My homemade blade

Malcbarber · Apr 25, 2017

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This if my first proper attempt at making a blade. I'm quite pleased how it came out and at 84g and now just need to see how it plays.

TTHopeful · Apr 26, 2017

Cool! What materials did you use?

bobpuls · Apr 26, 2017

Welcome .....
I hope you will continue.

GinjaNinja · Apr 26, 2017

Excellent. I'd also be interested in knowing the materials you used. Also being from the UK i'd would be good to know where you got them from too - happy to share my sources.

Malcbarber · Apr 26, 2017

I'm still struggling to find materials too. This blade was made with balsa core then basswood and ebony outer veneer.
i will see how it plays tonight. The ebony veneer was from a 2.5 meter sheet from eBay and the inner core's from a craft store.
i also would like to know of better place to get good wood at a good price.

Dhaen · Apr 26, 2017

Is it ok if you take a picture of the side of the blade?

GinjaNinja · Apr 27, 2017

Malcbarber said:
I'm still struggling to find materials too. This blade was made with balsa core then basswood and ebony outer veneer.
i will see how it plays tonight. The ebony veneer was from a 2.5 meter sheet from eBay and the inner core's from a craft store.
i also would like to know of better place to get good wood at a good price.

Try Alwayshobbies: http://www.alwayshobbies.com. I get my core materials from here as they sell ayous (obeche) and balsa in 150mm widths which is just about wide enough for most of my blades. Sometimes I 'stitch' another piece to the edge if i want a wider blade. They also sell veneers too. Try http://oakdalecrafts.co.uk for veneers as they have some of the standards of limba and koto, however, getting the right width isn't always easy so you have to look quite hard sometimes. E-bay can be good and from time to time you can get bargains.

yogi_bear · Apr 27, 2017

nice maybe improvements on the handle shape. which blade template did you use?

Malcbarber · Apr 27, 2017

The side profile of the blade

Malcbarber · Apr 27, 2017

The blade I used a template was a tibhar rapid carbon. The handle was not copied from that blade. My current blade I have been using is a donic wang xi which is a straight round handle. I wanted a handle something between a straight and a flared. It hasn't come out perfect but for the first attempt it's ok. I think the handle was harder to make than the blade.

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