528 posted on 06/17/2006 2:16:40 PM PDT by Irish_Thatcherite (A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!| IRA supporters on FR are trolls, end of story!)
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To: Irish_Thatcherite

"choice-grade" white oak, 4" x 48" x .25"thk


3,529 posted on 06/17/2006 2:23:42 PM PDT by King Prout (many complain I am overly literal... this would not be a problem if fewer people were under-precise)
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To: Dead Corpse; Irish_Thatcherite; Darksheare; All; FRiends

forgot to mention...

in the top photo, from top to bottom:

1. handmade bokken of "Live Oak" cut from a tree in my yard, @22.5oz wt

2. Cold Steel synthetic bokken, @15oz wt

3. (in handmade cherry wood scabbard) my old bastardized Japanese non-comissioned officer's sword, weight not known

4. (Tsuba and) Cold Steel "Chisa" katana, @45oz wt

5. primary template and two unmarked blanks, white oak, @.25" thick, to be cut and later laminated into a bokken, with the addition of a central channel of lead to approximate the weight and balance of the Chisa katana.


3,530 posted on 06/17/2006 2:31:14 PM PDT by King Prout (many complain I am overly literal... this would not be a problem if fewer people were under-precise)
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To: Monkey Face

""We took a waking tour last night""

Yes, when one is in NYC, it is always preferable to take a tour while awake.


3,531 posted on 06/17/2006 2:34:33 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (If you got Sowell, you got Soul !)
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To: King Prout
"choice-grade" white oak, 4" x 48" x .25"thk

Ah.. I wasn't too sure - it can be difficult to tell white oak from white ash, my father is colour blind - he often has to ask me to tell him which is which!

3,532 posted on 06/17/2006 2:39:45 PM PDT by Irish_Thatcherite (A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!| IRA supporters on FR are trolls, end of story!)
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To: Irish_Thatcherite

it is difficult to tell the difference, especially at that distance and under such flat lighting - you can't see the cross-grain reinforcements which typify oak


3,533 posted on 06/17/2006 2:51:23 PM PDT by King Prout (many complain I am overly literal... this would not be a problem if fewer people were under-precise)
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To: King Prout

True, though it is high time I can - seeing as our family business uses both timbers regularly.


3,534 posted on 06/17/2006 2:59:25 PM PDT by Irish_Thatcherite (A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!| IRA supporters on FR are trolls, end of story!)
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To: Irish_Thatcherite

ah, don't beat yourself up - this new digital camera is decent, but it isn't THAT good... besides, it isn't as if I showed you a close-up of the grain.


3,535 posted on 06/17/2006 3:52:18 PM PDT by King Prout (many complain I am overly literal... this would not be a problem if fewer people were under-precise)
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To: King Prout

hehe, that's true, I guess!


3,536 posted on 06/17/2006 3:55:12 PM PDT by Irish_Thatcherite (A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!| IRA supporters on FR are trolls, end of story!)
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To: Dead Corpse; Irish_Thatcherite; Darksheare; All; FRiends
all three elements blanked and clamped to check congruence:

the total weight of all three wood elements at this point is 17.5oz.
I expect to lose about 30% of that in shaping the surfaces to a close approximation of a traditional bokken's cross section.

As I am well ahead of schedule (having borrowed a neighbor's jigsaw, rather than saw all that oak with a manual coping saw), I shall spend the next little while getting the hilt's profile to final dimensions.

Additionally, I am strongly considering drilling a series of holes between the center and edge lines and dropping in small diameter finishing nails for use as calibration pins, and then final profiling the whole subassembly, SO AS TO GET AN EXACT WEIGHT for all of the wood components.

I have a hot-rolled steel plate guard on order - it should be done sometime monday morning.
Cost: $45.00 - expensive, for a 3" diameter disk of 1/4" steel...
...but what value would one put on never amputating something near and dear?
The whole point of this project is to DUPLICATE as exactly as possible a dangerously keen blade, so that I can practice in safety.
With that in mind, forty-five bucks is a trivial price.

Anyway...

Once I have that guard, and the thin leather and laces for the hilt wrapping, I will be able to get a DAMNED accurate weight for all of the non-lead components.

You will note that there is quite a bit of meat left on the "belly" of the tip: The black line is the profile of the actual sword's tip, and the current wood edge is a close approximation of a traditional bokken tip. I am not sure which tip type will be on the final bokken. That'll be the last woodworking I do on this bokken.

You will also note text written midway on the blade.
It reads POINT OF >< BALANCE.
This is the point of balance on the real sword.
Matching that is just as critical as matching the weight of the sword.
More critical, actually.
It is the one detail of this project about which I worry.

3,537 posted on 06/17/2006 5:19:15 PM PDT by King Prout (many complain I am overly literal... this would not be a problem if fewer people were under-precise)
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To: King Prout

Yes, nearly removing a finger would tend to shove the point home that one needs a safer way to practice one's kata.
Looks good to me.
(But what do I know?)


3,538 posted on 06/17/2006 5:21:17 PM PDT by Darksheare (This is a test of the emergency tagline system. Had there been an emergency, you would have heard...)
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To: Darksheare
(But what do I know?)

depends... how many scars do you have, and how many talk to you?

;)

3,539 posted on 06/17/2006 5:26:26 PM PDT by King Prout (many complain I am overly literal... this would not be a problem if fewer people were under-precise)
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To: King Prout
the total weight of all three wood elements at this point is 17.5oz.

hehe, when stairs are made from white oak - we don't measure the weight - we just know it's damn well heavy!! ;)

I expect to lose about 30% of that in shaping the surfaces to a close approximation of a traditional bokken's cross section.

30% waste - that's oak for ye!

3,540 posted on 06/17/2006 5:44:29 PM PDT by Irish_Thatcherite (A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!| IRA supporters on FR are trolls, end of story!)
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