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    Default A craftsman metalsmith at work

    Check out this 12 minute video of Ford Hallam making a Tsuba.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkhWh19fTG4

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    Quote Originally Posted by Goldsmith View Post
    Check out this 12 minute video of Ford Hallam making a Tsuba.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkhWh19fTG4

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    That's amazing!

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    I was was spellbound watching this. Apart from the optical instruments hardly any use of high tech tooling.
    I have to confess I needed to look up what a Tsuba was.
    What was the metal that he cast in what I assume was water that formed the initial disc Was it a type of bronze?

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    Much of Ford's ethos is to stick to traditional tools wherever possible - so few power tools, traditional tagane (chisels), abrasives etc.
    It may have been copper, might be shibuichi; I'll find out.

    Sent him a batch of finely-ground malachite last week for patination experiments

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    The workmanship was fantastic, the arty farty editing had me squirming in my seat.
    Another clip of water casting copper and shibuichi here here, there's quite a lot on youtube.

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    Quote Originally Posted by trialuser View Post
    The workmanship was fantastic, the arty farty editing had me squirming in my seat.
    It's been done for a different audience.

    Another clip of water casting copper and shibuichi here here, there's quite a lot on youtube.
    ...Almost all Ford.

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    [QUOTE=ps_bond;82947]It's been done for a different audience.

    :-) yes, more sophisticated than me :-)

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    Quote Originally Posted by ps_bond View Post

    Sent him a batch of finely-ground malachite last week for patination experiments
    I'm sure you took good care with this - malachite dust is pretty toxic, for general info...

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    Wet ground & (I wore) a full face respirator, worksurface washed down afterwards. Sludge evaporated to dry.
    All rock dust is nasty to varying extents.

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