Ginko leaf inlay class Part 1

[@yazman4040]

I just heard the man say "We are going to document everything we can" and I have never looked this much forward to a KZbin channel....

[@FordHallam]

I hope the series is living up to expectations so far then...;-)

[@JayDub_143]

Omg I couldnt agree more!!! Such beautiful work and to share the knowledge with us is just priceless!!!

[@jamesbarisitz4794]

I've used O1 and old files for small tools for years with great results. I appreciate your effort to pass along your knowledge and experience along to us. 👍

[@FordHallam]

My first set of chisels, made before I first visited Japan, were all made from 12" files I'd annealed, sawn up and then remade. It's great steel. I''l remember to add that option to the film I do on forging your own blanks.

[@jamesbarisitz4794]

@@FordHallam My Dad lived through WW2 in Innsbruck Austria. They were kept busy after the the war repairing and scavenging for bent nails they could straighten. Using old files as repurposed tools reminds of an old saying Dad was fond of. "When the Devil is hungry, he'll eat flies. " Use what you have is the gist of it I suppose. 👍

[@mikeday2720]

Yeah!!! We're back in class!

[@pvsampson]

Excellent Ford. Pretty excited for this.

[@MrJacksaun]

Thanks for another class, I am sorry to here you might not teach in person again, I hope we can always find you here.

[@FordHallam]

There's only so much of me to go around so I need to use my energies wisely. But if I manage it there will always be me teaching here even when I'm long gone.

[@charliebowen5071]

An then you answer my question directly less than 2 minutes later...... Hallam you are a legend

[@stefanocorrias1]

thank you Ford

[@SamTownsBladesmith]

This is what I have been looking forward to! I can't wait to try and follow along. I just recently made 300 grams of shibuichi for this exact purpose

[@charliebowen5071]

I’m doing an osaraku tanto build and wanted bronze motifs inlaid in the tsuba... perfect....

[@sarahalaa2796]

thank you for the video and your time, but the pdf is not working...

[@eZTarg8mk2]

I’m immensely looking forward to this series of lessons. Thank you Ford. I take it some of the principles of shaping the inlay, with chisel and scraper, would be transferable to inlaying mother of pearl?

[@FordHallam]

Yes, I'd say that certainly the scraping technique is useful in shaping MOP. I use a scraper extensively for that purpose.

[@eZTarg8mk2]

Ford Hallam's Japanese Metalwork Channel thank you 🙏🏻

[@Milkthief]

Yes please demonstrate forging a blank!

[@FordHallam]

will do

[@RecklessModelling]

I have copper and brass. Would it be copper into brass or brass into copper?

[@FordHallam]

I don't want to appear rude...but, I explained that in the film.

[@RecklessModelling]

@@FordHallam As a person very new to metalwork and not trained in metallurgy it was not clear. I did not hear you say a copper/brass combination. I did not feel it was an unreasonable question

[@FordHallam]

@@RecklessModelling Actually I was very clear, I said generally speaking it's a harder metal into a softer ground.

[@RecklessModelling]

@@FordHallam and having worked almost exclusively in welding steel copper are brass are both very soft to me

[@charliebowen5071]

Where do you get w1 in uk.?.

[@FordHallam]

I don't think you can get it here. I pick up stocks when I visit the USA.

[@a.l1819]

Wow awesome, love your videos also first here 😏

[@daverobertson1361]

What Stefano said.