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Ones that left the nest These are blades that have left home - the pictures are presented as examples of the variants that are possible, e.g., "Could you make me one like C005?" is part of the motivation for showing them. Besides I'm proud to have made them and an owner might just might like to share the image with his friends... |
Basket-weave damascus; guard and sheath ring are bronze and inlet into the wood; copper habaki; blade can be removed from handle |  |
Basket-weave damascus; guard and sheath ring are bronze and inlet into the wood; copper habaki; blade can be removed from handle; "Japanese" spine |  |
Composite with 3 bars and an O1 edge, cast bronze habaki, throat ring & pommel. NamBam II with sabot. Balance point is ~0.25" in front of guard. Guard is nickel silver with vine filing. |  |
Nambam 2 - copper habaki, cast silver pommel & handle throat ring with spiny lobster menuki and bahia grass seed embroidery, nickel silver guard with diagonal file pattern, display stand instead of sheath = "The Star Blade" |  |
"Bizen" = Nambam 2 - cast silver habaki & handle throat ring, simple mokume pommel, nickel silver guard with diagonal file pattern, wood sheath. The general shape and slimness reminds me of a friend's Bizen katana, hence the name "Bizen". |  |
Nambam 2 series - cast silver habaki and filed guard; wood sheath 3-bar composite with O1 edge |  |
A member of the Nambam I series- copper habaki |  |
A member of the Nambam I series |  |
A member of the Nambam I series - copper habaki |  |
A member of the Nambam I series - copper habaki |  |
This is the last of the first Nambam run. As in all of the series, the sheath is reversible for right or left wear. |  |
A member of the Nambam I series - copper habaki |  |
A member of the Nambam I series |  |
This is the first NamBam to be created. The fittings are cast silver and it resides in my personal collection. |  |
Nambam Series 1 - #2 - the blade turned out to be poor in edge retention and was replaced with my normal Damascus mix (at no charge - of course!) |  |
This was a wider blade that most -- just shows off the habaki more. |  |
One of the first production runs of 'NamBam' blades |  |
One of the first production runs of 'NamBam' blades. It features file work and was dubbed 'The Shark' -- the name just seemed to fit. |  |
One of the first production runs of 'NamBam' blades |  |
One of the first production runs of 'NamBam' blades = #3 |  |